Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,948 kr
Communal tax
- 4,814 kr
Church tax
- 176 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,073 kr
Net pay
* 17,427 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
17,427 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,073 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,995 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 26,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.68 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
56.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 56.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 26,500 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,073 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17,427 kr per year, or 1,452 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 24205
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 22616
14.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 25214
4.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 26643
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 24393
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 24381
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 23996
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 23959
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 23718
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 23585
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 23187
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 21836
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 21267
19.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 18077
31.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 26235
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 24362
8.1%
2
Kenya
DKK 22412
15.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 22241
16.1%
4
Cameroon
DKK 22230
16.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 21499
18.9%
6
Zambia
DKK 20799
21.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 20622
22.2%
8
Angola
DKK 20172
23.9%
9
Senegal
DKK 19390
26.8%
10
Uganda
DKK 19287
27.2%
11
Nigeria
DKK 18896
28.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 26500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 25175
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 25175
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 24380
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 24380
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 23585
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 23015
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 21200
20.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 20907
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 16761
36.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.