Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 890 kr
Communal tax
- 1,000 kr
Church tax
- 36.39 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,062 kr
Net pay
* 4,938 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
38.3%
61.7%
Net pay
38.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,938 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,062 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,983 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 21.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
77.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.3% tax rate now rises to 77.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 39.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,000 kr a year living in the region of Ringsted, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,062 kr. That means that your net pay will be 4,938 kr per year, or 412 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 38.3% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 7570
5.4%
1
USA
DKK 7307
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 7810
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 7400
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 7364
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 7360
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 7244
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 7233
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 7160
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 7120
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 7000
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 6640
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 6592
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 6552
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 8000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 7600
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 7600
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 7360
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 7360
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 7120
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 6948
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 6932
13.4%
8
Egypt
DKK 6742
15.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 6666
16.7%
10
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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.