Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
24,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,776 kr
Communal tax
- 4,461 kr
Church tax
- 185 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,558 kr
Net pay
* 16,402 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.3%
65.7%
Net pay
34.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
16,402 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,558 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,480 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 24,960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
57.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.3% tax rate now rises to 57.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 24,960 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,558 kr. That means that your net pay will be 16,402 kr per year, or 1,367 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.3% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 24960
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 24960
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 24960
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 24960
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 24960
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 23375
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 23072
7.6%
7
Italy
DKK 22666
9.2%
8
France
DKK 22539
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 22214
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 22202
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 21715
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 21245
14.9%
13
Hungary
DKK 20342
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 20093
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 19600
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 19506
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 18583
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 17285
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 16973
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 16368
34.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 15702
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 14602
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 22798
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 21495
13.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 24960
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 24960
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 24960
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 24639
1.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 23712
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 23647
5.3%
6
Indonesia
DKK 22945
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 22751
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 22274
10.8%
9
Malaysia
DKK 22013
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 21992
11.9%
11
India
DKK 21965
12.0%
12
China
DKK 21650
13.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 20936
16.1%
14
Japan
DKK 20282
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 19768
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 23924
4.2%
1
Colombia
DKK 25227
7.3%
2
Brazil
DKK 22980
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 22976
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 22601
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 22567
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 22339
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 22214
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 21840
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 20567
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 20160
19.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 17922
28.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 24710
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 23069
7.6%
2
Kenya
DKK 21356
14.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 21028
15.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 21011
15.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 20314
18.6%
6
Zambia
DKK 19929
20.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 19531
21.8%
8
Angola
DKK 19037
23.7%
9
Senegal
DKK 18399
26.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 18292
26.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 17848
28.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 24960
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 23712
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 23712
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 22963
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 22963
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 22215
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 21678
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 20045
19.7%
8
Egypt
DKK 19675
21.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 15864
36.4%
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.