Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,949 kr
Communal tax
- 6,210 kr
Church tax
- 197 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,491 kr
Net pay
* 24,009 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
24,009 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,491 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,412 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 35,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 51.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 35,500 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,491 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,009 kr per year, or 2,001 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 32425
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 28960
18.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 35500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 35500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 34393
3.1%
3
Thailand
DKK 33587
5.4%
4
Philippines
DKK 33214
6.4%
5
Singapore
DKK 33130
6.7%
6
Taiwan
DKK 32358
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 31890
10.2%
8
South Korea
DKK 31496
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 31301
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 31279
11.9%
11
India
DKK 31240
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 29414
17.1%
13
Japan
DKK 28847
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 28116
20.8%
15
China
DKK 26687
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 34923
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 32678
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 32186
9.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 32145
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 32096
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 31918
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 31772
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 31595
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 31062
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 29252
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 28365
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23054
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 35039
1.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 31892
10.2%
2
Cameroon
DKK 29258
17.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 28999
18.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 28627
19.4%
5
Mozambique
DKK 28429
19.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 27001
23.9%
7
Angola
DKK 26807
24.5%
8
Zambia
DKK 25884
27.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 25186
29.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 25134
29.2%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25018
29.5%
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.