Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
34,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,782 kr
Communal tax
- 6,270 kr
Church tax
- 237 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,425 kr
Net pay
* 22,575 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
22,575 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,425 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,347 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, 7.45 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 52.9%, 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 Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,425 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,575 kr per year, or 1,881 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 31055
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27918
17.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 33543
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 31297
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 30937
9.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 30787
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 30740
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 30621
9.9%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 30430
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 30260
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 29750
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 28016
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 27166
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 22123
34.9%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.