Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,944 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 550 kr
Communal tax
- 353 kr
Church tax
- 13.44 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,052 kr
Net pay
* 2,892 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
41.5%
58.5%
Net pay
41.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,892 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,052 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,974 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 4,944 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 32.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
84.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.5% tax rate now rises to 84.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 43.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 4,944 kr a year living in the region of Nyborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,052 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,892 kr per year, or 241 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.5% 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
Canada
DKK 4866
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 4516
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 4827
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4573
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 4551
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 4548
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 4477
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 4470
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 4425
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 4400
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 4326
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 4104
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 4074
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 4049
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 4895
1.0%
1
Uganda
DKK 4678
5.4%
2
Zambia
DKK 4647
6.0%
3
Morocco
DKK 4611
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 4573
7.5%
5
Senegal
DKK 4499
9.0%
6
Kenya
DKK 4310
12.8%
7
Ghana
DKK 4304
12.9%
8
Mozambique
DKK 4221
14.6%
9
Cameroon
DKK 4171
15.6%
10
Angola
DKK 3933
20.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 3905
21.0%
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.