Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,992 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,223 kr
Communal tax
- 1,523 kr
Church tax
- 45.72 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,928 kr
Net pay
* 7,064 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
35.7%
64.3%
Net pay
35.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,064 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,928 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,849 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 10,992 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 16.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.7% tax rate now rises to 71.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 10,992 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,928 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,064 kr per year, or 589 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.51 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,426 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10166
7.5%
1
USA
DKK 10040
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 10731
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 10168
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 10118
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 10113
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 9953
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 9938
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 9838
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 9783
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 9618
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 9123
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 9057
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 9002
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 10882
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10332
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10251
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 9739
11.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 9601
12.7%
5
Uganda
DKK 9338
15.1%
6
Cameroon
DKK 9274
15.6%
7
Senegal
DKK 9239
15.9%
8
Mozambique
DKK 9185
16.4%
9
Ghana
DKK 9019
18.0%
10
Angola
DKK 8598
21.8%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8241
25.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.