Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
38,880 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,325 kr
Communal tax
- 7,556 kr
Church tax
- 290 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,306 kr
Net pay
* 25,574 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,574 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,306 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,228 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 38,880 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 51.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 38,880 kr a year living in the region of Norddjurs, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,306 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,574 kr per year, or 2,131 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.17 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.83 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 35513
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 31307
19.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36609
7.8%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 35789
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 35206
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 35152
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34970
10.1%
5
Mexico
DKK 34839
10.4%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 34798
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 34603
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 34020
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 32037
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 31065
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 25223
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37875
2.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 34660
10.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31736
18.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 31449
19.1%
4
Mozambique
DKK 31032
20.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 30990
20.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 29397
24.4%
7
Angola
DKK 29296
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 27794
28.5%
9
Senegal
DKK 27363
29.6%
10
Uganda
DKK 27331
29.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 27317
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 36936
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 36936
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 35770
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 35770
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 34992
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 34603
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 33767
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 30597
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 30485
21.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 23971
38.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Norddjurs 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.