Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
29,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,281 kr
Communal tax
- 5,400 kr
Church tax
- 256 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,073 kr
Net pay
* 19,427 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,427 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,073 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,995 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 29,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 55.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29,500 kr a year living in the region of Rebild, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,073 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,427 kr per year, or 1,619 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.70 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.30 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,365 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 26945
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24776
16.0%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 29205
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 26880
8.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 24608
16.6%
3
Cameroon
DKK 24605
16.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 24471
17.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 23809
19.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 22749
22.9%
7
Zambia
DKK 22494
23.8%
8
Angola
DKK 22384
24.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 21322
27.7%
10
Uganda
DKK 21234
28.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 20936
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 29500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 28025
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 28025
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 27140
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 27140
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 26255
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 25621
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 23450
20.5%
8
Egypt
DKK 23305
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 18508
37.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Rebild 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.