Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 723 kr
Communal tax
- 665 kr
Church tax
- 28.44 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,553 kr
Net pay
* 3,947 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
39.3%
60.7%
Net pay
39.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,947 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,553 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,474 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 6,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 25.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
80.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.3% tax rate now rises to 80.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 41.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 6,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,553 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,947 kr per year, or 329 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.3% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 6247
3.9%
1
USA
DKK 5937
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 6346
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 6012
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 5983
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 5980
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 5886
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 5877
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 5817
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 5785
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 5688
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 5395
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 5356
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 5324
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 6435
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 6110
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 6062
6.7%
3
Uganda
DKK 6037
7.1%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 5917
9.0%
5
Senegal
DKK 5749
11.6%
6
Kenya
DKK 5673
12.7%
7
Ghana
DKK 5517
15.1%
8
Mozambique
DKK 5502
15.4%
9
Cameroon
DKK 5484
15.6%
10
Angola
DKK 5142
20.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 5047
22.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 6500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 6175
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 6175
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 5980
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 5980
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 5785
11.0%
6
Lebanon
DKK 5674
12.7%
7
Israel
DKK 5645
13.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 5581
14.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 5465
15.9%
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.