Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,336 kr
Communal tax
- 3,503 kr
Church tax
- 105 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,080 kr
Net pay
* 13,920 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,920 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,080 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,002 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 60.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 26.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,080 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,920 kr per year, or 1,160 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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 31.50 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 19181
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 18374
12.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 20414
2.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 21583
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 19375
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 19331
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 19016
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 18986
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 18795
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 18690
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 18375
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 17430
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 17304
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 17199
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.