Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,390 kr
Communal tax
- 1,753 kr
Church tax
- 66.67 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,346 kr
Net pay
* 8,154 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
34.8%
65.2%
Net pay
34.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8,154 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,346 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,267 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 12,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 14.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
69.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.8% tax rate now rises to 69.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,346 kr. That means that your net pay will be 8,154 kr per year, or 680 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.8% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.12 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,456 kr of net incomes.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 12203
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 11562
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 11506
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 11500
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 11319
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 11301
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 11187
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 11125
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 10938
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 10375
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 10300
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 10238
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 12500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 11875
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 11875
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 11500
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 11500
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 11125
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 10856
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 10496
16.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 10023
19.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 8482
32.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.