Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,224 kr
Communal tax
- 1,598 kr
Church tax
- 42.64 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,000 kr
Net pay
* 7,000 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
36.4%
63.6%
Net pay
36.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,000 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,000 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,922 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 16.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.4% tax rate now rises to 71.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,000 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,000 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,000 kr per year, or 583 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.41 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.59 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,380 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10173
7.5%
1
USA
DKK 10047
8.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.