Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,012 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 335 kr
Communal tax
- 20.47 kr
Church tax
- 0.96 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,492 kr
Net pay
* 1,520 kr
Marginal tax rate
22.3%
Average tax rate
49.5%
50.5%
Net pay
49.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,520 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,492 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,414 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 3,012 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 51.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
91.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 49.5% tax rate now rises to 91.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 41.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,012 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,492 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1,520 kr per year, or 127 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 49.6% and your marginal tax rate is 22.3%. 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 22.29 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 77.71 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 777 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,886 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 2964
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 2751
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 2940
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 2786
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 2773
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 2771
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 2727
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 2723
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 2696
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 2681
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 2635
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 2500
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 2482
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 2467
18.1%
12
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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.