Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,698,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 188,865 kr
Communal tax
- 368,812 kr
Church tax
- 11,070 kr
Top bracket tax
- 151,449 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 721,332 kr
Net pay
* 976,668 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.0%
Average tax rate
42.5%
57.5%
Net pay
42.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
976,668 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
721,332 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
735,254 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,698,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 42.5% tax rate now rises to 42.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,698,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 721,332 kr. That means that your net pay will be 976,668 kr per year, or 81,389 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 42.5% 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 1477260
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 1383870
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 1366890
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 1300054
23.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 1150281
32.3%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 1034775
39.1%
6
Poland
DKK 996611
41.3%
7
Romania
DKK 993330
41.5%
8
Norway
DKK 992204
41.6%
9
Spain
DKK 991806
41.6%
10
Austria
DKK 986586
41.9%
11
Greece
DKK 965293
43.2%
12
France
DKK 964275
43.2%
13
Denmark
DKK 960180
43.5%
14
Netherlands
DKK 921827
45.7%
15
Ireland
DKK 918892
45.9%
16
Sweden
DKK 916072
46.1%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 911551
46.3%
18
Germany
DKK 901570
46.9%
19
Italy
DKK 821494
51.6%
20
Finland
DKK 732544
56.9%
21
Portugal
DKK 700917
58.7%
22
Belgium
DKK 672813
60.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 1108469
34.7%
1
Canada
DKK 952989
43.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 1480526
12.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 1432348
15.6%
2
Singapore
DKK 1382893
18.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 1200351
29.3%
4
Taiwan
DKK 1195469
29.6%
5
Indonesia
DKK 1173900
30.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 1135034
33.2%
7
China
DKK 1133049
33.3%
8
Vietnam
DKK 1115203
34.3%
9
New Zealand
DKK 1110437
34.6%
10
Malaysia
DKK 1107119
34.8%
11
Philippines
DKK 1103501
35.0%
12
Japan
DKK 1090205
35.8%
13
South Korea
DKK 1077065
36.6%
14
Australia
DKK 1034659
39.1%
15
India
DKK 860365
49.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 1508309
11.2%
1
Brazil
DKK 1234984
27.3%
2
Uruguay
DKK 1222579
28.0%
3
Costa Rica
DKK 1219198
28.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 1195284
29.6%
5
Chile
DKK 1189771
29.9%
6
Panama
DKK 1180029
30.5%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 1137619
33.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 1137498
33.0%
9
Argentina
DKK 1103651
35.0%
10
Peru
DKK 1095259
35.5%
11
Ecuador
DKK 1064259
37.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 1236508
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 1192149
29.8%
2
Nigeria
DKK 1155850
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 1150241
32.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 1130213
33.4%
5
Mozambique
DKK 1119188
34.1%
6
Zambia
DKK 1046315
38.4%
7
Morocco
DKK 1044793
38.5%
8
Cameroon
DKK 1042459
38.6%
9
Senegal
DKK 1026811
39.5%
10
South Africa
DKK 1003583
40.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 958922
43.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 1623664
4.4%
1
Bahrain
DKK 1618451
4.7%
2
United Arab Emirates
DKK 1613100
5.0%
3
Qatar
DKK 1613100
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 1597102
5.9%
5
Oman
DKK 1562160
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 1275435
24.9%
7
Lebanon
DKK 1274825
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 1020592
39.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 990274
41.7%
10
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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.