Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,225 kr
Communal tax
- 3,440 kr
Church tax
- 143 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,943 kr
Net pay
* 13,057 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.7%
65.3%
Net pay
34.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,057 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,943 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,865 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 20,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.43 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
61.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.7% tax rate now rises to 61.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 26.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,943 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,057 kr per year, or 1,088 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.7% 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
USA
DKK 18268
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17583
12.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 19800
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 18637
6.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 17220
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 17159
14.2%
4
Zambia
DKK 16991
15.1%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16874
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 16494
17.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 16000
20.0%
8
Angola
DKK 15374
23.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 15366
23.2%
10
Uganda
DKK 15092
24.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 14474
27.6%
12
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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.