Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
36,816 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,095 kr
Communal tax
- 6,954 kr
Church tax
- 259 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,444 kr
Net pay
* 24,372 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,372 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,444 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,366 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 36,816 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 52.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 36,816 kr a year living in the region of Silkeborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,444 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,372 kr per year, or 2,031 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,368 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 36816
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 36816
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 36816
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 36816
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 36816
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 34478
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 34122
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 33433
9.2%
8
France
DKK 33245
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 32766
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 32748
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32030
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30005
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 29823
19.0%
14
Ukraine
DKK 29637
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 28909
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 28772
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27410
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25495
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25035
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24345
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23165
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21537
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33627
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 29874
18.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 36816
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 36816
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35544
3.5%
3
Thailand
DKK 34794
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34252
7.0%
5
Singapore
DKK 33669
8.6%
6
Taiwan
DKK 33557
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 32975
10.4%
8
South Korea
DKK 32646
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32468
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32439
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32398
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30440
17.3%
13
Japan
DKK 29916
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29158
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27676
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35866
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 33889
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33337
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33286
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33283
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 33055
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 32950
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32766
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32214
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30336
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29416
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23886
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36203
1.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 32970
10.5%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30231
17.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 29953
18.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 29548
19.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29443
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 27934
24.1%
7
Angola
DKK 27777
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26628
27.7%
9
Senegal
DKK 26034
29.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 25989
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25913
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 34975
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 34975
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 33871
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 33871
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33349
9.4%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32766
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 31975
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 28997
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 28937
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22769
38.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Silkeborg 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.