Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,724 kr
Communal tax
- 2,494 kr
Church tax
- 94.37 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,448 kr
Net pay
* 10,056 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
35.1%
64.9%
Net pay
35.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,056 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,448 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,370 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 15,504 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.49 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
65.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.1% tax rate now rises to 65.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 15,504 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,448 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,056 kr per year, or 838 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.1% 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 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 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 14161
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 13931
10.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 15136
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 14341
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 14271
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 14264
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 14039
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 14017
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 13876
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 13799
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 13566
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 12868
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 12775
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 12698
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 15504
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 14729
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 14729
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 14264
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 14264
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 13799
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 13465
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 12869
17.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 12168
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 10357
33.2%
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.