Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,222 kr
Communal tax
- 7,144 kr
Church tax
- 338 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,840 kr
Net pay
* 25,120 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,120 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,840 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,762 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, 7.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.6%, 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 Rebild, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,840 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,120 kr per year, or 2,093 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.70 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.30 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,365 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 26031
31.4%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 25929
31.7%
2
Tårnby
DKK 25915
31.7%
3
Gentofte
DKK 25721
32.2%
4
Gladsaxe
DKK 25735
32.2%
5
Glostrup
DKK 25721
32.2%
6
Hørsholm
DKK 25743
32.2%
7
Vejle
DKK 25752
32.2%
8
Herlev
DKK 25707
32.3%
9
Københavns
DKK 25664
32.4%
10
Allerød
DKK 25585
32.6%
11
Billund
DKK 25582
32.6%
12
Greve
DKK 25537
32.7%
13
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 25554
32.7%
14
Brøndby
DKK 25523
32.8%
15
Kalundborg
DKK 25492
32.8%
16
Aarhus
DKK 25478
32.9%
17
Dragør
DKK 25436
33.0%
18
Furesø
DKK 25424
33.0%
19
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 25439
33.0%
20
Solrød
DKK 25354
33.2%
21
Herning
DKK 25300
33.3%
22
Køge
DKK 25334
33.3%
23
Fredensborg
DKK 25298
33.4%
24
Ishøj
DKK 25298
33.4%
25
Næstved
DKK 25275
33.4%
26
Helsingør
DKK 25227
33.5%
27
Ikast-Brande
DKK 25250
33.5%
28
Odder
DKK 25255
33.5%
29
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 25255
33.5%
30
Roskilde
DKK 25258
33.5%
31
Slagelse
DKK 25252
33.5%
32
Varde
DKK 25255
33.5%
33
Ballerup
DKK 25207
33.6%
34
Gribskov
DKK 25199
33.6%
35
Holbæk
DKK 25196
33.6%
36
Horsens
DKK 25213
33.6%
37
Hvidovre
DKK 25207
33.6%
38
Odense
DKK 25221
33.6%
39
Vejen
DKK 25196
33.6%
40
Vordingborg
DKK 25207
33.6%
41
Aalborg
DKK 25162
33.7%
42
Albertslund
DKK 25157
33.7%
43
Fredericia
DKK 25162
33.7%
44
Hedensted
DKK 25162
33.7%
45
Kolding
DKK 25151
33.7%
46
Lejre
DKK 25168
33.7%
47
Rødovre
DKK 25151
33.7%
48
Vallensbæk
DKK 25157
33.7%
49
Aabenraa
DKK 25114
33.8%
50
Egedal
DKK 25140
33.8%
51
Halsnæs
DKK 25114
33.8%
52
Hillerød
DKK 25117
33.8%
53
Rebild
DKK 25120
33.8%
54
Silkeborg
DKK 25142
33.8%
55
Struer
DKK 25128
33.8%
56
Tønder
DKK 25140
33.8%
57
Viborg
DKK 25148
33.8%
58
Esbjerg
DKK 25097
33.9%
59
Fanø
DKK 25109
33.9%
60
Favrskov
DKK 25083
33.9%
61
Holstebro
DKK 25106
33.9%
62
Lemvig
DKK 25095
33.9%
63
Randers
DKK 25075
33.9%
64
Skive
DKK 25103
33.9%
65
Sønderborg
DKK 25097
33.9%
66
Frederikssund
DKK 25055
34.0%
67
Middelfart
DKK 25072
34.0%
68
Skanderborg
DKK 25044
34.0%
69
Thisted
DKK 25052
34.0%
70
Faxe
DKK 25021
34.1%
71
Guldborgsund
DKK 24999
34.1%
72
Jammerbugt
DKK 25016
34.1%
73
Syddjurs
DKK 25016
34.1%
74
Assens
DKK 24965
34.2%
75
Kerteminde -
DKK 24965
34.2%
76
Mariagerfjord
DKK 24973
34.2%
77
Morsø
DKK 24987
34.2%
78
Norddjurs
DKK 24959
34.2%
79
Nordfyns
DKK 24976
34.2%
80
Ringsted
DKK 24973
34.2%
81
Stevns
DKK 24959
34.2%
82
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 24951
34.3%
83
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 24945
34.3%
84
Frederikshavn
DKK 24922
34.3%
85
Samsø
DKK 24953
34.3%
86
Ærø
DKK 24939
34.3%
87
Haderslev
DKK 24917
34.4%
88
Hjørring
DKK 24906
34.4%
89
Nyborg
DKK 24903
34.4%
90
ODSHERRED
DKK 24908
34.4%
91
Sorø
DKK 24917
34.4%
92
Svendborg
DKK 24897
34.4%
93
Brønderslev
DKK 24880
34.5%
94
Langeland
DKK 24863
34.5%
95
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 24852
34.5%
96
Lolland
DKK 24838
34.6%
97
Læsø
DKK 24818
34.6%
98
Christiansø
DKK 35396
6.8%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37960
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37960
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37960
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37960
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37172
2.1%
5
Spain
DKK 35550
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 35188
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34471
9.2%
8
France
DKK 34278
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33784
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33765
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 33025
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30937
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30681
19.2%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30558
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29808
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29666
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 28261
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 26287
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25813
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 25114
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23885
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 22207
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34672
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30668
19.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37960
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37960
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36545
3.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 35850
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 35155
7.4%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34600
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 34113
10.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33918
10.7%
8
South Korea
DKK 33645
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33483
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33447
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33405
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 31331
17.5%
13
Japan
DKK 30846
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 30064
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28536
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36278
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34942
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34373
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34320
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34221
9.9%
5
Mexico
DKK 34044
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33974
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33784
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 33215
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31279
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30330
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24625
35.1%
12
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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 Rebild 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.