Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
580,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 64,512 kr
Communal tax
- 125,888 kr
Church tax
- 4,684 kr
Top bracket tax
- 493 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 196,713 kr
Net pay
* 383,287 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.2%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
383,287 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
196,713 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
210,635 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 580,000 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
35.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 35.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 580,000 kr a year living in the region of Frederikssund, Denmark, you will be taxed 196,713 kr. That means that your net pay will be 383,287 kr per year, or 31,941 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% and your marginal tax rate is 38.2%. 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 38.21 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.79 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 618 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,090 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 504600
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 472700
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 466900
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 461723
20.4%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 439214
24.3%
5
France
DKK 412473
28.9%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 412046
29.0%
7
Norway
DKK 396173
31.7%
8
Spain
DKK 387497
33.2%
9
Denmark
DKK 384304
33.7%
10
Ireland
DKK 382252
34.1%
11
Austria
DKK 359766
38.0%
12
Netherlands
DKK 357237
38.4%
13
Sweden
DKK 356962
38.5%
14
Poland
DKK 353152
39.1%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 349435
39.8%
16
Greece
DKK 340004
41.4%
17
Romania
DKK 339300
41.5%
18
Germany
DKK 331633
42.8%
19
Finland
DKK 317066
45.3%
20
Italy
DKK 314145
45.8%
21
Portugal
DKK 291515
49.7%
22
Belgium
DKK 254905
56.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 426254
26.5%
1
Canada
DKK 395821
31.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 504408
13.0%
1
Taiwan
DKK 480664
17.1%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 474326
18.2%
3
Singapore
DKK 468457
19.2%
4
Thailand
DKK 452132
22.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 441480
23.9%
6
Australia
DKK 422383
27.2%
7
China
DKK 421571
27.3%
8
New Zealand
DKK 418436
27.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 418132
27.9%
10
Japan
DKK 414382
28.6%
11
Pakistan
DKK 408334
29.6%
12
Malaysia
DKK 401618
30.8%
13
Philippines
DKK 399142
31.2%
14
Vietnam
DKK 388503
33.0%
15
India
DKK 329185
43.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 518788
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 464410
19.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 458195
21.0%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 435431
24.9%
4
Panama
DKK 433764
25.2%
5
Colombia
DKK 424719
26.8%
6
Brazil
DKK 424434
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 422948
27.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 420456
27.5%
9
Peru
DKK 410484
29.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 403224
30.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 376951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 423163
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 409549
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 395386
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 392488
32.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 390656
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 387402
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 384968
33.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 367299
36.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 361764
37.6%
9
Zambia
DKK 358745
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 356011
38.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 344022
40.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 551000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 551000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 533600
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 533600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 522000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 520423
10.3%
6
Egypt
DKK 436935
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 436325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 413034
28.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 339140
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.