Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,047 kr
Communal tax
- 2,989 kr
Church tax
- 89.72 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,261 kr
Net pay
* 12,139 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,139 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,261 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,183 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 18,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 62.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 28.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,400 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,261 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,139 kr per year, or 1,012 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% 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 31.51 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.49 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 3,425 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 16806
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 16283
11.5%
2
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.