Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,720 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 636 kr
Communal tax
- 504 kr
Church tax
- 21.53 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,297 kr
Net pay
* 3,423 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
40.2%
59.8%
Net pay
40.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,423 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,297 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,219 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,720 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 28.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
82.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.2% tax rate now rises to 82.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 42.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,720 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,297 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,423 kr per year, or 285 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.2% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 5559
2.8%
1
USA
DKK 5225
8.7%
2
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.