Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,726 kr
Communal tax
- 5,824 kr
Church tax
- 184 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,870 kr
Net pay
* 22,630 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
22,630 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,870 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
24,792 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 33,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.40 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 52.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 33,500 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,870 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,630 kr per year, or 1,886 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,450 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 30599
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27571
17.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 33083
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 30837
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 30520
8.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 30334
9.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 30306
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 30288
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 29983
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 29815
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 29312
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 27604
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 26767
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 21853
34.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 33112
1.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 30237
9.7%
2
Cameroon
DKK 27771
17.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 27550
17.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 27229
18.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 26889
19.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 25584
23.6%
7
Angola
DKK 25333
24.4%
8
Zambia
DKK 24754
26.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 23898
28.7%
10
Uganda
DKK 23834
28.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 23657
29.4%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.