Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
27,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,003 kr
Communal tax
- 4,918 kr
Church tax
- 210 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,267 kr
Net pay
* 17,733 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
34.3%
65.7%
Net pay
34.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,733 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,267 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,189 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 27,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.59 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.3% tax rate now rises to 56.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 27,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,267 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17,733 kr per year, or 1,478 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.3% 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 32.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.24 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 24662
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 22976
14.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 27000
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 27000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 27000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 26628
1.4%
4
Philippines
DKK 25650
5.0%
5
Thailand
DKK 25650
5.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 24734
8.4%
7
Taiwan
DKK 24610
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 24066
10.9%
9
Malaysia
DKK 23813
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 23790
11.9%
11
India
DKK 23760
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 22579
16.4%
13
China
DKK 21987
18.6%
14
Japan
DKK 21940
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 21384
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 25633
5.1%
1
Colombia
DKK 27103
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 24853
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 24828
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 24448
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 24411
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 24165
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 24030
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 23625
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 22248
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 21627
19.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 18346
32.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 26730
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 24782
8.2%
2
Kenya
DKK 22755
15.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 22636
16.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 22626
16.2%
5
Mozambique
DKK 21884
19.0%
6
Zambia
DKK 21082
21.9%
7
Ghana
DKK 20977
22.3%
8
Angola
DKK 20541
23.9%
9
Senegal
DKK 19712
27.0%
10
Uganda
DKK 19611
27.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 19236
28.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 27000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 25650
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 25650
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 24840
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 24840
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 24030
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 23449
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 21575
20.1%
8
Egypt
DKK 21307
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 17052
36.8%
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.