Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
24,704 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,748 kr
Communal tax
- 4,337 kr
Church tax
- 172 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,393 kr
Net pay
* 16,311 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.2%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
16,311 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,393 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,315 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 24,704 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
57.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 57.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 24,704 kr a year living in the region of Herning, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,393 kr. That means that your net pay will be 16,311 kr per year, or 1,359 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.2%. 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 32.18 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.82 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 678 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,391 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 22564
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 21293
13.8%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herning 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.