Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,872 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,212 kr
Communal tax
- 7,173 kr
Church tax
- 259 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,780 kr
Net pay
* 25,092 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,092 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,780 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,702 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,872 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 51.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,872 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,780 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,092 kr per year, or 2,091 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37872
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37872
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37872
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37872
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37188
1.8%
5
Spain
DKK 35467
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 35106
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34392
9.2%
8
France
DKK 34198
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33706
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33687
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32949
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30866
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30615
19.2%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30487
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29739
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29597
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 28196
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 26226
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25753
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 25055
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23830
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 22155
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34592
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30607
19.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37872
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37872
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36468
3.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 35767
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 35085
7.4%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34520
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 34079
10.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33846
10.6%
8
South Korea
DKK 33568
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33405
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33369
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33327
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 31263
17.5%
13
Japan
DKK 30774
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29995
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28470
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36246
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34861
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34293
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34241
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34150
9.8%
5
Mexico
DKK 33968
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33895
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33706
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 33138
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31207
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30260
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24568
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37059
2.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 33835
10.7%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31011
18.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30718
18.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 30287
20.0%
5
Mozambique
DKK 30256
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28682
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 28555
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27225
28.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 26714
29.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 26676
29.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26631
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35978
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35978
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34842
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34842
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 34085
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33706
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32892
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29816
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29729
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23384
38.3%
10
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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.