Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,031 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,119 kr
Communal tax
- 6,917 kr
Church tax
- 291 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,462 kr
Net pay
* 24,569 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
24,569 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,462 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,384 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,031 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.12 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 37,031 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,462 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,569 kr per year, or 2,047 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 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 33824
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30023
18.9%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36377
1.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 33146
10.5%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30390
17.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30109
18.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 29699
19.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29608
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 28086
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 27936
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26749
27.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 26172
29.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 26129
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26059
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35179
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35179
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34068
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34069
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33417
9.8%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32958
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32161
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29164
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29098
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22894
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.