Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
39,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,405 kr
Communal tax
- 7,620 kr
Church tax
- 319 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,480 kr
Net pay
* 26,120 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,120 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,480 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,401 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 39,600 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 51.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 39,600 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,480 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,120 kr per year, or 2,177 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% 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 39600
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 39600
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 39600
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 39540
0.2%
4
Spain
DKK 37085
6.4%
5
Germany
DKK 36876
6.9%
6
Switzerland
DKK 36716
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 35961
9.2%
8
France
DKK 35759
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 35244
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 35224
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 34452
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 32274
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 31911
19.4%
14
Ukraine
DKK 31878
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 31095
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 30948
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 29482
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 27423
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 26928
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 26218
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 24918
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23166
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36170
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 31807
19.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 39600
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 39600
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 37980
4.1%
3
Thailand
DKK 37408
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 36449
8.0%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36095
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35270
10.9%
7
South Korea
DKK 35077
11.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 34936
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 34892
11.9%
10
India
DKK 34848
12.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 34749
12.3%
12
Vietnam
DKK 32609
17.7%
13
Japan
DKK 32178
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 31363
20.8%
15
China
DKK 29769
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36868
7.9%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 36452
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 35858
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 35803
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 35556
10.2%
5
Mexico
DKK 35461
10.5%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 35442
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 35244
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 34650
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 32630
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 31640
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 25691
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 38458
2.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 35197
11.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 32230
18.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 31970
19.3%
4
Mozambique
DKK 31586
20.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 31487
20.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 29907
24.5%
7
Angola
DKK 29825
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28201
28.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 27827
29.7%
10
Nigeria
DKK 27806
29.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 27799
29.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 37620
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 37620
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 36432
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 36432
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 35640
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 35244
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 34393
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31155
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31025
21.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 24390
38.4%
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.