Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,976 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,002 kr
Communal tax
- 6,740 kr
Church tax
- 338 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,215 kr
Net pay
* 23,761 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
23,761 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,215 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,137 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 35,976 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.27 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 52.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 35,976 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,215 kr. That means that your net pay will be 23,761 kr per year, or 1,980 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,361 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 35976
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 35976
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 35976
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 35976
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 35976
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 33692
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 33339
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 32670
9.2%
8
France
DKK 32486
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 32019
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 32001
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 31299
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 29320
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 29193
18.9%
14
Ukraine
DKK 28961
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 28250
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 28116
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 26784
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 24913
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 24464
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 23779
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 22636
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21046
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 32860
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 29290
18.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 35976
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 35976
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 34809
3.2%
3
Thailand
DKK 34023
5.4%
4
Philippines
DKK 33590
6.6%
5
Singapore
DKK 33326
7.4%
6
Taiwan
DKK 32792
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 32283
10.3%
8
South Korea
DKK 31912
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 31723
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 31698
11.9%
11
India
DKK 31659
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 29785
17.2%
13
Japan
DKK 29234
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 28493
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27045
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35361
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 33116
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 32583
9.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 32576
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 32526
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 32329
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 32199
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32019
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 31479
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 29644
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 28745
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23355
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 35498
1.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 32282
10.3%
2
Cameroon
DKK 29610
17.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 29344
18.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 28960
19.5%
5
Mozambique
DKK 28796
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 27339
24.0%
7
Angola
DKK 27158
24.5%
8
Zambia
DKK 26153
27.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 25493
29.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 25443
29.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25341
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 34177
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 34177
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 33098
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 33098
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33086
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32019
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 31245
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 28346
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 28307
21.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 22280
38.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.