Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,540 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,731 kr
Communal tax
- 6,349 kr
Church tax
- 266 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,481 kr
Net pay
* 22,059 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
22,059 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,481 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,402 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 33,540 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.57 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
53.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 53.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 33,540 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,481 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,059 kr per year, or 1,838 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 30635
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27599
17.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 33540
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 33540
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 32678
2.6%
3
Singapore
DKK 32322
3.6%
4
Thailand
DKK 31790
5.2%
5
Philippines
DKK 31632
5.7%
6
Taiwan
DKK 30571
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 30274
9.7%
8
South Korea
DKK 29785
11.2%
9
Malaysia
DKK 29574
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 29552
11.9%
11
India
DKK 29515
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 27847
17.0%
13
Japan
DKK 27254
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 26564
20.8%
15
China
DKK 25214
24.8%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 32321
3.6%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 31863
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 31863
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 30857
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 30857
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 29851
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 29129
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 26480
21.1%
8
Egypt
DKK 26458
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 20861
37.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.