Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,222 kr
Communal tax
- 7,248 kr
Church tax
- 214 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,820 kr
Net pay
* 25,140 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
25,140 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,820 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,742 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,960 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,820 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,140 kr per year, or 2,095 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 32.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.35 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,368 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37960
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37960
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37960
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37960
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37172
2.1%
5
Spain
DKK 35550
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 35188
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34471
9.2%
8
France
DKK 34278
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33784
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33765
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 33025
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30937
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30681
19.2%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30558
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29808
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29666
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 28261
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 26287
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25813
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 25114
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23885
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 22207
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34672
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30668
19.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37960
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37960
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36545
3.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 35850
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 35155
7.4%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34600
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 34113
10.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33918
10.7%
8
South Korea
DKK 33645
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33483
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33447
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33405
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 31331
17.5%
13
Japan
DKK 30846
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 30064
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28536
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36278
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34942
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34373
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34320
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34221
9.9%
5
Mexico
DKK 34044
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33974
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33784
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 33215
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31279
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30330
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24625
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37130
2.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 33907
10.7%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31077
18.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30782
18.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 30349
20.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 30324
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28745
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 28620
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27274
28.2%
9
Senegal
DKK 26771
29.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 26733
29.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26691
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 36062
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 36062
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34923
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34923
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 34164
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33784
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32968
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29884
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29795
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23435
38.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Egedal 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.