Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
16,016 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,781 kr
Communal tax
- 2,639 kr
Church tax
- 74.53 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,631 kr
Net pay
* 10,385 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
10,385 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,631 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,553 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 16,016 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
65.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.2% tax rate now rises to 65.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 16,016 kr a year living in the region of Hvidovre, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,631 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,385 kr per year, or 865 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.2% 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 14629
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 14346
10.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 15636
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 14814
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 14743
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 14735
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 14502
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 14480
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 14334
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 14254
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 14014
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 13293
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 13197
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 13117
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 15856
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 14937
6.7%
2
Zambia
DKK 14389
10.2%
3
Kenya
DKK 13915
13.1%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 13888
13.3%
5
Cameroon
DKK 13513
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 13287
17.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 12936
19.2%
8
Senegal
DKK 12747
20.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 12533
21.8%
10
Angola
DKK 12400
22.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 11764
26.6%
12
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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.