Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,031,364 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 114,717 kr
Communal tax
- 233,024 kr
Church tax
- 8,671 kr
Top bracket tax
- 56,203 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 413,750 kr
Net pay
* 617,614 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
40.1%
59.9%
Net pay
40.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
617,614 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
413,750 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
427,671 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,031,364 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.15 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.1% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,031,364 kr a year living in the region of Frederikssund, Denmark, you will be taxed 413,750 kr. That means that your net pay will be 617,614 kr per year, or 51,468 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.1% and your marginal tax rate is 48.8%. 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 48.79 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.21 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 512 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,561 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 897287
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 840562
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 830248
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 786744
23.7%
4
Switzerland
DKK 760860
26.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 668195
35.2%
6
France
DKK 654186
36.6%
7
Norway
DKK 639027
38.0%
8
Spain
DKK 633156
38.6%
9
Austria
DKK 620106
39.9%
10
Denmark
DKK 618718
40.0%
11
Poland
DKK 612932
40.6%
12
Romania
DKK 603348
41.5%
13
Ireland
DKK 598906
41.9%
14
Greece
DKK 591976
42.6%
15
Netherlands
DKK 585176
43.3%
16
Sweden
DKK 582691
43.5%
17
Germany
DKK 556161
46.1%
18
Luxembourg
DKK 554011
46.3%
19
Italy
DKK 518974
49.7%
20
Finland
DKK 487089
52.8%
21
Portugal
DKK 459735
55.4%
22
Belgium
DKK 423625
58.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 705957
31.6%
1
Canada
DKK 638289
38.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 880554
14.6%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 879040
14.8%
2
Singapore
DKK 848079
17.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 790038
23.4%
4
Thailand
DKK 764265
25.9%
5
China
DKK 757193
26.6%
6
Indonesia
DKK 723254
29.9%
7
South Korea
DKK 704686
31.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 703789
31.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 701720
32.0%
10
Japan
DKK 694504
32.7%
11
Malaysia
DKK 690254
33.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 689344
33.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 681889
33.9%
14
Australia
DKK 681342
33.9%
15
India
DKK 556199
46.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 918282
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 771719
25.2%
2
Chile
DKK 760939
26.2%
3
Colombia
DKK 755788
26.7%
4
Uruguay
DKK 755344
26.8%
5
Brazil
DKK 751673
27.1%
6
Panama
DKK 735049
28.7%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 704221
31.7%
8
Mexico
DKK 701124
32.0%
9
Peru
DKK 686944
33.4%
10
Ecuador
DKK 683966
33.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 670338
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 751531
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 725503
29.7%
2
Nigeria
DKK 702404
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 695379
32.6%
4
Ghana
DKK 689233
33.2%
5
Mozambique
DKK 685875
33.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 640820
37.9%
7
South Africa
DKK 636933
38.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 636577
38.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 636334
38.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 626830
39.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 592272
42.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 979796
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 979796
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 958481
7.1%
3
Kuwait
DKK 957028
7.2%
4
Oman
DKK 948855
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 930466
9.8%
6
Egypt
DKK 775458
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 774848
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 669226
35.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 602019
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederikssund 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.