Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,743 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 305 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,441 kr
Net pay
* 1,302 kr
Marginal tax rate
13.6%
Average tax rate
52.5%
47.5%
Net pay
52.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,302 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,441 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,363 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 2,743 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 56.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
92.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 52.5% tax rate now rises to 92.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 39.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,743 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,441 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1,302 kr per year, or 109 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 52.5% and your marginal tax rate is 13.6%. 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 13.59 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 86.41 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 864 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,321 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 2700
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 2505
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 2678
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 2537
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 2525
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 2524
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 2484
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 2480
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 2455
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 2441
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 2400
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 2277
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 2260
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 2247
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 2743
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 2606
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 2606
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 2524
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 2524
8.0%
5
Egypt
DKK 2504
8.7%
6
Lebanon
DKK 2459
10.4%
7
Kuwait
DKK 2441
11.0%
8
Israel
DKK 2382
13.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 2311
15.8%
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.