Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,448 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,163 kr
Communal tax
- 3,327 kr
Church tax
- 138 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,763 kr
Net pay
* 12,685 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.8%
65.2%
Net pay
34.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,685 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,763 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,685 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 19,448 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.8% tax rate now rises to 62.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,448 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,763 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,685 kr per year, or 1,057 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.8% 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 17764
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17134
11.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 19448
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 19448
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 19448
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 19265
0.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 18476
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 18320
5.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 17871
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 17727
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 17369
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 17146
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 17136
11.9%
11
India
DKK 17114
12.0%
12
China
DKK 16884
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 16477
15.3%
14
Japan
DKK 15803
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 15403
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 19254
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 18137
6.7%
2
Kenya
DKK 16754
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 16706
14.1%
4
Zambia
DKK 16646
14.4%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16409
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 16069
17.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 15602
19.8%
8
Senegal
DKK 15031
22.7%
9
Angola
DKK 14965
23.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 14737
24.2%
11
Nigeria
DKK 14099
27.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 19448
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 18476
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 18476
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 17892
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 17892
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 17309
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 16891
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15911
18.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 15266
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 12654
34.9%
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.