Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,919 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,218 kr
Communal tax
- 7,211 kr
Church tax
- 268 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,832 kr
Net pay
* 25,087 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
25,087 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,832 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,754 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,919 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.06 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,919 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,832 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,087 kr per year, or 2,091 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 34635
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30640
19.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36263
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34904
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34336
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34283
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34188
9.8%
5
Mexico
DKK 34009
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33938
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33748
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 33179
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31245
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30297
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24599
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37097
2.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 33874
10.7%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31046
18.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30752
18.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 30320
20.0%
5
Mozambique
DKK 30292
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28716
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 28590
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27251
28.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 26744
29.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 26706
29.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26663
29.7%
12
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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.