Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,460 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 941 kr
Communal tax
- 1,067 kr
Church tax
- 34.05 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,178 kr
Net pay
* 5,282 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
5,282 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,178 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,100 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,460 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 20.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
76.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.6% tax rate now rises to 76.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 38.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,460 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,178 kr. That means that your net pay will be 5,282 kr per year, or 440 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 7976
5.7%
1
USA
DKK 7727
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 8259
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 7826
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 7787
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 7783
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 7661
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 7649
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 7572
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 7529
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 7402
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 7022
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 6971
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 6929
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 8460
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 8037
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 8037
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 7783
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 7783
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 7529
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 7348
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 7304
13.7%
8
Egypt
DKK 7094
16.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 7030
16.9%
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.