Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
22,403 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,492 kr
Communal tax
- 3,781 kr
Church tax
- 113 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,522 kr
Net pay
* 14,881 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14,881 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,522 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,444 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 22,403 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.57 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
59.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 59.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 25.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 22,403 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,522 kr. That means that your net pay will be 14,881 kr per year, or 1,240 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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 20463
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 19479
13.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 21754
2.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 22874
7.3%
2
Brazil
DKK 20653
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 20622
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 20286
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 20255
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 20051
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 19939
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 19603
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 18594
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 18460
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 18321
18.2%
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.