Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,016 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 336 kr
Communal tax
- 19.78 kr
Church tax
- 0.79 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,492 kr
Net pay
* 1,524 kr
Marginal tax rate
21.6%
Average tax rate
49.5%
50.5%
Net pay
49.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,524 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,492 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,414 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 3,016 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 51.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
91.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 49.5% tax rate now rises to 91.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 41.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,016 kr a year living in the region of Herning, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,492 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1,524 kr per year, or 127 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 49.5% and your marginal tax rate is 21.6%. 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 21.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 78.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 784 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,919 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 3016
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 3016
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 3016
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 3016
0.0%
4
Sweden
DKK 3016
0.0%
5
Norway
DKK 3016
0.0%
6
Spain
DKK 2824
6.4%
7
Italy
DKK 2739
9.2%
8
France
DKK 2723
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 2684
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 2683
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 2624
13.0%
12
Switzerland
DKK 2621
13.1%
13
Hungary
DKK 2458
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 2428
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 2368
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 2357
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 2245
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 2089
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 2051
32.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 1893
37.3%
21
Romania
DKK 1764
41.5%
22
Denmark
DKK 1524
49.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 2968
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 2755
8.7%
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.