Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
588,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 65,402 kr
Communal tax
- 127,787 kr
Church tax
- 5,349 kr
Top bracket tax
- 691 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 200,365 kr
Net pay
* 387,635 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.3%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
387,635 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
200,365 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
214,286 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 588,000 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
35.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 35.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 588,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 200,365 kr. That means that your net pay will be 387,635 kr per year, or 32,303 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.1% and your marginal tax rate is 38.3%. 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 38.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 617 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,084 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 511560
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 479220
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 473340
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 467262
20.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 445362
24.3%
5
France
DKK 417537
29.0%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 416586
29.2%
7
Norway
DKK 400701
31.9%
8
Spain
DKK 391865
33.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 389260
33.8%
10
Ireland
DKK 386092
34.3%
11
Austria
DKK 364025
38.1%
12
Netherlands
DKK 361277
38.6%
13
Sweden
DKK 360961
38.6%
14
Poland
DKK 357756
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 353100
40.0%
16
Greece
DKK 344104
41.5%
17
Romania
DKK 343980
41.5%
18
Germany
DKK 335061
43.0%
19
Finland
DKK 320811
45.4%
20
Italy
DKK 317776
46.0%
21
Portugal
DKK 291835
50.4%
22
Belgium
DKK 257896
56.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 431391
26.6%
1
Canada
DKK 400348
31.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 511048
13.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 486264
17.3%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 481526
18.1%
3
Singapore
DKK 475537
19.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 457732
22.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 446224
24.1%
6
Australia
DKK 427263
27.3%
7
China
DKK 427171
27.4%
8
New Zealand
DKK 423719
27.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 423540
28.0%
10
Japan
DKK 419410
28.7%
11
Pakistan
DKK 413534
29.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 406778
30.8%
13
Philippines
DKK 404369
31.2%
14
Vietnam
DKK 393703
33.0%
15
India
DKK 333480
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 525869
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 469978
20.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 463923
21.1%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 440179
25.1%
4
Panama
DKK 439104
25.3%
5
Colombia
DKK 430742
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 430234
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 427656
27.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 426150
27.5%
9
Peru
DKK 415384
29.4%
10
Mexico
DKK 408504
30.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 382151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 428983
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 415149
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 400828
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 397688
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 395948
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 392860
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 389688
33.7%
7
Morocco
DKK 372147
36.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 366635
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 363665
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 360811
38.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 348422
40.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 558600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 558600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 540960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 540960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 529200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 527743
10.3%
6
Egypt
DKK 442935
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 442325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 417610
29.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 343799
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.