Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
29,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,226 kr
Communal tax
- 5,500 kr
Church tax
- 257 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,119 kr
Net pay
* 18,881 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
34.9%
65.1%
Net pay
34.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18,881 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,119 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,040 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 29,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.9% tax rate now rises to 56.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29,000 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,119 kr. That means that your net pay will be 18,881 kr per year, or 1,573 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.9% 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 33.53 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.47 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 3,324 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 26488
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24416
15.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 29000
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 29000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 29000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 28555
1.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 27622
4.8%
5
Thailand
DKK 27542
5.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 26488
8.7%
7
Taiwan
DKK 26433
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 25820
11.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 25577
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 25552
11.9%
11
India
DKK 25520
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 24190
16.6%
13
Japan
DKK 23565
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 22968
20.8%
15
China
DKK 22318
23.0%
16
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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.