Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
509,592 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 56,681 kr
Communal tax
- 109,176 kr
Church tax
- 4,570 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 171,563 kr
Net pay
* 338,029 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.9%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
338,029 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
171,563 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
185,484 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 509,592 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 35.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 509,592 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 171,563 kr. That means that your net pay will be 338,029 kr per year, or 28,169 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 35.9%. 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 35.85 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.15 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 642 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,208 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 381162
25.2%
1
Canada
DKK 355886
30.2%
2
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.