Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
599,976 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,734 kr
Communal tax
- 130,629 kr
Church tax
- 5,468 kr
Top bracket tax
- 986 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 204,954 kr
Net pay
* 395,022 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.3%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
395,022 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
204,954 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
218,875 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 599,976 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
35.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 35.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 599,976 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 204,954 kr. That means that your net pay will be 395,022 kr per year, or 32,919 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 521979
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 488980
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 482981
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 475571
20.7%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 454575
24.2%
5
France
DKK 424976
29.2%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 423382
29.4%
7
Norway
DKK 407480
32.1%
8
Spain
DKK 398404
33.6%
9
Denmark
DKK 396679
33.9%
10
Ireland
DKK 391840
34.7%
11
Austria
DKK 370711
38.2%
12
Netherlands
DKK 367325
38.8%
13
Sweden
DKK 366948
38.8%
14
Poland
DKK 364649
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 358587
40.2%
16
Romania
DKK 350986
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 350399
41.6%
18
Germany
DKK 340212
43.3%
19
Finland
DKK 326280
45.6%
20
Italy
DKK 323210
46.1%
21
Portugal
DKK 293470
51.1%
22
Belgium
DKK 262372
56.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 439085
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 407126
32.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 520988
13.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 494647
17.6%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 492304
18.0%
3
Singapore
DKK 486136
19.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 466115
22.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 453327
24.4%
6
China
DKK 435555
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 434569
27.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 431686
28.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 431635
28.1%
10
Japan
DKK 426936
28.8%
11
Pakistan
DKK 421318
29.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 414503
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 412193
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 401487
33.1%
15
India
DKK 339908
43.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 536469
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 478314
20.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 472497
21.3%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 447287
25.5%
4
Panama
DKK 447098
25.5%
5
Colombia
DKK 439757
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 438916
26.8%
7
Uruguay
DKK 434673
27.6%
8
Ecuador
DKK 434705
27.6%
9
Peru
DKK 422719
29.5%
10
Mexico
DKK 416408
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 389936
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 437696
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 423532
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 408974
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 405473
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 403870
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 401032
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 396754
33.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 379404
36.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 373927
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 371030
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 367997
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 355008
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 569977
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 569977
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 551978
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 551978
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 539978
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 538701
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 451917
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 451307
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 424461
29.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 350774
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.