Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
38,415 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,273 kr
Communal tax
- 7,286 kr
Church tax
- 206 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,900 kr
Net pay
* 25,515 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,515 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,900 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,822 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 38,415 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.98 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 51.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 38,415 kr a year living in the region of Hvidovre, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,900 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,515 kr per year, or 2,126 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 38415
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 38415
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 38415
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 38415
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37090
3.5%
5
Spain
DKK 35976
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 35612
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34885
9.2%
8
France
DKK 34689
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 34189
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 34170
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 33421
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 31308
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 31022
19.2%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30924
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 30165
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 30022
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 28600
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 26602
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 26122
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 25420
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 24172
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 22473
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 35088
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30984
19.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 38415
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 38415
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36943
3.8%
3
Thailand
DKK 36282
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 35514
7.6%
5
Taiwan
DKK 35015
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 34293
10.7%
7
Singapore
DKK 34290
10.7%
8
South Korea
DKK 34042
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33886
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33847
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33805
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 31686
17.5%
13
Japan
DKK 31215
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 30425
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28878
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36441
7.8%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 35361
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34785
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34732
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34592
10.0%
5
Mexico
DKK 34437
10.4%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 34381
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 34189
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 33613
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31654
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30694
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24921
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37499
2.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 34280
10.8%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31413
18.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 31112
19.0%
4
Mozambique
DKK 30674
20.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 30667
20.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 29067
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 28954
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27531
28.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 27064
29.6%
10
Uganda
DKK 27029
29.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 27000
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 36494
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 36494
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 35342
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 35342
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 34573
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 34189
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 33363
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 30236
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 30136
21.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 23700
38.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Hvidovre 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.