Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,440 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,272 kr
Communal tax
- 1,564 kr
Church tax
- 49.71 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,022 kr
Net pay
* 7,418 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
35.2%
64.8%
Net pay
35.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,418 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,022 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,944 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,440 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.69 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
70.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.2% tax rate now rises to 70.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,440 kr a year living in the region of Gladsaxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,022 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,418 kr per year, or 618 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.2% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.93 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.07 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,454 kr of net incomes.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 11168
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 10582
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 10530
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 10525
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 10359
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 10343
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 10239
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 10182
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 10010
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 9495
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 9427
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 9369
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 11326
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10754
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10669
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10109
11.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 9991
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 9652
15.6%
6
Uganda
DKK 9623
15.9%
7
Senegal
DKK 9558
16.5%
8
Mozambique
DKK 9553
16.5%
9
Ghana
DKK 9368
18.1%
10
Angola
DKK 8940
21.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8557
25.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gladsaxe 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.