Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
600,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,737 kr
Communal tax
- 130,635 kr
Church tax
- 5,468 kr
Top bracket tax
- 987 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 204,963 kr
Net pay
* 395,037 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
395,037 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
204,963 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
218,885 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 600,000 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
35.7%
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 600,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 204,963 kr. That means that your net pay will be 395,037 kr per year, or 32,920 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 522000
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 489000
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 483000
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 475588
20.7%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 454594
24.2%
5
France
DKK 424990
29.2%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 423396
29.4%
7
Norway
DKK 407493
32.1%
8
Spain
DKK 398417
33.6%
9
Denmark
DKK 396694
33.9%
10
Ireland
DKK 391852
34.7%
11
Austria
DKK 370727
38.2%
12
Netherlands
DKK 367337
38.8%
13
Sweden
DKK 366960
38.8%
14
Poland
DKK 364663
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 358598
40.2%
16
Romania
DKK 351000
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 350413
41.6%
18
Germany
DKK 340223
43.3%
19
Finland
DKK 326290
45.6%
20
Italy
DKK 323221
46.1%
21
Portugal
DKK 293479
51.1%
22
Belgium
DKK 262381
56.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 439100
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 407139
32.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 521008
13.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 494664
17.6%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 492326
18.0%
3
Singapore
DKK 486157
19.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 466132
22.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 453341
24.4%
6
China
DKK 435571
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 434583
27.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 431702
28.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 431652
28.1%
10
Japan
DKK 426951
28.8%
11
Pakistan
DKK 421334
29.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 414518
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 412209
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 401503
33.1%
15
India
DKK 339921
43.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 536490
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 478330
20.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 472515
21.3%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 447301
25.5%
4
Panama
DKK 447114
25.5%
5
Colombia
DKK 439775
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 438934
26.8%
7
Uruguay
DKK 434691
27.6%
8
Ecuador
DKK 434719
27.6%
9
Peru
DKK 422734
29.5%
10
Mexico
DKK 416424
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 389951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 437713
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 423549
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 408990
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 405488
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 403886
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 401048
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 396768
33.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 379419
36.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 373941
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 371045
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 368011
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 355022
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 570000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 570000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 552000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 552000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 540000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 538723
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 451935
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 451325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 424474
29.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 350788
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.