Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
589,940 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 65,618 kr
Communal tax
- 126,756 kr
Church tax
- 4,374 kr
Top bracket tax
- 754 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 198,638 kr
Net pay
* 391,302 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.9%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
391,302 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
198,638 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
212,560 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 589,940 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 35.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 589,940 kr a year living in the region of Fredericia, Denmark, you will be taxed 198,638 kr. That means that your net pay will be 391,302 kr per year, or 32,608 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.9%. 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 37.91 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.09 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 621 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,105 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 513248
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 480801
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 474902
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 468606
20.6%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 446853
24.3%
5
France
DKK 418765
29.0%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 417687
29.2%
7
Norway
DKK 401799
31.9%
8
Spain
DKK 392924
33.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 390462
33.8%
10
Ireland
DKK 387023
34.4%
11
Austria
DKK 365057
38.1%
12
Netherlands
DKK 362256
38.6%
13
Sweden
DKK 361931
38.7%
14
Poland
DKK 358873
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 353989
40.0%
16
Greece
DKK 345099
41.5%
17
Romania
DKK 345115
41.5%
18
Germany
DKK 335893
43.1%
19
Finland
DKK 321720
45.5%
20
Italy
DKK 318656
46.0%
21
Portugal
DKK 291913
50.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 258621
56.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 432636
26.7%
1
Canada
DKK 401446
32.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 512658
13.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 487622
17.3%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 483272
18.1%
3
Singapore
DKK 477254
19.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 459090
22.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 447375
24.2%
6
China
DKK 428529
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 428447
27.4%
8
New Zealand
DKK 425009
28.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 424851
28.0%
10
Japan
DKK 420629
28.7%
11
Pakistan
DKK 414795
29.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 408030
30.8%
13
Philippines
DKK 405636
31.2%
14
Vietnam
DKK 394964
33.1%
15
India
DKK 334521
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 527586
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 471329
20.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 465312
21.1%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 441331
25.2%
4
Panama
DKK 440399
25.4%
5
Colombia
DKK 432202
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 431640
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 428798
27.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 427530
27.5%
9
Peru
DKK 416572
29.4%
10
Mexico
DKK 409784
30.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 383412
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 430395
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 416507
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 402148
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 398949
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 397231
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 394184
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 390833
33.8%
7
Morocco
DKK 373322
36.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 367816
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 364858
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 361975
38.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 349489
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 560443
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 560443
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 542745
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 542745
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 530946
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 529518
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 444390
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 443780
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 418720
29.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 344929
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Fredericia 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.