Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
16,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,835 kr
Communal tax
- 2,697 kr
Church tax
- 102 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,770 kr
Net pay
* 10,730 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
35.0%
65.0%
Net pay
35.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,730 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,770 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,692 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 16,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 11.93 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
64.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35% tax rate now rises to 64.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 29.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 16,500 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,770 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,730 kr per year, or 894 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.0% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 16500
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 16500
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 16500
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 16500
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 16500
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 15452
6.4%
6
Sweden
DKK 15406
6.6%
7
Switzerland
DKK 15187
8.0%
8
Italy
DKK 14984
9.2%
9
France
DKK 14899
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 14685
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 14677
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 14355
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 13447
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 13283
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 12956
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 12895
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 12284
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 11426
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 11220
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 10676
35.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 10384
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 9653
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 15071
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 14740
10.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 16500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 16500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 16500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 16390
0.7%
4
Thailand
DKK 15675
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 15520
5.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 15154
8.2%
7
Taiwan
DKK 15040
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 14736
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 14553
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 14538
11.9%
11
India
DKK 14520
12.0%
12
China
DKK 14324
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 14010
15.1%
14
Japan
DKK 13408
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 13068
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 16108
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 15257
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 15188
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 15180
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 14941
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 14918
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 14768
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 14685
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 14438
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 13695
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 13596
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 13513
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 16335
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 15388
6.7%
2
Zambia
DKK 14722
10.8%
3
Kenya
DKK 14316
13.2%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 14285
13.4%
5
Cameroon
DKK 13921
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 13681
17.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 13313
19.3%
8
Senegal
DKK 13069
20.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 12841
22.2%
10
Angola
DKK 12763
22.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 12094
26.7%
12
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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.