Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
28,841 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,208 kr
Communal tax
- 5,217 kr
Church tax
- 197 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,758 kr
Net pay
* 19,083 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,083 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,758 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,679 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 28,841 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 55.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 28,841 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,758 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,083 kr per year, or 1,590 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 19655
31.9%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 19580
32.1%
2
Tårnby
DKK 19570
32.1%
3
Gentofte
DKK 19426
32.6%
4
Gladsaxe
DKK 19436
32.6%
5
Glostrup
DKK 19426
32.6%
6
Hørsholm
DKK 19443
32.6%
7
Vejle
DKK 19449
32.6%
8
Herlev
DKK 19416
32.7%
9
Københavns
DKK 19385
32.8%
10
Allerød
DKK 19326
33.0%
11
Billund
DKK 19324
33.0%
12
Brøndby
DKK 19281
33.1%
13
Greve
DKK 19291
33.1%
14
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 19303
33.1%
15
Kalundborg
DKK 19258
33.2%
16
Aarhus
DKK 19247
33.3%
17
Dragør
DKK 19216
33.4%
18
Furesø
DKK 19208
33.4%
19
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 19218
33.4%
20
Køge
DKK 19141
33.6%
21
Solrød
DKK 19156
33.6%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 19114
33.7%
23
Herning
DKK 19116
33.7%
24
Ishøj
DKK 19114
33.7%
25
Ikast-Brande
DKK 19079
33.8%
26
Næstved
DKK 19098
33.8%
27
Odder
DKK 19083
33.8%
28
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 19083
33.8%
29
Roskilde
DKK 19085
33.8%
30
Slagelse
DKK 19081
33.8%
31
Varde
DKK 19083
33.8%
32
Helsingør
DKK 19062
33.9%
33
Horsens
DKK 19052
33.9%
34
Odense
DKK 19058
33.9%
35
Ballerup
DKK 19048
34.0%
36
Gribskov
DKK 19042
34.0%
37
Holbæk
DKK 19040
34.0%
38
Hvidovre
DKK 19048
34.0%
39
Vejen
DKK 19040
34.0%
40
Vordingborg
DKK 19048
34.0%
41
Aalborg
DKK 19015
34.1%
42
Albertslund
DKK 19010
34.1%
43
Egedal
DKK 18998
34.1%
44
Fredericia
DKK 19015
34.1%
45
Hedensted
DKK 19015
34.1%
46
Kolding
DKK 19006
34.1%
47
Lejre
DKK 19019
34.1%
48
Rødovre
DKK 19006
34.1%
49
Silkeborg
DKK 19000
34.1%
50
Tønder
DKK 18998
34.1%
51
Vallensbæk
DKK 19010
34.1%
52
Viborg
DKK 19004
34.1%
53
Aabenraa
DKK 18979
34.2%
54
Esbjerg
DKK 18967
34.2%
55
Fanø
DKK 18975
34.2%
56
Halsnæs
DKK 18979
34.2%
57
Hillerød
DKK 18981
34.2%
58
Holstebro
DKK 18973
34.2%
59
Lemvig
DKK 18965
34.2%
60
Rebild
DKK 18983
34.2%
61
Skive
DKK 18971
34.2%
62
Struer
DKK 18990
34.2%
63
Sønderborg
DKK 18967
34.2%
64
Favrskov
DKK 18956
34.3%
65
Frederikssund
DKK 18936
34.3%
66
Middelfart
DKK 18948
34.3%
67
Randers
DKK 18950
34.3%
68
Faxe
DKK 18911
34.4%
69
Jammerbugt
DKK 18907
34.4%
70
Skanderborg
DKK 18927
34.4%
71
Syddjurs
DKK 18907
34.4%
72
Thisted
DKK 18934
34.4%
73
Guldborgsund
DKK 18894
34.5%
74
Morsø
DKK 18886
34.5%
75
Nordfyns
DKK 18877
34.5%
76
Assens
DKK 18869
34.6%
77
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 18859
34.6%
78
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 18855
34.6%
79
Kerteminde -
DKK 18869
34.6%
80
Mariagerfjord
DKK 18875
34.6%
81
Norddjurs
DKK 18865
34.6%
82
Ringsted
DKK 18875
34.6%
83
Samsø
DKK 18861
34.6%
84
Stevns
DKK 18865
34.6%
85
Ærø
DKK 18850
34.6%
86
Frederikshavn
DKK 18838
34.7%
87
Haderslev
DKK 18834
34.7%
88
Hjørring
DKK 18825
34.7%
89
Nyborg
DKK 18823
34.7%
90
ODSHERRED
DKK 18828
34.7%
91
Sorø
DKK 18834
34.7%
92
Svendborg
DKK 18819
34.7%
93
Brønderslev
DKK 18807
34.8%
94
Langeland
DKK 18794
34.8%
95
Lolland
DKK 18776
34.9%
96
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 18786
34.9%
97
Læsø
DKK 18761
35.0%
98
Christiansø
DKK 26620
7.7%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 28841
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 28841
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 28841
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 28841
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 28841
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 27010
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 26689
7.5%
7
Italy
DKK 26190
9.2%
8
France
DKK 26043
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 25668
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 25654
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 25092
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 23945
17.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 23505
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 23217
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 22647
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 22539
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 21472
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 19972
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 19612
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 18979
34.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 18147
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 16872
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 26343
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24301
15.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 28841
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 28841
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 28841
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 28406
1.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 27465
4.8%
5
Thailand
DKK 27392
5.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 26348
8.6%
7
Taiwan
DKK 26288
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 25681
11.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 25437
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 25412
11.9%
11
India
DKK 25380
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 24062
16.6%
13
Japan
DKK 23436
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 22842
20.8%
15
China
DKK 22292
22.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 27153
5.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 28797
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 26548
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 26467
8.2%
4
Ecuador
DKK 26116
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 26076
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 25813
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 25668
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 25236
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 23765
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 23044
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 19340
32.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 28553
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 26327
8.7%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 24088
16.5%
3
Cameroon
DKK 24083
16.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 24018
16.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 23302
19.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 22282
22.7%
7
Zambia
DKK 22122
23.3%
8
Angola
DKK 21898
24.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 20898
27.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 20806
27.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 20488
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 28841
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 27399
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 27399
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 26534
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 26534
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 25668
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 25048
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 22956
20.4%
8
Egypt
DKK 22780
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 18124
37.2%
10
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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.