Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,720 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 636 kr
Communal tax
- 510 kr
Church tax
- 21.33 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,303 kr
Net pay
* 3,417 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
40.3%
59.7%
Net pay
40.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,417 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,303 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,224 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,720 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 28.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
82.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.3% tax rate now rises to 82.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 42.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,720 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,303 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,417 kr per year, or 285 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.3% 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 5559
2.8%
1
USA
DKK 5225
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 5720
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 5720
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 5720
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 5644
1.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 5434
5.0%
5
Indonesia
DKK 5223
8.7%
6
Philippines
DKK 5215
8.8%
7
Taiwan
DKK 5214
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 5109
10.7%
9
New Zealand
DKK 5040
11.9%
10
India
DKK 5034
12.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 5013
12.4%
12
China
DKK 4966
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 4863
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 4648
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 4530
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 5584
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 5291
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 5265
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 5262
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 5179
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 5172
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 5119
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 5091
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 5005
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 4748
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 4713
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 4685
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 5663
1.0%
1
Uganda
DKK 5381
5.9%
2
Zambia
DKK 5377
6.0%
3
Morocco
DKK 5334
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 5249
8.2%
5
Senegal
DKK 5122
10.5%
6
Kenya
DKK 4990
12.8%
7
Ghana
DKK 4909
14.2%
8
Mozambique
DKK 4862
15.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 4826
15.6%
10
Angola
DKK 4536
20.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 4481
21.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5720
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5434
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 5434
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 5262
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 5262
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 5091
11.0%
6
Lebanon
DKK 5018
12.3%
7
Israel
DKK 4968
13.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 4956
13.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 4819
15.8%
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.