Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,502 kr
Communal tax
- 2,084 kr
Church tax
- 78.88 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,801 kr
Net pay
* 8,699 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
35.6%
64.4%
Net pay
35.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8,699 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,801 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,722 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 13,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 13.87 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
68.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.6% tax rate now rises to 68.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 32.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 13,500 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,801 kr. That means that your net pay will be 8,699 kr per year, or 725 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 12331
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 12264
9.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 13179
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 12488
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 12427
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 12420
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 12224
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 12206
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 12082
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 12015
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 11812
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 11205
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 11124
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 11057
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 13500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 12825
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 12825
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 12420
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 12420
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 12015
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 11725
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 11286
16.4%
8
Egypt
DKK 10735
20.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 9134
32.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.