Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 289 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,425 kr
Net pay
* 1,175 kr
Marginal tax rate
11.1%
Average tax rate
54.8%
45.2%
Net pay
54.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,175 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,425 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,347 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 2,600 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 59.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
92.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 54.8% tax rate now rises to 92.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 38.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,600 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,425 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1,175 kr per year, or 97.91 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 54.8% and your marginal tax rate is 11.1%. 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 11.13 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 88.87 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 889 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,444 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 2559
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 2375
8.7%
2
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.