Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,893 kr
Communal tax
- 6,113 kr
Church tax
- 193 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,336 kr
Net pay
* 23,664 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
23,664 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,336 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,257 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 35,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 51.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 35,000 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,336 kr. That means that your net pay will be 23,664 kr per year, or 1,972 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 31969
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 28613
18.3%
2
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.