Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,171 kr
Communal tax
- 7,013 kr
Church tax
- 295 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,615 kr
Net pay
* 24,885 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,885 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,615 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,536 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 51.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,615 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,885 kr per year, or 2,074 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37500
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37500
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37500
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37500
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37255
0.7%
5
Spain
DKK 35119
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 34759
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34054
9.2%
8
France
DKK 33862
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33375
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33356
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32625
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30563
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30336
19.1%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30187
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29446
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29307
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27919
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25969
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25500
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24805
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23595
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21937
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34252
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30349
19.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36143
3.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 35421
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 34792
7.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34181
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33935
9.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33539
10.6%
8
South Korea
DKK 33243
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33075
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33041
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33000
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30973
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30472
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29700
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28191
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36112
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34519
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33956
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33904
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33847
9.7%
5
Mexico
DKK 33646
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33563
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33375
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32813
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30900
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29962
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24326
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36757
2.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 33530
10.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30737
18.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30449
18.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 30027
19.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29969
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28419
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 28281
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27014
28.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 26474
29.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 26434
29.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26378
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35625
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35625
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34500
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34500
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33375
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32569
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29527
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29450
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23167
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.