Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,216 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,692 kr
Communal tax
- 2,532 kr
Church tax
- 95.06 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,455 kr
Net pay
* 9,761 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
35.9%
64.1%
Net pay
35.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9,761 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,455 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,377 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 15,216 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
66.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.9% tax rate now rises to 66.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 15,216 kr a year living in the region of Kerteminde -, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,455 kr. That means that your net pay will be 9,761 kr per year, or 813 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.84 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kerteminde - 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.