Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,222 kr
Communal tax
- 7,276 kr
Church tax
- 251 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,885 kr
Net pay
* 25,075 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,075 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,885 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,807 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.06 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 51.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,960 kr a year living in the region of Randers, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,885 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,075 kr per year, or 2,090 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% 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 32.83 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.17 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 3,359 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34672
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30668
19.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37130
2.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 33907
10.7%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31077
18.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30782
18.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 30349
20.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 30324
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28745
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 28620
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27274
28.2%
9
Senegal
DKK 26771
29.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 26733
29.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26691
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 36062
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 36062
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34923
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34923
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 34164
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33784
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32968
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29884
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29795
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23435
38.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Randers 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.