Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
36,936 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,108 kr
Communal tax
- 6,897 kr
Church tax
- 290 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,431 kr
Net pay
* 24,505 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
24,505 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,431 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,353 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 36,936 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 51.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 36,936 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,431 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,505 kr per year, or 2,042 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33737
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 29957
18.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 35910
7.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34000
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33446
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33394
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33383
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 33159
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33058
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 32873
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32319
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30435
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29512
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23961
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36301
1.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 33068
10.5%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30320
17.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30040
18.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 29632
19.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29535
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 28019
24.1%
7
Angola
DKK 27866
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26696
27.7%
9
Senegal
DKK 26111
29.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 26067
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25994
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35089
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35089
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 33981
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 33981
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33387
9.6%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32873
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32079
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29090
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29027
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22839
38.2%
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.