Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,506 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,391 kr
Communal tax
- 1,897 kr
Church tax
- 78.70 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,503 kr
Net pay
* 8,003 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
36.0%
64.0%
Net pay
36.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8,003 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,503 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,424 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 12,506 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 14.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
69.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36% tax rate now rises to 69.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 33.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,506 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,503 kr. That means that your net pay will be 8,003 kr per year, or 667 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.0% 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 11433
8.6%
1
USA
DKK 11423
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 12381
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 11756
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 11663
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10991
12.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 10919
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 10552
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 10427
16.6%
7
Senegal
DKK 10316
17.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 10301
17.6%
9
Ghana
DKK 10200
18.4%
10
Angola
DKK 9748
22.1%
11
Nigeria
DKK 9311
25.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 12506
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 11881
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 11881
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 11505
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 11505
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 11130
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 10861
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 10500
16.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 10027
19.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 8486
32.2%
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.