Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,671 kr
Communal tax
- 6,090 kr
Church tax
- 256 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,153 kr
Net pay
* 21,847 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
21,847 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,153 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,074 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 33,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
53.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 53.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 33,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,153 kr. That means that your net pay will be 21,847 kr per year, or 1,821 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 30142
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27224
17.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 32623
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 30377
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 30104
8.8%
3
Mexico
DKK 29998
9.1%
4
Ecuador
DKK 29882
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 29836
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 29535
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 29370
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 28875
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 27192
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 26367
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 21583
34.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 32152
2.6%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 31350
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 31350
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 30360
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 30360
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 29370
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 28661
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 26075
21.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 26040
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 20546
37.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.