Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,782 kr
Communal tax
- 6,220 kr
Church tax
- 247 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,385 kr
Net pay
* 22,615 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.2%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
22,615 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,385 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,307 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 34,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 52.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 34,000 kr a year living in the region of Herning, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,385 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,615 kr per year, or 1,885 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.2%. 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 32.18 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.82 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 678 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,391 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 31055
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27918
17.9%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 33594
1.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 30657
9.8%
2
Cameroon
DKK 28150
17.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 27912
17.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 27577
18.9%
5
Mozambique
DKK 27274
19.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 25938
23.7%
7
Angola
DKK 25701
24.4%
8
Zambia
DKK 25037
26.4%
9
Senegal
DKK 24220
28.8%
10
Uganda
DKK 24159
28.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 23997
29.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 32466
4.5%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 32300
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 32300
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 31280
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 31280
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 30260
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 29529
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 26825
21.1%
8
Egypt
DKK 26815
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 21129
37.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herning 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.