Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
25,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,781 kr
Communal tax
- 4,470 kr
Church tax
- 185 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,571 kr
Net pay
* 16,429 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
16,429 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,571 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,493 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 25,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9 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 25,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,571 kr. That means that your net pay will be 16,429 kr per year, or 1,369 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 25000
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 25000
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 25000
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 25000
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 25000
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 23413
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 23109
7.6%
7
Italy
DKK 22702
9.2%
8
France
DKK 22575
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 22250
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 22238
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 21750
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 21272
14.9%
13
Hungary
DKK 20375
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 20125
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 19631
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 19538
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 18613
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 17313
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 17000
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 16395
34.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 15728
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 14625
41.5%
23
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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.