Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3,733 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 415 kr
Communal tax
- 97.32 kr
Church tax
- 4.37 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,653 kr
Net pay
* 2,080 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.4%
Average tax rate
44.3%
55.7%
Net pay
44.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,080 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,653 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,574 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 3,733 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 41.72 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
88.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.3% tax rate now rises to 88.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 43.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 3,733 kr a year living in the region of Vesthimmerlands, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,653 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,080 kr per year, or 173 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 44.3% and your marginal tax rate is 30.4%. 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 30.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 696 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,479 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 3674
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 3410
8.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vesthimmerlands 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.