Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
728,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 37,539 kr
Communal tax
- 71,096 kr
Church tax
- 2,146 kr
Top bracket tax
- 9,281 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 121,198 kr
Net pay
* 606,802 kr
Marginal tax rate
667.0%
Average tax rate
16.6%
83.4%
Net pay
16.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
606,802 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
121,198 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
135,120 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 728,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 1.86 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
18.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.6% tax rate now rises to 18.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 728,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 121,198 kr. That means that your net pay will be 606,802 kr per year, or 50,567 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 16.7% and your marginal tax rate is 667.0%. 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 667 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by -567.02 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra -5,670.20 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra -28,351 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 520652
28.5%
1
Canada
DKK 479575
34.1%
2
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.