Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
673,868 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 74,953 kr
Communal tax
- 148,168 kr
Church tax
- 6,202 kr
Top bracket tax
- 9,566 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 240,025 kr
Net pay
* 433,843 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
35.6%
64.4%
Net pay
35.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
433,843 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
240,025 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
253,947 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 673,868 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.77 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.6% tax rate now rises to 36.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 673,868 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 240,025 kr. That means that your net pay will be 433,843 kr per year, or 36,154 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.6% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 486533
27.8%
1
Canada
DKK 448941
33.4%
2
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.