Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
25,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,836 kr
Communal tax
- 4,535 kr
Church tax
- 172 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,678 kr
Net pay
* 16,822 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
16,822 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,678 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,600 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 25,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.86 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
57.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 57.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 25,500 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,678 kr. That means that your net pay will be 16,822 kr per year, or 1,402 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 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 3,385 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 23291
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 21896
14.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 25245
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 23523
7.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 21726
14.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 21452
15.9%
4
Cameroon
DKK 21439
15.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 20729
18.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 20234
20.7%
7
Ghana
DKK 19914
21.9%
8
Angola
DKK 19435
23.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 18746
26.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 18641
26.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 18216
28.6%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.