Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
36,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,060 kr
Communal tax
- 6,808 kr
Church tax
- 286 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,290 kr
Net pay
* 24,210 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,210 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,290 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,211 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 36,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 52.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 36,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,290 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,210 kr per year, or 2,018 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 36500
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 36500
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 36500
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 36500
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 36500
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 34182
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 33827
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 33146
9.2%
8
France
DKK 32960
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 32485
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 32467
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 31755
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 29747
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 29586
18.9%
14
Ukraine
DKK 29383
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 28661
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 28525
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27174
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25276
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 24820
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24132
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 22966
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21352
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33339
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 29654
18.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 36500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 36500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35268
3.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 34504
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34003
6.8%
5
Singapore
DKK 33542
8.1%
6
Taiwan
DKK 33269
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 32715
10.4%
8
South Korea
DKK 32370
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32188
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32160
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32120
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30194
17.3%
13
Japan
DKK 29659
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 28908
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27439
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35753
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 33598
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33051
9.5%
3
Brazil
DKK 33020
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 33000
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 32782
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 32667
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32485
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 31937
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30076
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29164
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23686
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 35947
1.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 32711
10.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 29997
17.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 29724
18.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 29327
19.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29199
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 27710
24.1%
7
Angola
DKK 27544
24.5%
8
Zambia
DKK 26449
27.5%
9
Senegal
DKK 25830
29.2%
10
Uganda
DKK 25784
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25698
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 34675
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 34675
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 33580
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 33580
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33250
8.9%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32485
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 31700
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 28752
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 28700
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22585
38.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.