Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
27,672 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,078 kr
Communal tax
- 4,823 kr
Church tax
- 145 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,182 kr
Net pay
* 18,490 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18,490 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,182 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,103 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 27,672 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 55.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 27,672 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,182 kr. That means that your net pay will be 18,490 kr per year, or 1,541 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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 25275
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 23460
15.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 26195
5.3%
1
Colombia
DKK 27722
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 25472
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 25426
8.1%
4
Ecuador
DKK 25057
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 25019
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 24766
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 24628
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 24213
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 22802
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 22110
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 18709
32.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 27672
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 26288
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 26288
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 25458
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 25458
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 24628
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 24033
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 22079
20.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 21845
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 17443
37.0%
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.