Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,279 kr
Communal tax
- 1,676 kr
Church tax
- 64.10 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,155 kr
Net pay
* 7,345 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
36.1%
63.9%
Net pay
36.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,345 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,155 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,077 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.72 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.1% tax rate now rises to 71.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 35% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,500 kr a year living in the region of Slagelse, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,155 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,345 kr per year, or 612 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 11500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 11500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 11500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 11424
0.7%
4
Thailand
DKK 10925
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 10751
6.5%
6
Indonesia
DKK 10547
8.3%
7
Taiwan
DKK 10482
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 10271
10.7%
9
New Zealand
DKK 10133
11.9%
10
India
DKK 10120
12.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 10119
12.0%
12
China
DKK 9984
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 9778
15.0%
14
Japan
DKK 9345
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 9108
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 11385
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10810
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10725
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10159
11.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 10043
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 9703
15.6%
6
Uganda
DKK 9661
16.0%
7
Mozambique
DKK 9602
16.5%
8
Senegal
DKK 9601
16.5%
9
Ghana
DKK 9415
18.1%
10
Angola
DKK 8985
21.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8600
25.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Slagelse 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.