Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,390 kr
Communal tax
- 1,970 kr
Church tax
- 92.13 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,588 kr
Net pay
* 7,912 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
36.7%
63.3%
Net pay
36.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,912 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,588 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,510 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 12,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 14.81 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
70.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.7% tax rate now rises to 70.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 33.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,500 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,588 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,912 kr per year, or 659 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.7% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.51 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.49 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,325 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 11428
8.6%
1
USA
DKK 11417
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 12203
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 11562
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 11506
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 11500
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 11319
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 11301
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 11187
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 11125
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 10938
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 10375
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 10300
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 10238
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 12375
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 11750
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 11657
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10986
12.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 10913
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 10546
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 10422
16.6%
7
Senegal
DKK 10312
17.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 10297
17.6%
9
Ghana
DKK 10195
18.4%
10
Angola
DKK 9744
22.1%
11
Nigeria
DKK 9307
25.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 12500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 11875
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 11875
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 11500
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 11500
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 11125
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 10856
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 10496
16.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 10023
19.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 8482
32.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.