Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
491,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 54,657 kr
Communal tax
- 92,665 kr
Church tax
- 2,032 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 150,490 kr
Net pay
* 340,910 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
30.6%
69.4%
Net pay
30.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
340,910 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
150,490 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
164,412 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 491,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.6% tax rate now rises to 32.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 491,400 kr a year living in the region of Frederiksberg, Denmark, you will be taxed 150,490 kr. That means that your net pay will be 340,910 kr per year, or 28,409 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 427518
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 400491
18.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 399360
18.7%
3
Ukraine
DKK 395577
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 372703
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 361744
26.4%
6
France
DKK 356389
27.5%
7
Norway
DKK 346026
29.6%
8
Spain
DKK 339071
31.0%
9
Ireland
DKK 338642
31.1%
10
Denmark
DKK 327701
33.3%
11
Austria
DKK 313550
36.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 312651
36.4%
13
Netherlands
DKK 309142
37.1%
14
Luxembourg
DKK 308840
37.2%
15
Poland
DKK 302159
38.5%
16
Greece
DKK 296742
39.6%
17
Germany
DKK 290190
41.0%
18
Romania
DKK 287469
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 275583
43.9%
20
Italy
DKK 272579
44.5%
21
Portugal
DKK 260777
46.9%
22
Belgium
DKK 222019
54.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 369521
24.8%
1
Canada
DKK 344951
29.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 430870
12.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 413323
15.9%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 396200
19.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 390112
20.6%
4
Singapore
DKK 390046
20.6%
5
South Korea
DKK 381723
22.3%
6
Australia
DKK 365650
25.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 360306
26.7%
8
Japan
DKK 358701
27.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 358238
27.1%
10
China
DKK 357928
27.2%
11
Pakistan
DKK 350744
28.6%
12
Malaysia
DKK 344477
29.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 341257
30.6%
14
Vietnam
DKK 330913
32.7%
15
India
DKK 281625
42.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 440370
10.4%
1
Chile
DKK 402181
18.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 394757
19.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 382847
22.1%
4
Panama
DKK 374623
23.8%
5
Ecuador
DKK 370800
24.5%
6
Brazil
DKK 360199
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 358055
27.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 357394
27.3%
9
Peru
DKK 356216
27.5%
10
Mexico
DKK 346125
29.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 319361
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 358707
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 347529
29.3%
2
Nigeria
DKK 335121
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 334898
31.9%
4
South Africa
DKK 332694
32.3%
5
Ghana
DKK 332047
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 326948
33.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 313608
36.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 307820
37.4%
9
Zambia
DKK 304256
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 302851
38.4%
11
Uganda
DKK 295292
39.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 466830
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 466830
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 452088
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 452088
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 442260
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 439354
10.6%
6
Egypt
DKK 370485
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 369875
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 361445
26.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 287538
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederiksberg 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.