Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,058 kr
Communal tax
- 3,254 kr
Church tax
- 124 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,571 kr
Net pay
* 11,929 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
35.5%
64.5%
Net pay
35.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11,929 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,571 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,493 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 18,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 11.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
63.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.5% tax rate now rises to 63.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18,500 kr a year living in the region of Nyborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,571 kr. That means that your net pay will be 11,929 kr per year, or 994 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.5% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.67 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 667 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,334 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 16898
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 16364
11.5%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nyborg 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.