Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
29,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,270 kr
Communal tax
- 5,375 kr
Church tax
- 223 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,004 kr
Net pay
* 19,396 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,396 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,004 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,926 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 29,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 55.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29,400 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,004 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,396 kr per year, or 1,616 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% 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 26854
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24704
16.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 27598
6.1%
1
Colombia
DKK 29311
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 27063
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 26965
8.3%
4
Ecuador
DKK 26622
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 26581
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 26313
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 26166
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 25725
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 24226
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 23491
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 19641
33.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 29106
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 26796
8.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 24529
16.6%
3
Cameroon
DKK 24526
16.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 24402
17.0%
5
Mozambique
DKK 23732
19.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 22678
22.9%
7
Zambia
DKK 22438
23.7%
8
Angola
DKK 22310
24.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 21258
27.7%
10
Uganda
DKK 21169
28.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 20868
29.0%
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.