Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
708,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 78,749 kr
Communal tax
- 147,306 kr
Church tax
- 4,422 kr
Top bracket tax
- 14,829 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 246,441 kr
Net pay
* 461,559 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.0%
Average tax rate
34.8%
65.2%
Net pay
34.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
461,559 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
246,441 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
260,363 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 708,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.68 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.8% tax rate now rises to 36.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 708,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 246,441 kr. That means that your net pay will be 461,559 kr per year, or 38,463 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.8% 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 615960
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 577020
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 569940
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 550081
22.3%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 537754
24.1%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 484686
31.5%
6
France
DKK 484564
31.6%
7
Norway
DKK 465844
34.2%
8
Spain
DKK 457385
35.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 453086
36.0%
10
Ireland
DKK 443692
37.3%
11
Austria
DKK 434952
38.6%
12
Poland
DKK 426822
39.7%
13
Netherlands
DKK 421877
40.4%
14
Sweden
DKK 420977
40.5%
15
Romania
DKK 414180
41.5%
16
Greece
DKK 410893
42.0%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 408087
42.4%
18
Germany
DKK 391407
44.7%
19
Italy
DKK 372232
47.4%
20
Finland
DKK 368026
48.0%
21
Portugal
DKK 335240
52.7%
22
Belgium
DKK 302752
57.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 508276
28.2%
1
Canada
DKK 468257
33.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 610648
13.8%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 589526
16.7%
2
Singapore
DKK 578985
18.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 570264
19.5%
4
Thailand
DKK 541732
23.5%
5
China
DKK 518289
26.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 517388
26.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 504660
28.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 503938
28.8%
9
Australia
DKK 500463
29.3%
10
Japan
DKK 494825
30.1%
11
Pakistan
DKK 491534
30.6%
12
Malaysia
DKK 483905
31.7%
13
Philippines
DKK 482769
31.8%
14
Vietnam
DKK 471703
33.4%
15
India
DKK 397896
43.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 632079
10.7%
1
Chile
DKK 550753
22.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 549843
22.3%
3
Uruguay
DKK 522761
26.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 519379
26.6%
5
Panama
DKK 519204
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 517234
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 511399
27.8%
8
Ecuador
DKK 498285
29.6%
9
Peru
DKK 488884
31.0%
10
Mexico
DKK 487704
31.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 460151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 516283
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 499149
29.5%
2
Nigeria
DKK 482452
31.9%
3
Mozambique
DKK 475688
32.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 475328
32.9%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 474739
33.0%
6
South Africa
DKK 459083
35.2%
7
Morocco
DKK 444865
37.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 439697
37.9%
9
Zambia
DKK 437465
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 432811
38.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 414422
41.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 672600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 672600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 651360
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 651360
8.0%
4
Kuwait
DKK 637543
10.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 637200
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 532935
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 532325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 486250
31.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 413688
41.6%
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.