Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
38,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,282 kr
Communal tax
- 7,218 kr
Church tax
- 304 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,939 kr
Net pay
* 25,561 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 38,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,939 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,561 kr per year, or 2,130 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 32.48 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 38500
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 38500
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 38500
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 38500
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37074
3.7%
5
Spain
DKK 36055
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 35691
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34962
9.2%
8
France
DKK 34765
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 34265
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 34246
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 33495
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 31377
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 31086
19.3%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30992
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 30232
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 30088
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 28663
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 26661
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 26180
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 25478
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 24225
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 22523
41.5%
23
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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.