Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
29,700 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,303 kr
Communal tax
- 5,500 kr
Church tax
- 204 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,143 kr
Net pay
* 19,557 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,557 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,143 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,064 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 29,700 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 55.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29,700 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,143 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,557 kr per year, or 1,630 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 27128
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24920
16.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 29403
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 27048
8.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 24766
16.6%
3
Cameroon
DKK 24763
16.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 24609
17.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 23963
19.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 22890
22.9%
7
Zambia
DKK 22607
23.9%
8
Angola
DKK 22531
24.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 21451
27.8%
10
Uganda
DKK 21364
28.1%
11
Nigeria
DKK 21072
29.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 29700
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 28215
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 28215
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 27324
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 27324
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 26433
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 25794
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 23600
20.5%
8
Egypt
DKK 23463
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 18625
37.3%
10
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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.