Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,880,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 654,021 kr
Communal tax
- 1,383,896 kr
Church tax
- 57,931 kr
Top bracket tax
- 688,737 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,785,719 kr
Net pay
* 3,094,281 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.4%
52.6%
Net pay
47.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,094,281 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,785,719 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,799,641 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,880,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.76 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.4% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,880,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,785,719 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,094,281 kr per year, or 257,857 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.4% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 5115600
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 4792200
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 4733400
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 4520194
23.1%
4
Romania
DKK 3439800
41.5%
5
Poland
DKK 3403540
42.1%
6
Switzerland
DKK 3314477
43.6%
7
Greece
DKK 3307213
43.8%
8
United Kingdom
DKK 3198960
45.6%
9
Norway
DKK 3191936
45.7%
10
Spain
DKK 3169633
46.1%
11
Austria
DKK 3145736
46.5%
12
Luxembourg
DKK 3120483
46.9%
13
Denmark
DKK 3102267
47.2%
14
Netherlands
DKK 3033737
48.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 3007480
48.9%
16
Germany
DKK 2945647
49.9%
17
Ireland
DKK 2926252
50.2%
18
France
DKK 2722878
53.7%
19
Italy
DKK 2719285
53.8%
20
Finland
DKK 2272356
61.4%
21
Belgium
DKK 2236040
62.0%
22
Portugal
DKK 2179460
62.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3379948
42.5%
1
Canada
DKK 2896382
50.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 5244326
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 4903408
16.6%
2
Singapore
DKK 4646453
21.0%
3
Indonesia
DKK 4000931
32.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 3918651
33.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 3853334
34.5%
6
Vietnam
DKK 3833503
34.8%
7
Taiwan
DKK 3704669
37.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 3699826
37.1%
9
New Zealand
DKK 3661457
37.7%
10
Malaysia
DKK 3605417
38.7%
11
China
DKK 3433149
41.6%
12
Japan
DKK 3354158
43.0%
13
South Korea
DKK 3281107
44.2%
14
Australia
DKK 3251119
44.7%
15
India
DKK 2206236
62.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 5209717
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4266934
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4026366
31.5%
3
Panama
DKK 3971514
32.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 3855801
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3841282
34.7%
6
Argentina
DKK 3821951
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3762559
36.0%
8
Colombia
DKK 3751925
36.2%
9
Chile
DKK 3698971
37.1%
10
Peru
DKK 3656734
37.8%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3449943
41.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4278913
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4119549
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4003724
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4000446
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3896606
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3837488
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3618245
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3588669
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3579035
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3536011
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3303683
43.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 3259022
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5805664
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5779102
1.7%
2
Bahrain
DKK 5758631
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5586000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 5586000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 5409600
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 4411935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 4411325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 3425913
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3111592
47.1%
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.