Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
27,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,059 kr
Communal tax
- 5,020 kr
Church tax
- 134 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,348 kr
Net pay
* 18,152 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18,152 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,348 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,270 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 27,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 56.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 27,500 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,348 kr. That means that your net pay will be 18,152 kr per year, or 1,513 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 25118
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 23336
15.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 27500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 27500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 27500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 27115
1.4%
4
Philippines
DKK 26143
4.9%
5
Thailand
DKK 26125
5.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 25172
8.5%
7
Taiwan
DKK 25066
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 24505
10.9%
9
Malaysia
DKK 24254
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 24230
11.9%
11
India
DKK 24200
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 22982
16.4%
13
Japan
DKK 22346
18.7%
14
China
DKK 22070
19.8%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 21780
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 27225
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 25201
8.4%
2
Kenya
DKK 23098
16.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 23030
16.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 23022
16.3%
5
Mozambique
DKK 22269
19.0%
6
Zambia
DKK 21364
22.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 21331
22.4%
8
Angola
DKK 20910
24.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 20034
27.2%
10
Uganda
DKK 19934
27.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 19576
28.8%
12
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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.