Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26,988 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,002 kr
Communal tax
- 4,838 kr
Church tax
- 183 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,159 kr
Net pay
* 17,829 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,829 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,159 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,081 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 26,988 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.55 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 56.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 26,988 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,159 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17,829 kr per year, or 1,486 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% 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 24651
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 22967
14.9%
2
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.