Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
594,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,070 kr
Communal tax
- 129,211 kr
Church tax
- 4,057 kr
Top bracket tax
- 839 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 201,312 kr
Net pay
* 392,689 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
392,689 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
201,312 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
215,234 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 594,001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 35.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 594,001 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 201,312 kr. That means that your net pay will be 392,689 kr per year, or 32,724 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% and your marginal tax rate is 38.1%. 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 38.07 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.93 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 619 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,097 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 516781
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 484111
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 478171
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 471417
20.6%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 449975
24.3%
5
France
DKK 421335
29.1%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 419991
29.3%
7
Norway
DKK 404098
32.0%
8
Spain
DKK 395141
33.5%
9
Denmark
DKK 392978
33.8%
10
Ireland
DKK 388972
34.5%
11
Austria
DKK 367219
38.2%
12
Netherlands
DKK 364307
38.7%
13
Sweden
DKK 363961
38.7%
14
Poland
DKK 361210
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 355849
40.1%
16
Romania
DKK 347491
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 347180
41.6%
18
Germany
DKK 337633
43.2%
19
Finland
DKK 323621
45.5%
20
Italy
DKK 320499
46.0%
21
Portugal
DKK 292075
50.8%
22
Belgium
DKK 260139
56.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 435243
26.7%
1
Canada
DKK 403744
32.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 516029
13.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 490464
17.4%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 486927
18.0%
3
Singapore
DKK 480848
19.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 461932
22.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 449783
24.3%
6
China
DKK 431372
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 430924
27.5%
8
New Zealand
DKK 427711
28.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 427596
28.0%
10
Japan
DKK 423181
28.8%
11
Pakistan
DKK 417434
29.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 410649
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 408290
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 397603
33.1%
15
India
DKK 336701
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 531180
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 474155
20.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 468219
21.2%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 443741
25.3%
4
Panama
DKK 443109
25.4%
5
Colombia
DKK 435259
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 434584
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 431188
27.4%
8
Uruguay
DKK 430421
27.5%
9
Peru
DKK 419060
29.5%
10
Mexico
DKK 412464
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 386052
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 433349
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 419349
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 404910
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 401589
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 399917
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 396955
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 393229
33.8%
7
Morocco
DKK 375783
36.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 370289
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 367356
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 364412
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 351722
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 564301
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 564301
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 546481
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 546481
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 534601
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 533234
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 447436
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 446826
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 421043
29.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 347294
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.