Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,650 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,186 kr
Communal tax
- 3,500 kr
Church tax
- 133 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,954 kr
Net pay
* 12,696 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
35.4%
64.6%
Net pay
35.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,696 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,954 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,876 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 19,650 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.4% tax rate now rises to 62.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 26.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,650 kr a year living in the region of Nyborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,954 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,696 kr per year, or 1,058 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.4% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 19650
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 19650
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 19650
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 19650
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 19650
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 18402
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 18123
7.8%
7
Italy
DKK 17844
9.2%
8
France
DKK 17744
9.7%
9
Sweden
DKK 17578
10.6%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 17489
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 17479
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 17096
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 16015
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 15818
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 15430
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 15357
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 14629
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 13608
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 13362
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 12795
34.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 12363
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 11495
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 17948
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17299
12.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 19650
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 19650
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 19650
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 19461
1.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 18667
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 18513
5.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 18057
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 17911
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 17550
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 17323
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 17314
11.9%
11
India
DKK 17292
12.0%
12
China
DKK 17059
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 16647
15.3%
14
Japan
DKK 15967
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 15563
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 19126
2.7%
1
Colombia
DKK 19880
7.3%
2
Brazil
DKK 18140
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 18088
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 17793
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 17766
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 17587
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 17489
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 17194
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 16310
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 16192
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 16093
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 19454
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 18323
6.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 16923
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 16872
14.1%
4
Zambia
DKK 16772
14.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16579
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 16225
17.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 15748
19.9%
8
Senegal
DKK 15153
22.9%
9
Angola
DKK 15115
23.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 14867
24.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 14236
27.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 19650
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 18668
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 18668
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 18078
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 18078
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 17489
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 17066
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 16063
18.3%
8
Egypt
DKK 15427
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 12771
35.0%
10
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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.