Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,782 kr
Communal tax
- 6,323 kr
Church tax
- 262 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,503 kr
Net pay
* 22,497 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
22,497 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,503 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,424 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, 7.48 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
53.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 53.1%, 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 Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,503 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,497 kr per year, or 1,875 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 31055
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27918
17.9%
2
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 Lejre 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.