Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
470,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 52,277 kr
Communal tax
- 100,938 kr
Church tax
- 3,790 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 158,141 kr
Net pay
* 311,859 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
311,859 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
158,141 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
172,063 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 470,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 35.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 470,000 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 158,141 kr. That means that your net pay will be 311,859 kr per year, or 25,988 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 36.0%. 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 36.04 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.96 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 640 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,198 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 408900
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 384039
18.3%
2
Hungary
DKK 383050
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 378350
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 356867
24.1%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 349477
25.6%
6
France
DKK 342843
27.1%
7
Norway
DKK 333913
29.0%
8
Ireland
DKK 327621
30.3%
9
Spain
DKK 326192
30.6%
10
Denmark
DKK 313908
33.2%
11
Austria
DKK 302457
35.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 301951
35.8%
13
Luxembourg
DKK 299034
36.4%
14
Netherlands
DKK 295773
37.1%
15
Poland
DKK 289842
38.3%
16
Greece
DKK 286450
39.1%
17
Germany
DKK 279504
40.5%
18
Romania
DKK 274950
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 265564
43.5%
20
Italy
DKK 262440
44.2%
21
Portugal
DKK 251361
46.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 214121
54.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 355827
24.3%
1
Canada
DKK 331395
29.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 413108
12.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 396293
15.7%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 378866
19.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 375132
20.2%
4
Singapore
DKK 371107
21.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 366517
22.0%
6
Australia
DKK 351633
25.2%
7
New Zealand
DKK 346265
26.3%
8
Japan
DKK 344490
26.7%
9
Indonesia
DKK 343772
26.9%
10
Pakistan
DKK 336834
28.3%
11
China
DKK 335014
28.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 330680
29.6%
13
Philippines
DKK 327276
30.4%
14
Vietnam
DKK 317003
32.6%
15
India
DKK 270137
42.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 421429
10.3%
1
Chile
DKK 385811
17.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 379435
19.3%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 370146
21.3%
4
Panama
DKK 360339
23.3%
5
Ecuador
DKK 357613
23.9%
6
Brazil
DKK 344684
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 343343
27.0%
8
Peru
DKK 343109
27.0%
9
Uruguay
DKK 342163
27.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 332594
29.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 305451
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 343138
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 332549
29.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 320988
31.7%
3
Nigeria
DKK 320564
31.8%
4
South Africa
DKK 320068
31.9%
5
Ghana
DKK 317891
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 312346
33.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 300640
36.0%
8
Cameroon
DKK 294791
37.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 291095
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 290011
38.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 283522
39.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 446500
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 446500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 432400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 432400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 423000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 419773
10.7%
6
Egypt
DKK 354435
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 353825
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 348605
25.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 275075
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens 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.