Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
39,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,394 kr
Communal tax
- 7,511 kr
Church tax
- 321 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,361 kr
Net pay
* 26,139 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,139 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,361 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,283 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 39,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 39,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,361 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,139 kr per year, or 2,178 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 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 3,363 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36079
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 31738
19.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 39500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 39500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 37893
4.1%
3
Thailand
DKK 37313
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 36370
7.9%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36004
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35188
10.9%
7
South Korea
DKK 34990
11.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 34848
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 34803
11.9%
10
India
DKK 34760
12.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 34711
12.1%
12
Vietnam
DKK 32531
17.6%
13
Japan
DKK 32097
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 31284
20.8%
15
China
DKK 29694
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 38377
2.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 35122
11.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 32162
18.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 31898
19.3%
4
Mozambique
DKK 31509
20.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 31418
20.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 29836
24.5%
7
Angola
DKK 29752
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28144
28.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 27762
29.7%
10
Nigeria
DKK 27738
29.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 27734
29.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 37525
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 37525
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 36340
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 36340
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 35550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 35155
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 34306
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31077
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 30950
21.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 24332
38.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.