Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,856 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,211 kr
Communal tax
- 7,170 kr
Church tax
- 267 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,784 kr
Net pay
* 25,072 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
25,072 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,784 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,705 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,856 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 37,856 kr a year living in the region of Silkeborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,784 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,072 kr per year, or 2,089 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 37856
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37856
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37856
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37856
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37191
1.8%
5
Spain
DKK 35452
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 35091
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34377
9.2%
8
France
DKK 34184
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33692
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33673
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32935
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30853
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30603
19.2%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30474
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29726
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29585
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 28184
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 26215
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25742
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 25044
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23819
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 22146
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34577
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30596
19.2%
2
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.