Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
23,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,614 kr
Communal tax
- 4,274 kr
Church tax
- 181 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,205 kr
Net pay
* 15,295 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
34.9%
65.1%
Net pay
34.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,295 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,205 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,126 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 23,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.42 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
59.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.9% tax rate now rises to 59.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 24.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23,500 kr a year living in the region of Stevns, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,205 kr. That means that your net pay will be 15,295 kr per year, or 1,275 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.17 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.83 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 21465
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 20344
13.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 23500
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 23500
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 23500
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 23215
1.2%
4
Thailand
DKK 22325
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 22215
5.5%
6
Indonesia
DKK 21605
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 21420
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 20988
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 20723
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 20706
11.9%
11
India
DKK 20680
12.0%
12
China
DKK 20402
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 19760
15.9%
14
Japan
DKK 19096
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 18612
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 23265
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 21784
7.3%
2
Kenya
DKK 20196
14.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 19891
15.4%
4
Cameroon
DKK 19827
15.6%
5
Mozambique
DKK 19189
18.3%
6
Zambia
DKK 19104
18.7%
7
Ghana
DKK 18496
21.3%
8
Angola
DKK 17961
23.6%
9
Senegal
DKK 17488
25.6%
10
Uganda
DKK 17348
26.2%
11
Nigeria
DKK 16855
28.3%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Stevns 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.