Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
31,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,448 kr
Communal tax
- 5,748 kr
Church tax
- 207 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,539 kr
Net pay
* 20,461 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,461 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,539 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,461 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 31,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.89 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 54.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 31,000 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,539 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20,461 kr per year, or 1,705 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.38 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 3,369 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 28315
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 25835
16.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 28765
7.2%
1
Colombia
DKK 30783
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 28536
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 28390
8.4%
4
Ecuador
DKK 28070
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 28028
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 27745
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 27590
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 27125
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 25544
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 24769
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 20504
33.9%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kolding 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.