Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
22,896 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,547 kr
Communal tax
- 4,049 kr
Church tax
- 129 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,861 kr
Net pay
* 15,035 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
34.3%
65.7%
Net pay
34.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,035 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,861 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,782 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 22,896 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.51 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
59.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.3% tax rate now rises to 59.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 24.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 22,896 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,861 kr. That means that your net pay will be 15,035 kr per year, or 1,253 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.3% 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 20913
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 19868
13.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 22896
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 22896
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 22896
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 22626
1.2%
4
Thailand
DKK 21751
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 21623
5.6%
6
Indonesia
DKK 21048
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 20869
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 20449
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 20190
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 20174
11.9%
11
India
DKK 20148
12.0%
12
China
DKK 19877
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 19273
15.8%
14
Japan
DKK 18605
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 18134
20.8%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 22896
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 21751
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 21751
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 21064
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 21064
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 20377
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 19885
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 18497
19.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 18024
21.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 14662
36.0%
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.