Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,837 kr
Communal tax
- 6,436 kr
Church tax
- 322 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,731 kr
Net pay
* 22,769 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
22,769 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,731 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,653 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 34,500 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
53.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 53.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 34,500 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,731 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,769 kr per year, or 1,897 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,361 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 31512
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 28265
18.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 34003
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 31757
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 31353
9.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 31240
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 31192
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 31054
10.0%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 30877
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 30705
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 30188
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 28428
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 27566
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 22422
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 34076
1.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 31072
9.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 28519
17.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 28275
18.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 27927
19.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 27659
19.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 26292
23.8%
7
Angola
DKK 26070
24.4%
8
Zambia
DKK 25319
26.6%
9
Senegal
DKK 24542
28.9%
10
Uganda
DKK 24484
29.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 24337
29.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.