Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18,528 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,061 kr
Communal tax
- 2,938 kr
Church tax
- 92.96 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,227 kr
Net pay
* 12,301 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,301 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,227 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,149 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 18,528 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.87 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 62.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 28.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,528 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,227 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,301 kr per year, or 1,025 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,450 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 16923
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 16387
11.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 18528
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 18528
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 18528
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 18368
0.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 17602
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 17446
5.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 17023
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 16888
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 16548
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 16337
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 16325
11.9%
11
India
DKK 16305
12.0%
12
China
DKK 16085
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 15707
15.2%
14
Japan
DKK 15056
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 14674
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 18055
2.6%
1
Brazil
DKK 17113
7.6%
2
Colombia
DKK 17885
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 17055
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 16777
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 16751
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 16583
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 16490
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 16212
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 15378
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 15267
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 15174
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 18343
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 17279
6.7%
2
Zambia
DKK 16072
13.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 15993
13.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 15950
13.9%
5
Cameroon
DKK 15632
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 15333
17.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 14894
19.6%
8
Senegal
DKK 14420
22.2%
9
Angola
DKK 14282
22.9%
10
Uganda
DKK 14145
23.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 13473
27.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 18528
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 17602
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 17602
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 17046
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 17046
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 16490
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 16092
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15221
17.9%
8
Egypt
DKK 14530
21.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 12118
34.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.