Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
471,588 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 52,454 kr
Communal tax
- 100,155 kr
Church tax
- 3,727 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 157,471 kr
Net pay
* 314,117 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.7%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
314,117 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
157,471 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
171,393 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 471,588 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.63 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 35.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 471,588 kr a year living in the region of Frederikssund, Denmark, you will be taxed 157,471 kr. That means that your net pay will be 314,117 kr per year, or 26,176 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 35.7%. 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 35.74 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.26 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 643 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,213 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 410282
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 385176
18.3%
2
Hungary
DKK 384344
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 379628
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 358042
24.1%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 350387
25.7%
6
France
DKK 343848
27.1%
7
Norway
DKK 334812
29.0%
8
Ireland
DKK 328439
30.4%
9
Spain
DKK 327186
30.6%
10
Denmark
DKK 314932
33.2%
11
Austria
DKK 303280
35.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 302745
35.8%
13
Luxembourg
DKK 299762
36.4%
14
Netherlands
DKK 296773
37.1%
15
Poland
DKK 290756
38.4%
16
Greece
DKK 287213
39.1%
17
Germany
DKK 280306
40.6%
18
Romania
DKK 275879
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 266307
43.5%
20
Italy
DKK 263192
44.2%
21
Portugal
DKK 252060
46.6%
22
Belgium
DKK 214707
54.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 356843
24.3%
1
Canada
DKK 332437
29.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 414426
12.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 397545
15.7%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 380153
19.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 376243
20.2%
4
Singapore
DKK 372513
21.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 367650
22.0%
6
Australia
DKK 352673
25.2%
7
New Zealand
DKK 347307
26.4%
8
Japan
DKK 345553
26.7%
9
Indonesia
DKK 344845
26.9%
10
Pakistan
DKK 337866
28.4%
11
China
DKK 336205
28.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 331705
29.7%
13
Philippines
DKK 328313
30.4%
14
Vietnam
DKK 318035
32.6%
15
India
DKK 270990
42.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 422835
10.3%
1
Chile
DKK 387026
17.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 380572
19.3%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 371089
21.3%
4
Panama
DKK 361399
23.4%
5
Ecuador
DKK 358591
24.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 345835
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 344386
27.0%
8
Peru
DKK 344082
27.0%
9
Uruguay
DKK 343293
27.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 333599
29.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 306483
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 344294
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 333660
29.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 322021
31.7%
3
Nigeria
DKK 321645
31.8%
4
South Africa
DKK 321005
31.9%
5
Ghana
DKK 318941
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 313430
33.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 301602
36.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 295758
37.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 292072
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 290964
38.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 284395
39.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 448009
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 448009
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 433861
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 433861
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 424429
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 421226
10.7%
6
Egypt
DKK 355626
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 355016
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 349558
25.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 276000
41.5%
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.