Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,391 kr
Communal tax
- 3,761 kr
Church tax
- 120 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,408 kr
Net pay
* 14,092 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
34.5%
65.5%
Net pay
34.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14,092 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,408 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,330 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.5% tax rate now rises to 60.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 25.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,500 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,408 kr. That means that your net pay will be 14,092 kr per year, or 1,174 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,379 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 19638
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 18768
12.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 21500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 21500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 21500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 21265
1.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 20425
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 20272
5.7%
6
Indonesia
DKK 19762
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 19597
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 19202
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 18957
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 18944
11.9%
11
India
DKK 18920
12.0%
12
China
DKK 18665
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 18149
15.6%
14
Japan
DKK 17471
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 17028
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 20892
2.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 22043
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 19831
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 19791
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 19468
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 19438
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 19243
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 19135
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 18812
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 17845
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 17716
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 17608
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 21285
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 19986
7.0%
2
Kenya
DKK 18496
14.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 18333
14.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 18140
15.6%
5
Zambia
DKK 17927
16.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 17649
17.9%
7
Ghana
DKK 17079
20.6%
8
Angola
DKK 16484
23.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 16275
24.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 16056
25.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 15495
27.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 21500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 20425
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 20425
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 19780
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 19780
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 19135
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 18673
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 17450
18.8%
8
Egypt
DKK 16907
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 13849
35.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Horsens 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.