Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,656 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,188 kr
Communal tax
- 7,157 kr
Church tax
- 266 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,746 kr
Net pay
* 24,910 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,910 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,746 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,668 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,656 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
51.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 51.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,656 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,746 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,910 kr per year, or 2,076 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.72 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.28 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,364 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 34395
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30457
19.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37656
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37656
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 36279
3.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 35564
5.6%
4
Philippines
DKK 34915
7.3%
5
Taiwan
DKK 34323
8.9%
6
Singapore
DKK 33995
9.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33668
10.6%
8
South Korea
DKK 33379
11.4%
9
Malaysia
DKK 33213
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 33179
11.9%
11
India
DKK 33137
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 31094
17.4%
13
Japan
DKK 30599
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29824
20.8%
15
China
DKK 28308
24.8%
16
Show more
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36168
7.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 34662
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34097
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34045
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 33974
9.8%
5
Mexico
DKK 33781
10.3%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 33702
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 33514
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 32949
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31029
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30087
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24428
35.1%
12
Show more
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36884
2.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 33658
10.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30852
18.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30562
18.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 30136
20.0%
5
Mozambique
DKK 30090
20.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 28529
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 28396
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27103
28.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 26575
29.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 26535
29.5%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26484
29.7%
12
Show more
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35773
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35773
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34643
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34644
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33890
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 33514
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32704
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29648
21.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29567
21.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 23258
38.2%
10
Show more
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.