Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
598,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,514 kr
Communal tax
- 130,160 kr
Church tax
- 5,449 kr
Top bracket tax
- 938 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 204,197 kr
Net pay
* 393,803 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
393,803 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
204,197 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
218,118 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 598,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.65 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 598,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 204,197 kr. That means that your net pay will be 393,803 kr per year, or 32,817 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 520260
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 487370
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 481390
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 474194
20.7%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 453054
24.2%
5
France
DKK 423810
29.1%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 422261
29.4%
7
Norway
DKK 406361
32.1%
8
Spain
DKK 397325
33.6%
9
Denmark
DKK 395455
33.9%
10
Ireland
DKK 390892
34.6%
11
Austria
DKK 369473
38.2%
12
Netherlands
DKK 366327
38.7%
13
Sweden
DKK 365960
38.8%
14
Poland
DKK 363512
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 357682
40.2%
16
Romania
DKK 349830
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 349293
41.6%
18
Germany
DKK 339354
43.3%
19
Finland
DKK 325438
45.6%
20
Italy
DKK 322314
46.1%
21
Portugal
DKK 292698
51.1%
22
Belgium
DKK 261634
56.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 437813
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 406007
32.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 519348
13.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 493264
17.5%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 490526
18.0%
3
Singapore
DKK 484387
19.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 464732
22.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 452155
24.4%
6
China
DKK 434171
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 433364
27.5%
8
New Zealand
DKK 430371
28.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 430300
28.0%
10
Japan
DKK 425694
28.8%
11
Pakistan
DKK 420034
29.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 413228
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 410902
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 400203
33.1%
15
India
DKK 338848
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 534720
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 476938
20.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 471083
21.2%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 446114
25.4%
4
Panama
DKK 445779
25.5%
5
Colombia
DKK 438270
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 437484
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 433542
27.5%
8
Uruguay
DKK 433267
27.6%
9
Peru
DKK 421509
29.5%
10
Mexico
DKK 415104
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 388651
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 436258
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 422149
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 407630
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 404188
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 402563
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 399684
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 395588
33.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 378207
36.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 372724
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 369815
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 366811
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 353922
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 568100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 568100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 550160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 550160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 538200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 536893
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 450435
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 449825
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 423330
29.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 349623
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.