Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,760 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,309 kr
Communal tax
- 3,354 kr
Church tax
- 107 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,905 kr
Net pay
* 13,855 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,855 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,905 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,827 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 20,760 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 60.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 26.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,760 kr a year living in the region of Gladsaxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,905 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,855 kr per year, or 1,155 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 20760
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 20760
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 20760
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 20760
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 20760
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 19442
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 19157
7.7%
7
Italy
DKK 18852
9.2%
8
France
DKK 18746
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 18476
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 18466
11.1%
11
Sweden
DKK 18342
11.7%
12
Russia
DKK 18061
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 16919
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 16712
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 16302
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 16224
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 15456
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 14376
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 14117
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 13542
34.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 13060
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 12145
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 18962
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 18185
12.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 20760
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 20760
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 20760
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 20544
1.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 19722
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 19568
5.7%
6
Indonesia
DKK 19080
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 18923
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 18541
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 18303
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 18292
11.9%
11
India
DKK 18269
12.0%
12
China
DKK 18023
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 17553
15.5%
14
Japan
DKK 16869
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 16442
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 20185
2.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 21363
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 19155
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 19110
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 18798
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 18769
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 18580
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 18476
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 18165
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 17231
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 17106
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 17002
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 20552
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 19321
6.9%
2
Kenya
DKK 17867
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 17756
14.5%
4
Cameroon
DKK 17515
15.6%
5
Zambia
DKK 17465
15.9%
6
Mozambique
DKK 17080
17.7%
7
Ghana
DKK 16547
20.3%
8
Angola
DKK 15936
23.2%
9
Senegal
DKK 15826
23.8%
10
Uganda
DKK 15581
25.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 14991
27.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 20760
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 19722
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 19722
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 19099
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 19099
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 18476
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 18030
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 16895
18.6%
8
Egypt
DKK 16315
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 13418
35.4%
10
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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.