Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,218,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 135,476 kr
Communal tax
- 277,323 kr
Church tax
- 11,609 kr
Top bracket tax
- 80,551 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 506,095 kr
Net pay
* 711,905 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
41.6%
58.4%
Net pay
41.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
711,905 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
506,095 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
520,016 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,218,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.27 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.6% tax rate now rises to 42.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,218,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 506,095 kr. That means that your net pay will be 711,905 kr per year, or 59,325 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.6% and your marginal tax rate is 48.9%. 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 48.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 511 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,555 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 830194
31.8%
1
Canada
DKK 726941
40.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 1048526
13.9%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 1033948
15.1%
2
Singapore
DKK 998753
18.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 904553
25.7%
4
Thailand
DKK 886931
27.2%
5
China
DKK 863556
29.1%
6
Indonesia
DKK 849420
30.3%
7
Pakistan
DKK 823034
32.4%
8
New Zealand
DKK 817637
32.9%
9
South Korea
DKK 809629
33.5%
10
Malaysia
DKK 807830
33.7%
11
Japan
DKK 807089
33.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 805397
33.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 803203
34.1%
14
Australia
DKK 780259
35.9%
15
India
DKK 653474
46.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 1083470
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 896998
26.4%
2
Colombia
DKK 891080
26.8%
3
Brazil
DKK 886984
27.2%
4
Uruguay
DKK 884083
27.4%
5
Chile
DKK 882253
27.6%
6
Panama
DKK 859629
29.4%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 825627
32.2%
8
Mexico
DKK 823758
32.4%
9
Peru
DKK 801259
34.2%
10
Argentina
DKK 791651
35.0%
11
Ecuador
DKK 790436
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 887308
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 856149
29.7%
2
Nigeria
DKK 829354
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 822725
32.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 812693
33.3%
5
Mozambique
DKK 807188
33.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 753919
38.1%
7
Zambia
DKK 751115
38.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 750211
38.4%
9
South Africa
DKK 739583
39.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 738811
39.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 694922
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 1157100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 1157100
5.0%
2
Kuwait
DKK 1143664
6.1%
3
Bahrain
DKK 1143251
6.1%
4
Oman
DKK 1120560
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 1117102
8.3%
6
Egypt
DKK 915435
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 914825
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 771163
36.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 710717
41.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.