Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
38,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,282 kr
Communal tax
- 7,189 kr
Church tax
- 272 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,879 kr
Net pay
* 25,621 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,621 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,879 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,801 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 38,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 51.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 38,500 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,879 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,621 kr per year, or 2,135 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 35166
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 31043
19.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 38500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 38500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 37018
3.9%
3
Thailand
DKK 36363
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 35581
7.6%
5
Taiwan
DKK 35092
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 34364
10.7%
7
Singapore
DKK 34323
10.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 34116
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33961
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33922
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33880
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 31752
17.5%
13
Japan
DKK 31285
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 30492
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28942
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37567
2.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 34350
10.8%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31474
18.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 31173
19.0%
4
Mozambique
DKK 30739
20.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 30727
20.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 29127
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 29017
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27579
28.4%
9
Senegal
DKK 27118
29.6%
10
Uganda
DKK 27084
29.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 27058
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 36575
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 36575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 35420
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 35420
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 34650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 34265
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 33437
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 30302
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 30200
21.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 23750
38.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.