Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,570,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 174,629 kr
Communal tax
- 335,699 kr
Church tax
- 5,595 kr
Top bracket tax
- 133,786 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 650,844 kr
Net pay
* 919,164 kr
Marginal tax rate
47.4%
Average tax rate
41.5%
58.5%
Net pay
41.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
919,164 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
650,844 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
664,766 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,570,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.5% tax rate now rises to 42.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,570,008 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 650,844 kr. That means that your net pay will be 919,164 kr per year, or 76,597 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.5% and your marginal tax rate is 47.4%. 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 47.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 52.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 526 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,632 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 1365907
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 1279557
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 1263856
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 1201500
23.5%
4
Switzerland
DKK 1080732
31.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 968539
38.3%
6
Norway
DKK 924881
41.1%
7
Spain
DKK 922946
41.2%
8
Poland
DKK 922946
41.2%
9
Austria
DKK 918384
41.5%
10
Romania
DKK 918455
41.5%
11
France
DKK 907721
42.2%
12
Denmark
DKK 894620
43.0%
13
Greece
DKK 893617
43.1%
14
Ireland
DKK 857456
45.4%
15
Netherlands
DKK 857191
45.4%
16
Sweden
DKK 852065
45.7%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 843945
46.3%
18
Germany
DKK 835528
46.8%
19
Italy
DKK 763411
51.4%
20
Finland
DKK 685417
56.3%
21
Portugal
DKK 661240
57.9%
22
Belgium
DKK 624969
60.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 1038059
33.9%
1
Canada
DKK 893511
43.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 1365333
13.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 1326115
15.5%
2
Singapore
DKK 1282472
18.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 1118674
28.8%
4
Thailand
DKK 1117156
28.8%
5
Indonesia
DKK 1087377
30.7%
6
China
DKK 1062654
32.3%
7
Pakistan
DKK 1051839
33.0%
8
New Zealand
DKK 1032362
34.2%
9
Vietnam
DKK 1032008
34.3%
10
Malaysia
DKK 1028520
34.5%
11
Philippines
DKK 1024040
34.8%
12
Japan
DKK 1014712
35.4%
13
South Korea
DKK 1006228
35.9%
14
Australia
DKK 966823
38.4%
15
India
DKK 809093
48.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 1395025
11.2%
1
Brazil
DKK 1142190
27.3%
2
Uruguay
DKK 1135214
27.7%
3
Costa Rica
DKK 1133284
27.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 1114612
29.0%
5
Chile
DKK 1108862
29.4%
6
Panama
DKK 1094594
30.3%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 1054873
32.8%
8
Mexico
DKK 1053839
32.9%
9
Argentina
DKK 1020456
35.0%
10
Peru
DKK 1016864
35.2%
11
Ecuador
DKK 991244
36.9%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 1143394
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 1102554
29.8%
2
Nigeria
DKK 1068790
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 1062909
32.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 1045546
33.4%
5
Mozambique
DKK 1035994
34.0%
6
Zambia
DKK 967600
38.4%
7
Morocco
DKK 967232
38.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 964531
38.6%
9
Senegal
DKK 950016
39.5%
10
South Africa
DKK 933187
40.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 888526
43.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 1495672
4.7%
1
Bahrain
DKK 1491739
5.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
DKK 1491508
5.0%
3
Qatar
DKK 1491508
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 1469110
6.4%
5
Oman
DKK 1444407
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 1179441
24.9%
7
Lebanon
DKK 1178831
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 956596
39.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 915730
41.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.