Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,856 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,319 kr
Communal tax
- 1,790 kr
Church tax
- 52.95 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,298 kr
Net pay
* 7,558 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
36.3%
63.7%
Net pay
36.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,558 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,298 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,220 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,856 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
70.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.3% tax rate now rises to 70.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,856 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,298 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,558 kr per year, or 630 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 32.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.35 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,368 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10889
8.2%
1
USA
DKK 10829
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 11856
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 11856
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 11856
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 11780
0.6%
4
Thailand
DKK 11263
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 11094
6.4%
6
Indonesia
DKK 10875
8.3%
7
Taiwan
DKK 10807
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 10589
10.7%
9
New Zealand
DKK 10446
11.9%
10
Malaysia
DKK 10436
12.0%
11
India
DKK 10433
12.0%
12
China
DKK 10293
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 10081
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 9634
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 9390
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 11737
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 11145
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 11057
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10453
11.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 10353
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 10003
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 9894
16.6%
7
Uganda
DKK 9887
16.6%
8
Senegal
DKK 9854
16.9%
9
Ghana
DKK 9693
18.3%
10
Angola
DKK 9255
21.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8851
25.3%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Egedal tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.