Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,476 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,389 kr
Communal tax
- 3,890 kr
Church tax
- 148 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,563 kr
Net pay
* 13,913 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
35.2%
64.8%
Net pay
35.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,913 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,563 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,485 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,476 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.2% tax rate now rises to 60.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 25.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,476 kr a year living in the region of Nyborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,563 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,913 kr per year, or 1,159 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.2% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 21476
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 21476
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 21476
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 21242
1.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 20402
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 20249
5.7%
6
Indonesia
DKK 19739
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 19575
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 19181
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 18935
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 18923
11.9%
11
India
DKK 18899
12.0%
12
China
DKK 18644
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 18130
15.6%
14
Japan
DKK 17451
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 17009
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 20869
2.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 22021
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 19809
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 19769
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 19446
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 19417
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 19221
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 19114
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 18791
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 17825
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 17696
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 17589
18.1%
12
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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.