Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,058 kr
Communal tax
- 3,131 kr
Church tax
- 130 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,455 kr
Net pay
* 12,045 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.9%
65.1%
Net pay
34.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,045 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,455 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,376 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 18,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 11.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.9% tax rate now rises to 62.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,455 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,045 kr per year, or 1,004 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.9% 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
USA
DKK 16898
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 16364
11.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 18028
2.6%
1
Brazil
DKK 17087
7.6%
2
Colombia
DKK 17835
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 17029
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 16752
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 16726
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 16557
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 16465
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 16187
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 15355
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 15244
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 15151
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 18500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 17575
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 17575
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 17020
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 17020
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 16465
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 16067
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15200
17.8%
8
Egypt
DKK 14507
21.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 12102
34.6%
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.