Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
23,136 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,573 kr
Communal tax
- 4,100 kr
Church tax
- 137 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,947 kr
Net pay
* 15,189 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
34.3%
65.7%
Net pay
34.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,189 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,947 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,868 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 23,136 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.45 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
59.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.3% tax rate now rises to 59.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 24.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23,136 kr a year living in the region of Gribskov, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,947 kr. That means that your net pay will be 15,189 kr per year, or 1,266 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.4% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 23136
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 23136
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 23136
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 23136
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 23136
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 21667
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 21372
7.6%
7
Italy
DKK 21010
9.2%
8
France
DKK 20892
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 20591
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 20579
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 20128
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 19982
13.6%
13
Hungary
DKK 18856
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 18624
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 18167
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 18081
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 17225
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 16022
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 15732
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 15141
34.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 14553
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 13535
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 21132
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 20057
13.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 23136
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 23136
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 23136
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 22860
1.2%
4
Thailand
DKK 21979
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 21859
5.5%
6
Indonesia
DKK 21269
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 21088
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 20663
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 20402
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 20385
11.9%
11
India
DKK 20360
12.0%
12
China
DKK 20086
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 19467
15.9%
14
Japan
DKK 18800
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 18324
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 22396
3.2%
1
Colombia
DKK 23549
7.3%
2
Brazil
DKK 21320
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 21297
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 20950
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 20918
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 20707
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 20591
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 20244
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 19064
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 18848
18.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 18757
18.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 22905
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 21456
7.3%
2
Kenya
DKK 19887
14.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 19607
15.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 19520
15.6%
5
Mozambique
DKK 18909
18.3%
6
Zambia
DKK 18899
18.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 18238
21.2%
8
Angola
DKK 17692
23.5%
9
Senegal
DKK 17267
25.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 17112
26.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 16608
28.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 23136
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 21979
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 21979
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 21285
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 21285
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 20591
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 20094
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 18677
19.3%
8
Egypt
DKK 18216
21.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 14802
36.0%
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.