Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
470,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 52,344 kr
Communal tax
- 97,984 kr
Church tax
- 2,324 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 153,788 kr
Net pay
* 316,812 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.0%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
316,812 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
153,788 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
167,709 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 470,600 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 470,600 kr a year living in the region of Fredensborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 153,788 kr. That means that your net pay will be 316,812 kr per year, or 26,401 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 34.96 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.04 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 650 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,252 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 409422
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 384469
18.3%
2
Hungary
DKK 383539
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 378833
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 357311
24.1%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 349821
25.7%
6
France
DKK 343222
27.1%
7
Norway
DKK 334253
29.0%
8
Ireland
DKK 327930
30.3%
9
Spain
DKK 326568
30.6%
10
Denmark
DKK 314295
33.2%
11
Austria
DKK 302768
35.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 302251
35.8%
13
Luxembourg
DKK 299309
36.4%
14
Netherlands
DKK 296151
37.1%
15
Poland
DKK 290187
38.3%
16
Greece
DKK 286738
39.1%
17
Germany
DKK 279807
40.5%
18
Romania
DKK 275301
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 265845
43.5%
20
Italy
DKK 262724
44.2%
21
Portugal
DKK 251625
46.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 214342
54.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 356211
24.3%
1
Canada
DKK 331789
29.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 413606
12.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 396766
15.7%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 379352
19.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 375552
20.2%
4
Singapore
DKK 371638
21.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 366945
22.0%
6
Australia
DKK 352026
25.2%
7
New Zealand
DKK 346659
26.3%
8
Japan
DKK 344891
26.7%
9
Indonesia
DKK 344177
26.9%
10
Pakistan
DKK 337224
28.3%
11
China
DKK 335464
28.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 331068
29.7%
13
Philippines
DKK 327668
30.4%
14
Vietnam
DKK 317393
32.6%
15
India
DKK 270459
42.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 421960
10.3%
1
Chile
DKK 386270
17.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 379864
19.3%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 370502
21.3%
4
Panama
DKK 360739
23.3%
5
Ecuador
DKK 357982
23.9%
6
Brazil
DKK 345119
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 343737
27.0%
8
Peru
DKK 343476
27.0%
9
Uruguay
DKK 342590
27.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 332974
29.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 305841
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 343575
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 332969
29.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 321378
31.7%
3
Nigeria
DKK 320973
31.8%
4
South Africa
DKK 320422
31.9%
5
Ghana
DKK 318287
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 312755
33.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 301004
36.0%
8
Cameroon
DKK 295156
37.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 291464
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 290371
38.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 283852
39.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 447070
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 447070
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 432952
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 432952
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 423540
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 420322
10.7%
6
Egypt
DKK 354885
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 354275
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 348965
25.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 275424
41.5%
10
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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.