Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
520,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 57,839 kr
Communal tax
- 105,242 kr
Church tax
- 3,159 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 167,375 kr
Net pay
* 352,625 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.2%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
352,625 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
167,375 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
181,297 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 520,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.49 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 34.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 520,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 167,375 kr. That means that your net pay will be 352,625 kr per year, or 29,385 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 34.2%. 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 34.17 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.83 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 658 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,292 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 452400
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 423800
18.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 419797
19.3%
3
Ukraine
DKK 418600
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 393867
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 377996
27.3%
6
France
DKK 374493
28.0%
7
Norway
DKK 362213
30.3%
8
Spain
DKK 354733
31.8%
9
Ireland
DKK 353371
32.0%
10
Denmark
DKK 346134
33.4%
11
Austria
DKK 328375
36.9%
12
Sweden
DKK 326954
37.1%
13
Netherlands
DKK 326708
37.2%
14
Luxembourg
DKK 321942
38.1%
15
Poland
DKK 318619
38.7%
16
Greece
DKK 310496
40.3%
17
Romania
DKK 304200
41.5%
18
Germany
DKK 304097
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 288974
44.4%
20
Italy
DKK 286130
45.0%
21
Portugal
DKK 273361
47.4%
22
Belgium
DKK 232574
55.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 387822
25.4%
1
Canada
DKK 361797
30.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 454608
12.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 436203
16.1%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 420393
19.2%
3
Singapore
DKK 415357
20.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 410132
21.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 402030
22.7%
6
Australia
DKK 384383
26.1%
7
China
DKK 379571
27.0%
8
New Zealand
DKK 379070
27.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 377572
27.4%
10
Japan
DKK 376674
27.6%
11
Pakistan
DKK 369334
29.0%
12
Malaysia
DKK 362918
30.2%
13
Philippines
DKK 359942
30.8%
14
Vietnam
DKK 349503
32.8%
15
India
DKK 296977
42.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 465683
10.5%
1
Chile
DKK 422650
18.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 415235
20.2%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 399821
23.1%
4
Panama
DKK 393714
24.3%
5
Ecuador
DKK 387633
25.5%
6
Brazil
DKK 380934
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 379572
27.0%
8
Uruguay
DKK 377751
27.4%
9
Peru
DKK 373734
28.1%
10
Mexico
DKK 364207
30.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 337951
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 494000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 494000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 478400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 478400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 468000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 465523
10.5%
6
Egypt
DKK 391935
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 391325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 378604
27.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 304195
41.5%
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.