Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,336 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,153 kr
Communal tax
- 7,010 kr
Church tax
- 291 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,589 kr
Net pay
* 24,747 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
24,747 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,589 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,511 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,336 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 51.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,336 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,589 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,747 kr per year, or 2,062 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 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 37336
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37336
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37336
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37336
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37284
0.1%
5
Spain
DKK 34965
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 34606
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 33905
9.2%
8
France
DKK 33714
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33229
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33210
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32482
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30429
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30213
19.1%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30055
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29318
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29178
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27797
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25855
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25388
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24694
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23492
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21842
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34102
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30235
19.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37336
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37336
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35999
3.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 35270
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34663
7.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34031
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33871
9.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33404
10.5%
8
South Korea
DKK 33100
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32929
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32897
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32856
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30845
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30339
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29570
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28067
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36053
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34368
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33808
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33756
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33713
9.7%
5
Mexico
DKK 33505
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33416
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33229
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32669
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30765
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29831
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24220
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36625
1.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 33396
10.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30615
18.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30330
18.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 29912
19.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29843
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28303
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 28161
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26922
27.9%
9
Senegal
DKK 26369
29.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 26327
29.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26266
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35469
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35469
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34349
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34349
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33602
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33229
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32426
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29400
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29327
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23072
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.