Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,436 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,272 kr
Communal tax
- 1,677 kr
Church tax
- 69.56 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,154 kr
Net pay
* 7,282 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
36.3%
63.7%
Net pay
36.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,282 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,154 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,076 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,436 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.81 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.3% tax rate now rises to 71.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,436 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,154 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,282 kr per year, or 607 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.3% 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 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 3,372 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10538
7.9%
1
USA
DKK 10446
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 11436
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 11436
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 11436
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 11360
0.7%
4
Thailand
DKK 10864
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 10689
6.5%
6
Indonesia
DKK 10488
8.3%
7
Taiwan
DKK 10424
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 10214
10.7%
9
New Zealand
DKK 10076
11.9%
10
India
DKK 10064
12.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 10062
12.0%
12
China
DKK 9928
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 9723
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 9293
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 9057
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 11164
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 10578
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 10527
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 10521
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 10355
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 10339
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 10235
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 10178
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 10006
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 9492
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 9423
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 9366
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 11322
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10750
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10665
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10106
11.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 9987
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 9649
15.6%
6
Uganda
DKK 9620
15.9%
7
Senegal
DKK 9555
16.5%
8
Mozambique
DKK 9549
16.5%
9
Ghana
DKK 9365
18.1%
10
Angola
DKK 8937
21.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8555
25.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 11436
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 10864
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 10864
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 10521
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 10521
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 10178
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 9932
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 9655
15.6%
8
Egypt
DKK 9266
19.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 9092
20.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.