Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,800 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,760 kr
Communal tax
- 6,229 kr
Church tax
- 236 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,360 kr
Net pay
* 22,440 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
22,440 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,360 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,282 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 33,800 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
53.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 53.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 33,800 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,360 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,440 kr per year, or 1,870 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.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 33359
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 31113
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 30770
9.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 30606
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 30559
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 30491
9.8%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 30251
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 30082
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 29575
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 27851
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 27006
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 22015
34.9%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.