Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
510,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 56,726 kr
Communal tax
- 109,273 kr
Church tax
- 4,574 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 171,709 kr
Net pay
* 338,291 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
338,291 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
171,709 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
185,630 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 510,000 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 510,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 171,709 kr. That means that your net pay will be 338,291 kr per year, or 28,191 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 443700
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 415650
18.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 412678
19.1%
3
Ukraine
DKK 410550
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 386467
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 372321
27.0%
6
France
DKK 368163
27.8%
7
Norway
DKK 356553
30.1%
8
Spain
DKK 349257
31.5%
9
Ireland
DKK 348221
31.7%
10
Denmark
DKK 339689
33.4%
11
Austria
DKK 323191
36.6%
12
Sweden
DKK 321953
36.9%
13
Netherlands
DKK 320566
37.1%
14
Luxembourg
DKK 317361
37.8%
15
Poland
DKK 312864
38.7%
16
Greece
DKK 305687
40.1%
17
Germany
DKK 299235
41.3%
18
Romania
DKK 298350
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 284292
44.3%
20
Italy
DKK 281392
44.8%
21
Portugal
DKK 268961
47.3%
22
Belgium
DKK 228884
55.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 381423
25.2%
1
Canada
DKK 356117
30.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 446308
12.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 428203
16.0%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 411412
19.3%
3
Singapore
DKK 406507
20.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 403132
21.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 394930
22.6%
6
Australia
DKK 377833
25.9%
7
China
DKK 372571
27.0%
8
New Zealand
DKK 372509
27.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 370812
27.3%
10
Japan
DKK 370390
27.4%
11
Pakistan
DKK 362834
28.9%
12
Malaysia
DKK 356468
30.1%
13
Philippines
DKK 353409
30.7%
14
Vietnam
DKK 343003
32.7%
15
India
DKK 291609
42.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 456832
10.4%
1
Chile
DKK 415690
18.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 408075
20.0%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 393886
22.8%
4
Panama
DKK 387039
24.1%
5
Ecuador
DKK 381748
25.2%
6
Brazil
DKK 373684
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 372048
27.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 370633
27.3%
9
Peru
DKK 367609
27.9%
10
Mexico
DKK 357884
29.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 331451
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 372238
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 360549
29.3%
2
Nigeria
DKK 347772
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 346988
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 344351
32.5%
5
South Africa
DKK 343668
32.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 339639
33.4%
7
Morocco
DKK 324880
36.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 319145
37.4%
9
Zambia
DKK 315695
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 314011
38.4%
11
Uganda
DKK 305522
40.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 484500
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 484500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 469200
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 469200
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 459000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 456373
10.5%
6
Egypt
DKK 384435
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 383825
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 372604
26.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 298371
41.5%
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.