Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
31,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,504 kr
Communal tax
- 5,760 kr
Church tax
- 218 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,617 kr
Net pay
* 20,883 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20,883 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,617 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,539 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 31,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 54.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 31,500 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,617 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20,883 kr per year, or 1,740 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 28772
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 26182
16.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 31500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 31500
0.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 31482
0.1%
3
Pakistan
DKK 30886
2.0%
4
Philippines
DKK 29981
4.8%
5
Thailand
DKK 29888
5.1%
6
Taiwan
DKK 28712
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 28592
9.2%
8
South Korea
DKK 28003
11.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 27779
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 27755
11.9%
11
India
DKK 27720
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 26204
16.8%
13
Japan
DKK 25596
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 24948
20.8%
15
China
DKK 23680
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 31184
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 28559
9.3%
2
Cameroon
DKK 26188
16.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 26101
17.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 25850
17.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 25349
19.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 24166
23.3%
7
Angola
DKK 23858
24.3%
8
Zambia
DKK 23624
25.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 22610
28.2%
10
Uganda
DKK 22534
28.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 22297
29.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.