Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,724 kr
Communal tax
- 2,522 kr
Church tax
- 84.41 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,467 kr
Net pay
* 10,033 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
35.3%
64.7%
Net pay
35.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,033 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,467 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,388 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 15,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.51 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
65.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.3% tax rate now rises to 65.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 15,500 kr a year living in the region of Gribskov, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,467 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,033 kr per year, or 836 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 14158
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 13927
10.2%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 15500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 14725
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 14725
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 14260
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 14260
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 13795
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 13462
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 12866
17.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 12165
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 10354
33.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gribskov 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.