Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,424 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,383 kr
Communal tax
- 3,732 kr
Church tax
- 177 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,428 kr
Net pay
* 13,996 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
34.7%
65.3%
Net pay
34.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,996 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,428 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,349 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,424 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.7% tax rate now rises to 60.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 25.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,424 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,428 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,996 kr per year, or 1,166 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.32 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,366 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 21424
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 21424
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 21424
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 21424
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 21424
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 20064
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 19776
7.7%
7
Italy
DKK 19455
9.2%
8
France
DKK 19346
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 19067
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 19057
11.1%
11
Sweden
DKK 18799
12.3%
12
Russia
DKK 18639
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 17461
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 17246
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 16823
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 16743
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 15950
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 14836
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 14568
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 13989
34.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 13477
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 12533
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 19568
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 18708
12.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 21424
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 21424
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 21424
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 21191
1.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 20353
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 20199
5.7%
6
Indonesia
DKK 19692
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 19528
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 19134
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 18889
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 18877
11.9%
11
India
DKK 18853
12.0%
12
China
DKK 18599
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 18088
15.6%
14
Japan
DKK 17409
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 16968
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 20819
2.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 21973
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 19762
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 19721
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 19399
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 19370
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 19174
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 19067
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 18746
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 17782
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 17653
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 17546
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 21210
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 19917
7.0%
2
Kenya
DKK 18431
14.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 18273
14.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 18076
15.6%
5
Zambia
DKK 17879
16.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 17591
17.9%
7
Ghana
DKK 17025
20.5%
8
Angola
DKK 16427
23.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 16229
24.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 16008
25.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 15443
27.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 21424
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 20353
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 20353
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 19710
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 19710
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 19067
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 18607
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 17393
18.8%
8
Egypt
DKK 16847
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 13804
35.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.