Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
36,618 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,073 kr
Communal tax
- 6,940 kr
Church tax
- 258 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,407 kr
Net pay
* 24,211 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,211 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,407 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,328 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 36,618 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.19 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 52.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 36,618 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,407 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,211 kr per year, or 2,018 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% 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 33447
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 29736
18.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 36618
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 36618
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35371
3.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 34612
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34096
6.9%
5
Singapore
DKK 33590
8.3%
6
Taiwan
DKK 33377
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 32812
10.4%
8
South Korea
DKK 32473
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32293
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32264
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32224
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30286
17.3%
13
Japan
DKK 29755
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29001
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27528
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35795
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 33707
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33158
9.5%
3
Brazil
DKK 33118
9.6%
4
Guatemala
DKK 33107
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 32884
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 32773
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32590
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32041
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30173
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29258
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23760
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36043
1.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 32808
10.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30085
17.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 29809
18.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 29409
19.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29290
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 27794
24.1%
7
Angola
DKK 27631
24.5%
8
Zambia
DKK 26516
27.6%
9
Senegal
DKK 25906
29.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 25861
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25778
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 34787
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 34787
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 33689
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 33689
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33287
9.1%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32590
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 31803
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 28844
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 28789
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22654
38.1%
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.