Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
30,525 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,395 kr
Communal tax
- 5,361 kr
Church tax
- 224 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,116 kr
Net pay
* 20,409 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.6%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,409 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,116 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,038 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 30,525 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.87 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 54.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 30,525 kr a year living in the region of Kalundborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,116 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20,409 kr per year, or 1,701 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 31.6%. 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 31.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 684 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,418 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 30525
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 30525
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 30525
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 30525
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 30525
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 28587
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 28258
7.4%
7
Italy
DKK 27720
9.2%
8
France
DKK 27564
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 27167
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 27152
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 26557
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 25121
17.7%
13
Hungary
DKK 24878
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 24573
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 23969
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 23856
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 22726
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 21139
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 20757
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 20112
34.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 19208
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 17857
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 27881
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 25505
16.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 30525
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 30525
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 30525
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 29977
1.8%
4
Philippines
DKK 29126
4.6%
5
Thailand
DKK 28973
5.1%
6
Taiwan
DKK 27823
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 27788
9.0%
8
South Korea
DKK 27152
11.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 26922
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 26896
11.9%
11
India
DKK 26862
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 25419
16.7%
13
Japan
DKK 24804
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 24176
20.8%
15
China
DKK 22947
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 28472
6.7%
1
Colombia
DKK 30346
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 28098
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 27967
8.4%
4
Ecuador
DKK 27640
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 27598
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 27320
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 27167
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 26709
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 25153
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 24389
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 20248
33.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 30220
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 27740
9.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 25416
16.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 25394
16.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 25178
17.5%
5
Mozambique
DKK 24599
19.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 23475
23.1%
7
Angola
DKK 23140
24.2%
8
Zambia
DKK 23074
24.4%
9
Senegal
DKK 21983
28.0%
10
Uganda
DKK 21900
28.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 21634
29.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 30525
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 28999
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 28999
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 28083
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 28083
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 27167
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 26511
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 24219
20.7%
8
Egypt
DKK 24115
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 19105
37.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kalundborg 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.