Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,520,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 280,295 kr
Communal tax
- 552,730 kr
Church tax
- 16,591 kr
Top bracket tax
- 264,885 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,115,636 kr
Net pay
* 1,404,364 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.0%
Average tax rate
44.3%
55.7%
Net pay
44.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,404,364 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,115,636 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,129,558 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 2,520,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.48 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 44.3% tax rate now rises to 44.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2,520,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,115,636 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1,404,364 kr per year, or 117,030 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 44.3% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 2192400
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 2053800
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 2028600
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 1932994
23.3%
4
Switzerland
DKK 1588359
37.0%
5
Romania
DKK 1474200
41.5%
6
Poland
DKK 1469709
41.7%
7
United Kingdom
DKK 1460160
42.1%
8
Spain
DKK 1428681
43.3%
9
Greece
DKK 1425613
43.4%
10
Norway
DKK 1424576
43.5%
11
Austria
DKK 1423308
43.5%
12
Denmark
DKK 1381222
45.2%
13
Luxembourg
DKK 1345731
46.6%
14
Netherlands
DKK 1336937
47.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 1327157
47.3%
16
France
DKK 1322151
47.5%
17
Germany
DKK 1316887
47.7%
18
Ireland
DKK 1313452
47.9%
19
Italy
DKK 1194517
52.6%
20
Finland
DKK 1035204
58.9%
21
Belgium
DKK 980075
61.1%
22
Portugal
DKK 969860
61.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 1561856
38.0%
1
Canada
DKK 1334976
47.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 2220326
11.9%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 2114608
16.1%
2
Singapore
DKK 2025653
19.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 1734651
31.2%
4
Indonesia
DKK 1729572
31.4%
5
Taiwan
DKK 1688669
33.0%
6
Pakistan
DKK 1669334
33.8%
7
Vietnam
DKK 1649503
34.5%
8
Philippines
DKK 1613826
36.0%
9
New Zealand
DKK 1611857
36.0%
10
Malaysia
DKK 1609735
36.1%
11
China
DKK 1585149
37.1%
12
Japan
DKK 1543359
38.8%
13
South Korea
DKK 1524149
39.5%
14
Australia
DKK 1470319
41.7%
15
India
DKK 1255074
50.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 2235845
11.3%
1
Brazil
DKK 1830934
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 1770966
29.7%
3
Panama
DKK 1728714
31.4%
4
Uruguay
DKK 1721829
31.7%
5
Colombia
DKK 1702388
32.4%
6
Chile
DKK 1682971
33.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 1671801
33.7%
8
Puerto Rico
DKK 1669042
33.8%
9
Argentina
DKK 1637951
35.0%
10
Peru
DKK 1598734
36.6%
11
Ecuador
DKK 1533181
39.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 1834513
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 1767549
29.9%
2
Nigeria
DKK 1714974
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 1711112
32.1%
4
Ghana
DKK 1673966
33.6%
5
Mozambique
DKK 1653488
34.4%
6
Zambia
DKK 1551845
38.4%
7
Morocco
DKK 1542915
38.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 1542933
38.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 1520011
39.7%
10
South Africa
DKK 1455683
42.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 1411022
44.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 2445664
3.0%
1
Bahrain
DKK 2432231
3.5%
2
Saudi Arabia
DKK 2419102
4.0%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 2394000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 2394000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 2318400
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 1891935
24.9%
7
Lebanon
DKK 1891325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 1469015
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 1431592
43.2%
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.