Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10,920 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,215 kr
Communal tax
- 1,582 kr
Church tax
- 67.64 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,000 kr
Net pay
* 6,920 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
36.6%
63.4%
Net pay
36.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,920 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,000 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,922 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 10,920 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 16.41 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
72.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.6% tax rate now rises to 72.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 10,920 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,000 kr. That means that your net pay will be 6,920 kr per year, or 577 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 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 3,363 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10106
7.5%
1
USA
DKK 9974
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 10661
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 10101
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 10052
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 10046
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 9888
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 9873
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 9773
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 9719
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 9555
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 9064
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 8998
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 8943
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 10811
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10265
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10184
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 9679
11.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 9538
12.7%
5
Uganda
DKK 9291
14.9%
6
Cameroon
DKK 9213
15.6%
7
Senegal
DKK 9188
15.9%
8
Mozambique
DKK 9126
16.4%
9
Ghana
DKK 8963
17.9%
10
Angola
DKK 8543
21.8%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8190
25.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 10920
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 10374
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 10374
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 10046
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 10046
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 9719
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 9484
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 9248
15.3%
8
Turkey
DKK 8980
17.8%
9
Egypt
DKK 8898
18.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.