Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,440 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,272 kr
Communal tax
- 1,730 kr
Church tax
- 62.97 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,201 kr
Net pay
* 7,239 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
36.7%
63.3%
Net pay
36.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,239 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,201 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,123 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,440 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.7% tax rate now rises to 71.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,440 kr a year living in the region of Ringsted, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,201 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,239 kr per year, or 603 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.7% and your marginal tax rate is 33.1%. 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 33.13 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.87 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,344 kr of net incomes.
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ringsted 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.