Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,037 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,120 kr
Communal tax
- 6,948 kr
Church tax
- 288 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,492 kr
Net pay
* 24,545 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
24,545 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,492 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,413 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,037 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 51.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,037 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,492 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,545 kr per year, or 2,045 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 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 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37037
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 37037
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 37037
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 37037
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 37037
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 34685
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 34328
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 33633
9.2%
8
France
DKK 33444
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 32963
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 32944
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32222
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30185
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 29989
19.0%
14
Ukraine
DKK 29815
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29083
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 28945
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27574
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25648
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25185
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24493
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23304
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21667
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33829
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30027
18.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37037
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37037
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35738
3.5%
3
Thailand
DKK 34996
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34427
7.1%
5
Taiwan
DKK 33759
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33755
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33157
10.5%
8
South Korea
DKK 32839
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32664
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32633
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32593
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30612
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30096
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29333
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27843
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35946
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34093
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33537
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33486
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33467
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 33246
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33148
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32963
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32407
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30518
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29593
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24025
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36382
1.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 33151
10.5%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30394
17.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30113
18.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 29703
19.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29613
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 28091
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 27940
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26753
27.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 26176
29.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 26133
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26063
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35185
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35185
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34074
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34074
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33419
9.8%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32963
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32167
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29168
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29103
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22898
38.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.