Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
588,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 65,402 kr
Communal tax
- 121,447 kr
Church tax
- 3,665 kr
Top bracket tax
- 731 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 192,381 kr
Net pay
* 395,619 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.0%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
395,619 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
192,381 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
206,302 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 588,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.51 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 34.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 588,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 192,381 kr. That means that your net pay will be 395,619 kr per year, or 32,968 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.0%. 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 36.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 630 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,152 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 431391
26.6%
1
Canada
DKK 400348
31.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 525869
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 469978
20.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 463923
21.1%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 440179
25.1%
4
Panama
DKK 439104
25.3%
5
Colombia
DKK 430742
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 430234
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 427656
27.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 426150
27.5%
9
Peru
DKK 415384
29.4%
10
Mexico
DKK 408504
30.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 382151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 428983
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 415149
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 400828
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 397688
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 395948
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 392860
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 389688
33.7%
7
Morocco
DKK 372147
36.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 366635
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 363665
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 360811
38.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 348422
40.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 558600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 558600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 540960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 540960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 529200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 527743
10.3%
6
Egypt
DKK 442935
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 442325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 417610
29.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 343799
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.