Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
30,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,392 kr
Communal tax
- 5,710 kr
Church tax
- 239 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,478 kr
Net pay
* 20,022 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
34.4%
65.6%
Net pay
34.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,022 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,478 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,399 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 30,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.4% tax rate now rises to 54.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 30,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,478 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20,022 kr per year, or 1,669 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.4% 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 33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67 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 3,350 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 27858
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 25487
16.4%
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.