Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
29,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,226 kr
Communal tax
- 5,333 kr
Church tax
- 266 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,960 kr
Net pay
* 19,040 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
34.3%
65.7%
Net pay
34.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,040 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,960 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,881 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 29,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.3% tax rate now rises to 55.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29,000 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,960 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,040 kr per year, or 1,587 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,355 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 26488
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24416
15.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 27280
5.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 28943
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 26694
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 26609
8.3%
4
Ecuador
DKK 26260
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 26219
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 25955
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 25810
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 25375
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 23896
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 23171
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 19425
33.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 28710
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 26460
8.8%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 24213
16.5%
3
Cameroon
DKK 24209
16.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 24127
16.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 23424
19.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 22394
22.8%
7
Zambia
DKK 22212
23.4%
8
Angola
DKK 22015
24.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 21000
27.6%
10
Uganda
DKK 20909
27.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 20596
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 29000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 27550
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 27550
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 26680
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 26680
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 25810
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 25186
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 23075
20.4%
8
Egypt
DKK 22907
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 18217
37.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Thisted 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.