Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
23,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,558 kr
Communal tax
- 4,024 kr
Church tax
- 152 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,870 kr
Net pay
* 15,130 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,130 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,870 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,792 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 23,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.47 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
59.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 59.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 24.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,870 kr. That means that your net pay will be 15,130 kr per year, or 1,261 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 23000
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 23000
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 23000
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 23000
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 23000
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 21539
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 21245
7.6%
7
Italy
DKK 20886
9.2%
8
France
DKK 20769
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 20470
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 20459
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 20010
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 19888
13.5%
13
Hungary
DKK 18745
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 18515
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 18060
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 17975
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 17124
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 15927
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 15640
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 15049
34.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 14468
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 13455
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 21008
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 19950
13.3%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 22770
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 21334
7.2%
2
Kenya
DKK 19771
14.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 19501
15.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 19405
15.6%
5
Zambia
DKK 18822
18.2%
6
Mozambique
DKK 18804
18.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 18142
21.1%
8
Angola
DKK 17592
23.5%
9
Senegal
DKK 17185
25.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 17025
26.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 16515
28.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 23000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 21850
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 21850
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 21160
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 21160
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 20470
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 19976
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 18575
19.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 18107
21.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 14722
36.0%
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.