Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,557 kr
Communal tax
- 2,221 kr
Church tax
- 80.14 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,994 kr
Net pay
* 9,006 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
35.7%
64.3%
Net pay
35.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9,006 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,994 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,916 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 14,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 13.51 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
67.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.7% tax rate now rises to 67.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 32% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 14,000 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,994 kr. That means that your net pay will be 9,006 kr per year, or 750 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.61 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.39 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,370 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 14000
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 14000
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 14000
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 14000
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 14000
0.0%
5
Sweden
DKK 13679
2.3%
6
Spain
DKK 13111
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 12857
8.2%
8
Italy
DKK 12713
9.2%
9
France
DKK 12642
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 12460
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 12453
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 12180
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 11410
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 11270
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 10993
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 10941
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 10423
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 9695
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 9520
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 8994
35.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 8813
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 8190
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 12787
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 12683
9.4%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kolding 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.