Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,144 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,017 kr
Communal tax
- 1,228 kr
Church tax
- 42.85 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,424 kr
Net pay
* 5,720 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
37.4%
62.6%
Net pay
37.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,720 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,424 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,346 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 9,144 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 18.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
75.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.4% tax rate now rises to 75.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 37.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 9,144 kr a year living in the region of Middelfart, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,424 kr. That means that your net pay will be 5,720 kr per year, or 477 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.85 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.15 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,358 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 8579
6.2%
1
USA
DKK 8352
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 9053
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 8595
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 8528
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 8183
10.5%
4
Uganda
DKK 8112
11.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 7989
12.6%
6
Senegal
DKK 7873
13.9%
7
Cameroon
DKK 7715
15.6%
8
Mozambique
DKK 7670
16.1%
9
Ghana
DKK 7578
17.1%
10
Angola
DKK 7180
21.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 6934
24.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Middelfart 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.