Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
468,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 52,055 kr
Communal tax
- 97,379 kr
Church tax
- 2,309 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 152,879 kr
Net pay
* 315,121 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.9%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
315,121 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
152,879 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
166,800 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 468,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.56 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 34.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 468,000 kr a year living in the region of Fredensborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 152,879 kr. That means that your net pay will be 315,121 kr per year, or 26,260 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 35.0%. 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 34.95 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.05 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 651 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,253 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 354548
24.2%
1
Canada
DKK 330083
29.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 411448
12.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 394717
15.7%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 377246
19.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 373732
20.1%
4
Singapore
DKK 369337
21.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 365090
22.0%
6
Australia
DKK 350323
25.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 344953
26.3%
8
Japan
DKK 343152
26.7%
9
Indonesia
DKK 342420
26.8%
10
Pakistan
DKK 335534
28.3%
11
China
DKK 333514
28.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 329390
29.6%
13
Philippines
DKK 325969
30.4%
14
Vietnam
DKK 315703
32.5%
15
India
DKK 269064
42.5%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Fredensborg 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.