Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
27,288 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,035 kr
Communal tax
- 5,075 kr
Church tax
- 215 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,461 kr
Net pay
* 17,827 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
34.7%
65.3%
Net pay
34.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,827 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,461 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,383 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 27,288 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.57 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.7% tax rate now rises to 56.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 27,288 kr a year living in the region of Stevns, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,461 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17,827 kr per year, or 1,486 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.7% 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 33.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.84 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 24925
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 23183
15.0%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 27015
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 25023
8.3%
2
Kenya
DKK 22953
15.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 22863
16.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 22854
16.3%
5
Mozambique
DKK 22106
19.0%
6
Zambia
DKK 21245
22.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 21181
22.4%
8
Angola
DKK 20753
24.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 19898
27.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 19797
27.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 19432
28.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 27288
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 25924
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 25924
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 25105
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 25105
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 24286
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 23700
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 21791
20.1%
8
Egypt
DKK 21538
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 17220
36.9%
10
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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.