Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,168 kr
Communal tax
- 1,513 kr
Church tax
- 63.33 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,880 kr
Net pay
* 6,620 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
37.0%
63.0%
Net pay
37.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,620 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,880 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,801 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 10,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 16.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
72.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37% tax rate now rises to 72.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 10,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,880 kr. That means that your net pay will be 6,620 kr per year, or 552 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.0% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.02 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 10500
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 10500
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 10500
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 10500
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 10500
0.0%
5
Sweden
DKK 10462
0.4%
6
Spain
DKK 9833
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 9595
8.6%
8
Italy
DKK 9535
9.2%
9
France
DKK 9482
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 9345
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 9340
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 9135
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 8557
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 8452
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 8245
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 8206
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 7817
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 7271
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 7140
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 6639
36.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 6608
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 6143
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 9755
7.1%
1
USA
DKK 9591
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 10251
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 9713
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 9665
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 9660
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 9508
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 9493
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 9398
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 9345
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 9187
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 8715
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 8652
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 8600
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 10395
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 9870
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 9792
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 9332
11.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 9173
12.6%
5
Uganda
DKK 9018
14.1%
6
Senegal
DKK 8889
15.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 8859
15.6%
8
Mozambique
DKK 8782
16.4%
9
Ghana
DKK 8636
17.8%
10
Angola
DKK 8220
21.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 7893
24.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 10500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 9975
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 9975
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 9660
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 9660
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 9345
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 9119
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 8916
15.1%
8
Turkey
DKK 8647
17.7%
9
Egypt
DKK 8599
18.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.