Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
25,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,781 kr
Communal tax
- 4,538 kr
Church tax
- 170 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,624 kr
Net pay
* 16,376 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
34.5%
65.5%
Net pay
34.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
16,376 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,624 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,546 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 25,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
57.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.5% tax rate now rises to 57.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 25,000 kr a year living in the region of Favrskov, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,624 kr. That means that your net pay will be 16,376 kr per year, or 1,365 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.81 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.19 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,360 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 22835
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 21526
13.9%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 24750
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 23103
7.6%
2
Kenya
DKK 21383
14.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 21059
15.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 21043
15.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 20344
18.6%
6
Zambia
DKK 19952
20.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 19559
21.8%
8
Angola
DKK 19067
23.7%
9
Senegal
DKK 18424
26.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 18318
26.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 17875
28.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 25000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 23750
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 23750
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 23000
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 23000
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 22250
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 21712
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 20075
19.7%
8
Egypt
DKK 19707
21.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 15887
36.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Favrskov 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.