Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
35,498 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,948 kr
Communal tax
- 6,602 kr
Church tax
- 278 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 11,964 kr
Net pay
* 23,534 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
23,534 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
11,964 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25,886 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 35,498 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
52.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 52.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 35,498 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,964 kr. That means that your net pay will be 23,534 kr per year, or 1,961 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 35498
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 35498
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 35498
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 35498
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 35498
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 33244
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 32893
7.3%
7
Italy
DKK 32236
9.2%
8
France
DKK 32055
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 31593
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 31576
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 30883
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 28931
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 28835
18.8%
14
Ukraine
DKK 28576
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 27874
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 27742
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 26428
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 24582
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 24139
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 23458
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 22336
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 20766
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 32424
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 28958
18.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 35498
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 35498
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 34391
3.1%
3
Thailand
DKK 33585
5.4%
4
Philippines
DKK 33212
6.4%
5
Singapore
DKK 33129
6.7%
6
Taiwan
DKK 32356
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 31888
10.2%
8
South Korea
DKK 31495
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 31300
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 31277
11.9%
11
India
DKK 31238
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 29413
17.1%
13
Japan
DKK 28845
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 28114
20.8%
15
China
DKK 26686
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 34922
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 32676
8.0%
2
Brazil
DKK 32185
9.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 32143
9.5%
4
Guatemala
DKK 32094
9.6%
5
Mexico
DKK 31916
10.1%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 31771
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 31593
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 31061
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 29250
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 28363
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 23053
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 35037
1.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 31890
10.2%
2
Cameroon
DKK 29257
17.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 28998
18.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 28625
19.4%
5
Mozambique
DKK 28428
19.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 27000
23.9%
7
Angola
DKK 26806
24.5%
8
Zambia
DKK 25883
27.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 25185
29.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 25133
29.2%
11
Nigeria
DKK 25016
29.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 33723
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 33723
5.0%
2
Saudi Arabia
DKK 32936
7.2%
3
Bahrain
DKK 32658
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 32658
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 31593
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 30830
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 27976
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 27949
21.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 22001
38.0%
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.