Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
30,598 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,403 kr
Communal tax
- 5,622 kr
Church tax
- 233 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,395 kr
Net pay
* 20,203 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
20,203 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,395 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,316 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 30,598 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 54.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 30,598 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,395 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20,203 kr per year, or 1,684 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 27948
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 25556
16.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 30598
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 30598
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 30598
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 30045
1.8%
4
Philippines
DKK 29198
4.6%
5
Thailand
DKK 29041
5.1%
6
Taiwan
DKK 27890
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 27848
9.0%
8
South Korea
DKK 27215
11.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 26986
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 26960
11.9%
11
India
DKK 26926
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 25477
16.7%
13
Japan
DKK 24864
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 24234
20.8%
15
China
DKK 23002
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 28517
6.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 30414
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 28165
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 28032
8.4%
4
Ecuador
DKK 27706
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 27664
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 27385
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 27232
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 26773
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 25213
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 24448
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 20288
33.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 30598
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 29068
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 29068
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 28150
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 28150
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 27232
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 26574
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 24274
20.7%
8
Egypt
DKK 24173
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 19148
37.4%
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.