Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 278 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,414 kr
Net pay
* 1,086 kr
Marginal tax rate
11.1%
Average tax rate
56.6%
43.4%
Net pay
56.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,086 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,414 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,336 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 2,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 61.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
93.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 56.6% tax rate now rises to 93.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 36.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,500 kr a year living in the region of Roskilde, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,414 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1,086 kr per year, or 90.51 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 56.6% and your marginal tax rate is 11.1%. 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 11.13 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 88.87 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 889 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,444 kr of net incomes.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 2500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 2500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 2500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 2424
3.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 2375
5.0%
5
Indonesia
DKK 2280
8.8%
6
Taiwan
DKK 2279
8.9%
7
South Korea
DKK 2233
10.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 2203
11.9%
9
India
DKK 2200
12.0%
10
Malaysia
DKK 2177
12.9%
11
China
DKK 2170
13.2%
12
Philippines
DKK 2160
13.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 2126
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 2031
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 1980
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 2475
1.0%
1
Uganda
DKK 2372
5.1%
2
Zambia
DKK 2350
6.0%
3
Morocco
DKK 2332
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 2312
7.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 2307
7.7%
6
Senegal
DKK 2275
9.0%
7
Kenya
DKK 2201
12.0%
8
Mozambique
DKK 2116
15.4%
9
Cameroon
DKK 2109
15.6%
10
Nigeria
DKK 2038
18.5%
11
Angola
DKK 2023
19.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Roskilde 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.