Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
466,800 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 51,921 kr
Communal tax
- 97,867 kr
Church tax
- 2,763 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 153,688 kr
Net pay
* 313,112 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.3%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
313,112 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
153,688 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
167,609 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 466,800 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.59 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 34.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 466,800 kr a year living in the region of Ballerup, Denmark, you will be taxed 153,688 kr. That means that your net pay will be 313,112 kr per year, or 26,093 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 35.3%. 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 35.25 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.75 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 648 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,238 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 406116
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 381749
18.2%
2
Hungary
DKK 380442
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 375774
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 354499
24.1%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 347642
25.5%
6
France
DKK 340817
27.0%
7
Norway
DKK 332102
28.9%
8
Ireland
DKK 325973
30.2%
9
Spain
DKK 324189
30.6%
10
Denmark
DKK 311846
33.2%
11
Austria
DKK 300798
35.6%
12
Sweden
DKK 300351
35.7%
13
Luxembourg
DKK 297567
36.3%
14
Netherlands
DKK 293759
37.1%
15
Poland
DKK 288000
38.3%
16
Greece
DKK 284911
39.0%
17
Germany
DKK 277887
40.5%
18
Romania
DKK 273078
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 264065
43.4%
20
Italy
DKK 260923
44.1%
21
Portugal
DKK 249953
46.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 212940
54.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 353780
24.2%
1
Canada
DKK 329296
29.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 410452
12.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 393771
15.6%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 376274
19.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 372892
20.1%
4
Singapore
DKK 368275
21.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 364233
22.0%
6
Australia
DKK 349537
25.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 344166
26.3%
8
Japan
DKK 342349
26.7%
9
Indonesia
DKK 341608
26.8%
10
Pakistan
DKK 334754
28.3%
11
China
DKK 332614
28.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 328616
29.6%
13
Philippines
DKK 325185
30.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 314923
32.5%
15
India
DKK 268419
42.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 418597
10.3%
1
Chile
DKK 383364
17.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 377143
19.2%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 368247
21.1%
4
Panama
DKK 358203
23.3%
5
Ecuador
DKK 355640
23.8%
6
Brazil
DKK 342364
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 341241
26.9%
8
Peru
DKK 341149
26.9%
9
Uruguay
DKK 339885
27.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 330571
29.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 303371
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 340810
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 330309
29.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 318908
31.7%
3
Nigeria
DKK 318388
31.8%
4
South Africa
DKK 318180
31.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 315774
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 310163
33.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 298701
36.0%
8
Cameroon
DKK 292843
37.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 289127
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 288091
38.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 281762
39.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 443460
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 443460
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 429456
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 429456
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 420120
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 416845
10.7%
6
Egypt
DKK 352035
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 351425
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 346678
25.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 273211
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ballerup 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.