Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,319,992 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,371,380 kr
Communal tax
- 5,048,732 kr
Church tax
- 211,342 kr
Top bracket tax
- 2,702,976 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,335,567 kr
Net pay
* 10,984,425 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
48.5%
51.5%
Net pay
48.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,984,425 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,335,567 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10,349,488 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,319,992 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.5% tax rate now rises to 48.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,319,992 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,335,567 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,984,425 kr per year, or 915,369 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.5% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 11609464
45.6%
1
Canada
DKK 10071408
52.8%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 21245656
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 21219094
0.5%
2
Bahrain
DKK 21044223
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 20253992
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 20253992
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 19614393
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 15991929
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15991319
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 12418319
41.8%
9
Israel
DKK 10831588
49.2%
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.