Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,350 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 929 kr
Communal tax
- 1,045 kr
Church tax
- 33.33 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,143 kr
Net pay
* 5,207 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
37.6%
62.4%
Net pay
37.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,207 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,143 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,064 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,350 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 20.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
76.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.6% tax rate now rises to 76.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 39% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,350 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,143 kr. That means that your net pay will be 5,207 kr per year, or 434 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.6% 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 32.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.56 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 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 8350
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 8350
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 8350
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 8350
0.0%
4
Sweden
DKK 8350
0.0%
5
Norway
DKK 8350
0.0%
6
Spain
DKK 7820
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 7591
9.1%
8
Italy
DKK 7583
9.2%
9
France
DKK 7540
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 7432
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 7427
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 7264
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 6805
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 6722
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 6557
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 6526
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 6217
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 5782
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 5678
32.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 5253
37.1%
21
Denmark
DKK 5193
37.8%
22
Romania
DKK 4885
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 7878
5.7%
1
USA
DKK 7627
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 8350
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 8350
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 8350
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 8274
0.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 7932
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 7718
7.6%
6
Indonesia
DKK 7645
8.4%
7
Taiwan
DKK 7611
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 7458
10.7%
9
New Zealand
DKK 7357
11.9%
10
India
DKK 7348
12.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 7330
12.2%
12
China
DKK 7249
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 7100
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 6785
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 6613
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 8152
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 7724
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 7686
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 7682
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 7561
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 7549
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 7473
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 7431
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 7306
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 6930
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 6880
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 6839
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 8266
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 7849
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 7787
6.7%
3
Uganda
DKK 7526
9.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 7503
10.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 7294
12.7%
6
Senegal
DKK 7235
13.4%
7
Cameroon
DKK 7045
15.6%
8
Mozambique
DKK 7019
15.9%
9
Ghana
DKK 6959
16.7%
10
Angola
DKK 6570
21.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 6373
23.7%
12
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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.