Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,770,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 196,874 kr
Communal tax
- 408,346 kr
Church tax
- 17,094 kr
Top bracket tax
- 152,563 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 776,012 kr
Net pay
* 993,988 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
43.8%
56.2%
Net pay
43.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
993,988 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
776,012 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
789,933 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,770,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.8% tax rate now rises to 44.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,770,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 776,012 kr. That means that your net pay will be 993,988 kr per year, or 82,832 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 43.8% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 1539900
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 1442550
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 1424850
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 1355494
23.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 1188923
32.8%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 1072035
39.4%
6
Poland
DKK 1038051
41.4%
7
Romania
DKK 1035450
41.5%
8
Spain
DKK 1030542
41.8%
9
Norway
DKK 1030076
41.8%
10
Austria
DKK 1024951
42.1%
11
Greece
DKK 1005613
43.2%
12
Denmark
DKK 997060
43.7%
13
France
DKK 996088
43.7%
14
Netherlands
DKK 958187
45.9%
15
Ireland
DKK 953452
46.1%
16
Sweden
DKK 952079
46.2%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 949581
46.4%
18
Germany
DKK 938721
47.0%
19
Italy
DKK 854167
51.7%
20
Finland
DKK 759054
57.1%
21
Portugal
DKK 723237
59.1%
22
Belgium
DKK 699726
60.5%
23
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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.