Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
947,493 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 105,388 kr
Communal tax
- 212,290 kr
Church tax
- 6,278 kr
Top bracket tax
- 45,581 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 370,672 kr
Net pay
* 576,821 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.6%
Average tax rate
39.1%
60.9%
Net pay
39.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
576,821 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
370,672 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
384,594 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 947,493 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.06 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.1% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 947,493 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 370,672 kr. That means that your net pay will be 576,821 kr per year, or 48,068 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.1% and your marginal tax rate is 48.6%. 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 48.60 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.40 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 514 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,570 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 824319
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 772207
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 762732
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 722163
23.8%
4
Switzerland
DKK 707847
25.3%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 620598
34.5%
6
France
DKK 612086
35.4%
7
Norway
DKK 594145
37.3%
8
Spain
DKK 587943
38.0%
9
Denmark
DKK 575758
39.2%
10
Austria
DKK 572900
39.5%
11
Poland
DKK 564661
40.4%
12
Ireland
DKK 558648
41.0%
13
Romania
DKK 554283
41.5%
14
Greece
DKK 545009
42.5%
15
Netherlands
DKK 542821
42.7%
16
Sweden
DKK 540746
42.9%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 515661
45.6%
18
Germany
DKK 512624
45.9%
19
Italy
DKK 480914
49.2%
20
Finland
DKK 456207
51.9%
21
Portugal
DKK 427445
54.9%
22
Belgium
DKK 392274
58.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 654285
31.0%
1
Canada
DKK 595820
37.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 809427
14.6%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 805070
15.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 779304
17.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 737909
22.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 709142
25.2%
5
China
DKK 705247
25.6%
6
Indonesia
DKK 666557
29.7%
7
South Korea
DKK 657527
30.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 652628
31.1%
9
Pakistan
DKK 647204
31.7%
10
Japan
DKK 642858
32.2%
11
Philippines
DKK 637192
32.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 637194
32.8%
13
Australia
DKK 636890
32.8%
14
Vietnam
DKK 627373
33.8%
15
India
DKK 512485
45.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 844049
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 715421
24.5%
2
Chile
DKK 706423
25.4%
3
Uruguay
DKK 700424
26.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 694711
26.7%
5
Brazil
DKK 690866
27.1%
6
Panama
DKK 679065
28.3%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 653538
31.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 645769
31.8%
9
Ecuador
DKK 636121
32.9%
10
Peru
DKK 635573
32.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 615822
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 690515
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 666794
29.6%
2
Nigeria
DKK 645355
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 638152
32.7%
4
Ghana
DKK 633752
33.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 631359
33.4%
6
South Africa
DKK 590804
37.7%
7
Morocco
DKK 589995
37.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 585512
38.2%
9
Zambia
DKK 584753
38.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 576507
39.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 546143
42.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 900118
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 900118
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 875449
7.6%
3
Kuwait
DKK 873157
7.9%
4
Oman
DKK 871694
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 852744
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 712555
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 711945
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 623240
34.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 553171
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Egedal 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.