Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
31,344 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,486 kr
Communal tax
- 5,817 kr
Church tax
- 155 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,594 kr
Net pay
* 20,750 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,750 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,594 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,516 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 31,344 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 54.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 31,344 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,594 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20,750 kr per year, or 1,729 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.42 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.58 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,379 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 28629
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 26074
16.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 31100
7.5%
1
Mexico
DKK 28977
7.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 28852
8.0%
3
Brazil
DKK 28696
8.5%
4
Ecuador
DKK 28382
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 28339
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 28053
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 27896
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 27426
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 25827
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 25044
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 20690
34.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 31031
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 28428
9.3%
2
Cameroon
DKK 26065
16.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 25988
17.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 25742
17.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 25229
19.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 24056
23.3%
7
Angola
DKK 23743
24.3%
8
Zambia
DKK 23536
24.9%
9
Senegal
DKK 22510
28.2%
10
Uganda
DKK 22433
28.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 22191
29.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 31344
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 29777
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 29777
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 28836
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 28836
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 27896
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 27222
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 24833
20.8%
8
Egypt
DKK 24756
21.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 19582
37.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.