Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
995 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 111 kr
Communal tax
- 150 kr
Church tax
- 5.57 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 94.65 kr
Total tax
- 361 kr
Net pay
* 634 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
36.3%
63.7%
Net pay
36.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
634 kr
Net pay
1,160 kr
Tax the employer pays
361 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,521 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1,160 kr to pay you 995 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
70.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.3% tax rate now rises to 70.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,940 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,332 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,608 kr per year, or 634 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.72 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.28 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,364 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10959
8.2%
1
USA
DKK 10906
8.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.