Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,520 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,281 kr
Communal tax
- 1,694 kr
Church tax
- 70.28 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,182 kr
Net pay
* 7,338 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
7,338 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,182 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,103 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,520 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.3% tax rate now rises to 71.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,520 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,182 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,338 kr per year, or 612 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 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 10608
7.9%
1
USA
DKK 10522
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 11405
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10829
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10744
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10175
11.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 10060
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 9720
15.6%
6
Uganda
DKK 9673
16.0%
7
Mozambique
DKK 9618
16.5%
8
Senegal
DKK 9615
16.5%
9
Ghana
DKK 9431
18.1%
10
Angola
DKK 9001
21.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8614
25.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 11520
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 10944
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 10944
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 10598
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 10598
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 10253
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 10005
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 9722
15.6%
8
Egypt
DKK 9325
19.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 9039
21.5%
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.