Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,195,997 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 133,028 kr
Communal tax
- 256,492 kr
Church tax
- 7,699 kr
Top bracket tax
- 82,173 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 480,528 kr
Net pay
* 715,469 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.0%
Average tax rate
40.2%
59.8%
Net pay
40.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
715,469 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
480,528 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
494,449 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,195,997 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.2% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,195,997 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 480,528 kr. That means that your net pay will be 715,469 kr per year, or 59,622 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.2% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 1040517
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 974738
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 962778
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 913512
23.6%
4
Switzerland
DKK 862580
27.9%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 761624
36.3%
6
France
DKK 735350
38.5%
7
Norway
DKK 727127
39.2%
8
Spain
DKK 721728
39.7%
9
Austria
DKK 712772
40.4%
10
Poland
DKK 707686
40.8%
11
Denmark
DKK 703046
41.2%
12
Romania
DKK 699658
41.5%
13
Greece
DKK 684171
42.8%
14
Ireland
DKK 677930
43.3%
15
Netherlands
DKK 668315
44.1%
16
Sweden
DKK 665024
44.4%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 643169
46.2%
18
Germany
DKK 641622
46.4%
19
Italy
DKK 593685
50.4%
20
Finland
DKK 547707
54.2%
21
Portugal
DKK 523119
56.3%
22
Belgium
DKK 485164
59.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 815276
31.8%
1
Canada
DKK 716490
40.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 1028723
14.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 1015686
15.1%
2
Singapore
DKK 981019
18.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 891052
25.5%
4
Thailand
DKK 872469
27.1%
5
China
DKK 851017
28.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 834545
30.2%
7
Pakistan
DKK 808732
32.4%
8
New Zealand
DKK 804215
32.8%
9
South Korea
DKK 797257
33.3%
10
Japan
DKK 794111
33.6%
11
Malaysia
DKK 793969
33.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 791715
33.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 788901
34.0%
14
Australia
DKK 768597
35.7%
15
India
DKK 642006
46.3%
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.