Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,115 kr
Communal tax
- 6,724 kr
Church tax
- 203 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,178 kr
Net pay
* 24,822 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,822 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,178 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,100 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 51.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,178 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,822 kr per year, or 2,069 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33795
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30002
18.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35933
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34058
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33504
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33452
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33436
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 33214
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33115
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32930
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32375
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30488
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29563
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24002
35.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.