Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,037,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 115,348 kr
Communal tax
- 220,926 kr
Church tax
- 6,631 kr
Top bracket tax
- 60,237 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 404,278 kr
Net pay
* 632,762 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.0%
Average tax rate
39.0%
61.0%
Net pay
39.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
632,762 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
404,278 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
418,199 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,037,040 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39% tax rate now rises to 39.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,037,040 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 404,278 kr. That means that your net pay will be 632,762 kr per year, or 52,730 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.0% and your marginal tax rate is 48.0%. 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 47.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 52.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 520 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,602 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 709498
31.6%
1
Canada
DKK 640985
38.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 885662
14.6%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 883751
14.8%
2
Singapore
DKK 852733
17.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 793520
23.5%
4
Thailand
DKK 767996
25.9%
5
China
DKK 760428
26.7%
6
Indonesia
DKK 727091
29.9%
7
South Korea
DKK 707878
31.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 707251
31.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 705410
32.0%
10
Japan
DKK 697999
32.7%
11
Malaysia
DKK 693830
33.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 692874
33.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 685579
33.9%
14
Australia
DKK 684350
34.0%
15
India
DKK 559157
46.1%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.