Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
762 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 84.76 kr
Communal tax
- 146 kr
Church tax
- 5.40 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 21.84 kr
Total tax
- 258 kr
Net pay
* 504 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
504 kr
Net pay
268 kr
Tax the employer pays
258 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
525 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 268 kr to pay you 762 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.89 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 39,624 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,390 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,234 kr per year, or 2,186 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% 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
USA
DKK 36192
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 31824
19.7%
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.