Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,542 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 839 kr
Communal tax
- 881 kr
Church tax
- 23.51 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,879 kr
Net pay
* 4,663 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
38.2%
61.8%
Net pay
38.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,663 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,879 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,801 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 7,542 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 22.28 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
78.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.2% tax rate now rises to 78.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 40.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 7,542 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,879 kr. That means that your net pay will be 4,663 kr per year, or 389 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 38.2% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 7542
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 7542
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 7542
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 7542
0.0%
4
Sweden
DKK 7542
0.0%
5
Norway
DKK 7542
0.0%
6
Spain
DKK 7063
6.4%
7
Italy
DKK 6849
9.2%
8
Switzerland
DKK 6835
9.4%
9
France
DKK 6810
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 6712
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 6709
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 6562
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 6147
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 6071
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 5922
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 5894
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 5615
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 5223
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 5129
32.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 4744
37.1%
21
Denmark
DKK 4649
38.4%
22
Romania
DKK 4412
41.5%
23
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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.