Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
31,980 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,557 kr
Communal tax
- 6,021 kr
Church tax
- 252 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,966 kr
Net pay
* 21,014 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
34.3%
65.7%
Net pay
34.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
21,014 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,966 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,888 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 31,980 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.3% tax rate now rises to 54.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 31,980 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,966 kr. That means that your net pay will be 21,014 kr per year, or 1,751 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.3% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 31980
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 31980
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 31980
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 31980
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 31980
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 29949
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 29614
7.4%
7
Italy
DKK 29041
9.2%
8
France
DKK 28878
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 28462
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 28446
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 27823
13.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 26192
18.1%
13
Hungary
DKK 26064
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 25744
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 25112
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 24993
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 23809
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 22146
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 21746
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 21091
34.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 20123
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 18708
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 29210
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 26515
17.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 31980
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 31980
0.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 31679
0.9%
3
Pakistan
DKK 31313
2.1%
4
Philippines
DKK 30369
5.0%
5
Thailand
DKK 30338
5.1%
6
Taiwan
DKK 29149
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 28988
9.4%
8
South Korea
DKK 28422
11.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 28201
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 28178
11.9%
11
India
DKK 28142
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 26591
16.9%
13
Japan
DKK 25986
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 25328
20.8%
15
China
DKK 24041
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 31685
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 29438
8.0%
2
Mexico
DKK 29369
8.2%
3
Brazil
DKK 29254
8.5%
4
Ecuador
DKK 28958
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 28914
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 28622
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 28462
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 27983
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 26352
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 25552
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 21033
34.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 31647
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 28962
9.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 26568
16.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 26449
17.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 26181
18.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 25719
19.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 24506
23.4%
7
Angola
DKK 24212
24.3%
8
Zambia
DKK 23896
25.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 22920
28.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 22846
28.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 22623
29.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 31832
0.5%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 30381
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 30381
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 29422
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 29422
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 28462
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 27775
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 25310
20.9%
8
Egypt
DKK 25249
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 19952
37.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.