Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,057 kr
Communal tax
- 1,298 kr
Church tax
- 38.38 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,529 kr
Net pay
* 5,971 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
37.1%
62.9%
Net pay
37.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,971 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,529 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,450 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 9,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 18.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
74.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.1% tax rate now rises to 74.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 37.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 9,500 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,529 kr. That means that your net pay will be 5,971 kr per year, or 498 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.2% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 9500
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 9500
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 9500
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 9500
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 9500
0.0%
5
Sweden
DKK 9485
0.2%
6
Spain
DKK 8897
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 8663
8.8%
8
Italy
DKK 8627
9.2%
9
France
DKK 8579
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 8455
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 8450
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 8265
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 7742
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 7647
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 7460
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 7424
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 7073
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 6579
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 6460
32.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 5978
37.1%
21
Denmark
DKK 5967
37.2%
22
Romania
DKK 5558
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 8893
6.4%
1
USA
DKK 8677
8.7%
2
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.