Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,724 kr
Communal tax
- 2,533 kr
Church tax
- 71.53 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,465 kr
Net pay
* 10,039 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
35.2%
64.8%
Net pay
35.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,039 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,465 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,387 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 15,504 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.50 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
65.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.2% tax rate now rises to 65.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 15,504 kr a year living in the region of Hvidovre, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,465 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,039 kr per year, or 837 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.46 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.54 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,377 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 14161
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 13931
10.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 15504
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 15504
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 15504
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 15413
0.6%
4
Thailand
DKK 14729
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 14576
6.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 14236
8.2%
7
Taiwan
DKK 14132
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 13847
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 13677
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 13661
11.9%
11
India
DKK 13644
12.0%
12
China
DKK 13460
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 13176
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 12598
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 12279
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 15136
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 14341
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 14271
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 14264
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 14039
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 14017
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 13876
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 13799
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 13566
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 12868
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 12775
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 12698
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 15349
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 14459
6.7%
2
Zambia
DKK 14038
9.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 13492
13.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 13467
13.1%
5
Cameroon
DKK 13081
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 12870
17.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 12537
19.1%
8
Senegal
DKK 12406
20.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 12208
21.3%
10
Angola
DKK 12017
22.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 11416
26.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 15504
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 14729
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 14729
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 14264
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 14264
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 13799
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 13465
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 12869
17.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 12168
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 10357
33.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Hvidovre 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.