Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,032 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,117 kr
Communal tax
- 3,227 kr
Church tax
- 136 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,615 kr
Net pay
* 12,417 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
34.8%
65.2%
Net pay
34.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,417 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,615 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,537 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 19,032 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
62.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.8% tax rate now rises to 62.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,032 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,615 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,417 kr per year, or 1,035 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 17384
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 16797
11.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 18536
2.6%
1
Colombia
DKK 18781
7.5%
2
Brazil
DKK 17574
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 17519
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 17233
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 17207
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 17034
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 16938
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 16653
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 15797
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 15682
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 15587
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 18842
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 17749
6.7%
2
Kenya
DKK 16410
13.8%
3
Zambia
DKK 16387
13.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 16364
14.0%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16058
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 15743
17.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 15287
19.7%
8
Senegal
DKK 14756
22.5%
9
Angola
DKK 14657
23.0%
10
Uganda
DKK 14469
24.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 13816
27.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 19032
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 18080
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 18080
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 17509
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 17509
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 16939
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 16529
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15599
18.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 14933
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 12411
34.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.