Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,176 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,135 kr
Communal tax
- 7,139 kr
Church tax
- 276 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,686 kr
Net pay
* 24,490 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,490 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,686 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,607 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,176 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
52.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 52.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,176 kr a year living in the region of Syddjurs, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,686 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,490 kr per year, or 2,041 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.1% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,350 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33956
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30124
19.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37176
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37176
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35859
3.5%
3
Thailand
DKK 35124
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34536
7.1%
5
Taiwan
DKK 33886
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33809
9.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33272
10.5%
8
South Korea
DKK 32960
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32787
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32756
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32715
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30720
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30209
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29443
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27947
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35996
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34221
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33663
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33611
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33583
9.7%
5
Mexico
DKK 33366
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33273
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33087
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32529
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30633
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29704
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24116
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36495
1.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 33265
10.5%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30497
18.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30214
18.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 29800
19.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29720
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28189
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 28043
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26831
27.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 26266
29.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 26223
29.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26158
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35317
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35317
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34202
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34202
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33462
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33087
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32287
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29276
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29207
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22979
38.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Syddjurs 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.