Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
33,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,726 kr
Communal tax
- 6,193 kr
Church tax
- 260 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,315 kr
Net pay
* 22,185 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
22,185 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,315 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,237 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 33,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.53 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
53.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 53.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 33,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,315 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22,185 kr per year, or 1,849 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 30599
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 27571
17.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 33500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 33500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 32643
2.6%
3
Singapore
DKK 32306
3.6%
4
Thailand
DKK 31754
5.2%
5
Philippines
DKK 31599
5.7%
6
Taiwan
DKK 30535
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 30241
9.7%
8
South Korea
DKK 29750
11.2%
9
Malaysia
DKK 29538
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 29517
11.9%
11
India
DKK 29480
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 27815
17.0%
13
Japan
DKK 27222
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 26532
20.8%
15
China
DKK 25184
24.8%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 32309
3.6%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 31825
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 31825
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 30820
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 30820
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 29815
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 29095
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 26450
21.0%
8
Egypt
DKK 26427
21.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 20838
37.8%
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.