Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,169 kr
Communal tax
- 3,389 kr
Church tax
- 100 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,794 kr
Net pay
* 12,706 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.8%
65.2%
Net pay
34.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,706 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,794 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,715 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 19,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.8% tax rate now rises to 62.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,500 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,794 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,706 kr per year, or 1,059 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.36 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
USA
DKK 17811
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17177
11.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 19500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 19500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 19500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 19315
1.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 18525
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 18370
5.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 17919
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 17774
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 17416
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 17191
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 17181
11.9%
11
India
DKK 17160
12.0%
12
China
DKK 16929
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 16521
15.3%
14
Japan
DKK 15845
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 15444
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 19305
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 18186
6.7%
2
Kenya
DKK 16797
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 16749
14.1%
4
Zambia
DKK 16679
14.5%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16453
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 16109
17.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 15640
19.8%
8
Senegal
DKK 15063
22.8%
9
Angola
DKK 15004
23.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 14770
24.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 14134
27.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 19500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 18525
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 18525
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 17940
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 17940
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 17355
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 16936
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15950
18.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 15307
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 12684
35.0%
10
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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.