Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,229 kr
Communal tax
- 3,314 kr
Church tax
- 99.46 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,778 kr
Net pay
* 13,262 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,262 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,778 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,699 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 20,040 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 60.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,040 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,778 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,262 kr per year, or 1,105 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 18304
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17615
12.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 19498
2.7%
1
Colombia
DKK 20573
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 18497
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 18447
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 18146
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 18118
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 17936
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 17836
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 17535
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 16633
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 16513
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 16413
18.1%
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.