Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
25,560 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,843 kr
Communal tax
- 4,405 kr
Church tax
- 132 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,516 kr
Net pay
* 17,044 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,044 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,516 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,438 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 25,560 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 56.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 25,560 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,516 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17,044 kr per year, or 1,420 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 25560
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 25560
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 25560
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 25560
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 25560
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 23937
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 23631
7.6%
7
Italy
DKK 23211
9.2%
8
France
DKK 23081
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 22748
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 22736
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 22237
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 21660
15.3%
13
Hungary
DKK 20831
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 20576
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 20071
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 19975
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 19029
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 17700
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 17381
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 16772
34.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 16080
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 14953
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 23346
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 21939
14.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 25560
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 25560
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 25560
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 25224
1.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 24282
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 24235
5.2%
6
Indonesia
DKK 23471
8.2%
7
Taiwan
DKK 23298
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 22801
10.8%
9
Malaysia
DKK 22542
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 22521
11.9%
11
India
DKK 22493
12.0%
12
China
DKK 21750
14.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 21419
16.2%
14
Japan
DKK 20770
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 20244
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 24427
4.4%
1
Colombia
DKK 25779
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 23528
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 23526
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 23145
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 23109
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 22876
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 22748
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 22365
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 21061
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 20591
19.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 17647
31.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 25304
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 23573
7.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 21768
14.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 21500
15.9%
4
Cameroon
DKK 21486
15.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 20776
18.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 20268
20.7%
7
Ghana
DKK 19956
21.9%
8
Angola
DKK 19479
23.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 18785
26.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 18680
26.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 18256
28.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 25560
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 24282
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 24282
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 23515
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 23515
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 22748
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 22199
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 20495
19.8%
8
Egypt
DKK 20155
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 16213
36.6%
10
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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.