Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 556 kr
Communal tax
- 350 kr
Church tax
- 14.73 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,057 kr
Net pay
* 2,943 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
41.1%
58.9%
Net pay
41.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,943 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,057 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,978 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 31.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
84.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.1% tax rate now rises to 84.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 43.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,057 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,943 kr per year, or 245 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.1% 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 4921
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 4567
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 4881
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4625
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 4603
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 4600
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 4527
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 4521
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 4475
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 4450
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 4375
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 4150
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 4120
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 4095
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 4950
1.0%
1
Uganda
DKK 4730
5.4%
2
Zambia
DKK 4700
6.0%
3
Morocco
DKK 4663
6.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 4625
7.5%
5
Senegal
DKK 4544
9.1%
6
Kenya
DKK 4359
12.8%
7
Ghana
DKK 4348
13.1%
8
Mozambique
DKK 4268
14.6%
9
Cameroon
DKK 4219
15.6%
10
Angola
DKK 3977
20.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 3947
21.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 4750
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 4750
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 4600
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 4600
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 4450
11.0%
6
Lebanon
DKK 4414
11.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 4371
12.6%
8
Israel
DKK 4342
13.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 4212
15.8%
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.