Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,424 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 937 kr
Communal tax
- 985 kr
Church tax
- 33.40 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,091 kr
Net pay
* 5,333 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
36.7%
63.3%
Net pay
36.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,333 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,091 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,013 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,424 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 20.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
76.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.7% tax rate now rises to 76.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 39.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,424 kr a year living in the region of Glostrup, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,091 kr. That means that your net pay will be 5,333 kr per year, or 444 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 8424
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 8424
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 8424
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 8424
0.0%
4
Sweden
DKK 8424
0.0%
5
Norway
DKK 8424
0.0%
6
Spain
DKK 7889
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 7660
9.1%
8
Italy
DKK 7650
9.2%
9
France
DKK 7607
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 7497
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 7493
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 7329
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 6866
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 6781
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 6615
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 6583
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 6272
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 5834
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 5728
32.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 5300
37.1%
21
Denmark
DKK 5243
37.8%
22
Romania
DKK 4928
41.5%
23
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 8224
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 7792
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 7754
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 7750
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 7628
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 7616
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 7539
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 7497
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 7371
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 6992
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 6941
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 6899
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 8424
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 8003
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 8003
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 7750
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 7750
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 7497
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 7316
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 7276
13.6%
8
Egypt
DKK 7066
16.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 7002
16.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Glostrup 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.