Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,088 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,903 kr
Communal tax
- 6,673 kr
Church tax
- 210 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,922 kr
Net pay
* 23,166 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
23,166 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,922 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,843 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 35,088 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 52.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 35,088 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,922 kr. That means that your net pay will be 23,166 kr per year, or 1,931 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.23 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 35088
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 35088
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 35088
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 35088
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 35088
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 32860
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 32511
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 31863
9.2%
8
France
DKK 31684
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 31228
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 31211
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 30527
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 28597
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 28527
18.7%
14
Ukraine
DKK 28246
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 27552
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 27422
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 26123
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 24298
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 23860
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 23182
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 22078
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 20526
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 32049
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 28674
18.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 35088
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 35088
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 34032
3.0%
3
Thailand
DKK 33209
5.4%
4
Singapore
DKK 32960
6.1%
5
Philippines
DKK 32884
6.3%
6
Taiwan
DKK 31982
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 31550
10.1%
8
South Korea
DKK 31136
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 30936
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 30916
11.9%
11
India
DKK 30877
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 29093
17.1%
13
Japan
DKK 28512
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 27790
20.8%
15
China
DKK 26377
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 34544
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 32299
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 31843
9.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 31772
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 31724
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 31562
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 31404
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 31228
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 30702
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 28913
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 28035
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 22793
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 34642
1.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 31554
10.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 28954
17.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 28701
18.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 28338
19.2%
5
Mozambique
DKK 28112
19.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 26709
23.9%
7
Angola
DKK 26503
24.5%
8
Zambia
DKK 25652
26.9%
9
Senegal
DKK 24921
29.0%
10
Uganda
DKK 24866
29.1%
11
Nigeria
DKK 24737
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 33334
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 33334
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
DKK 32807
6.5%
3
Bahrain
DKK 32281
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 32281
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 31228
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 30474
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 27658
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 27641
21.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 21763
38.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.