Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
598,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,514 kr
Communal tax
- 122,694 kr
Church tax
- 3,683 kr
Top bracket tax
- 992 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 195,018 kr
Net pay
* 402,982 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.8%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
402,982 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
195,018 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
208,940 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 598,000 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
34.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 34.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 598,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 195,018 kr. That means that your net pay will be 402,982 kr per year, or 33,582 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 36.8%. 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 36.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 632 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,161 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 437813
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 406007
32.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 436258
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 422149
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 407630
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 404188
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 402563
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 399684
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 395588
33.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 378207
36.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 372724
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 369815
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 366811
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 353922
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 568100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 568100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 550160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 550160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 538200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 536893
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 450435
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 449825
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 423330
29.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 349623
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.