Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
22,126,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,461,031 kr
Communal tax
- 5,240,046 kr
Church tax
- 219,351 kr
Top bracket tax
- 2,808,125 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,729,689 kr
Net pay
* 11,396,311 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
11,396,311 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,729,689 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10,743,610 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 22,126,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.86 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 22,126,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,729,689 kr. That means that your net pay will be 11,396,311 kr per year, or 949,693 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 12039066
45.6%
1
Canada
DKK 10445963
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 19865726
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 18387588
16.9%
2
Singapore
DKK 17318332
21.7%
3
Indonesia
DKK 14983227
32.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 14478551
34.6%
5
Pakistan
DKK 14413234
34.9%
6
Vietnam
DKK 14393403
35.0%
7
Philippines
DKK 13785884
37.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 13571517
38.7%
9
Taiwan
DKK 13452269
39.2%
10
Malaysia
DKK 13190394
40.4%
11
China
DKK 12368449
44.1%
12
Japan
DKK 12109588
45.3%
13
Australia
DKK 11861499
46.4%
14
South Korea
DKK 11749934
46.9%
15
India
DKK 4075667
81.6%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 22051664
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 22025102
0.5%
2
Bahrain
DKK 21842171
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 21019700
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 21019700
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 20355920
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 16596435
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 16595825
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 12887746
41.8%
9
Israel
DKK 11234592
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.