Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,488 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,170 kr
Communal tax
- 6,510 kr
Church tax
- 248 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,063 kr
Net pay
* 25,425 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,425 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,063 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,984 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,488 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.93 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 50.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,488 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,063 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,425 kr per year, or 2,119 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.12 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,456 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 37488
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 37488
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 37488
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 37488
0.0%
4
Germany
DKK 37257
0.6%
5
Spain
DKK 35108
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 34748
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 34043
9.2%
8
France
DKK 33852
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 33364
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 33346
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 32615
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 30553
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 30327
19.1%
14
Ukraine
DKK 30178
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 29437
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 29297
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 27910
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 25960
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 25492
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 24797
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 23588
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 21930
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34241
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30340
19.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37488
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37488
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36132
3.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 35410
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34783
7.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34170
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33930
9.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33529
10.6%
8
South Korea
DKK 33232
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33064
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33031
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32989
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30963
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30462
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29690
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28182
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36108
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34508
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 33945
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 33893
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33837
9.7%
5
Mexico
DKK 33636
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33552
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33364
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32802
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 30890
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 29953
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24318
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36748
2.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 33521
10.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30728
18.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30440
18.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 30018
19.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29960
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28410
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 28273
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27008
28.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 26467
29.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 26426
29.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26370
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35614
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35614
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34489
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34489
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33739
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33364
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32558
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29518
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29441
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23160
38.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.