Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,635 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 627 kr
Communal tax
- 452 kr
Church tax
- 14.30 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,229 kr
Net pay
* 3,406 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
39.5%
60.5%
Net pay
39.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,406 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,229 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,150 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,635 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 28.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
82.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.5% tax rate now rises to 82.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 43.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,635 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,229 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,406 kr per year, or 284 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.6% 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
Canada
DKK 5484
2.7%
1
USA
DKK 5147
8.7%
2
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.