Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
727,272 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 80,893 kr
Communal tax
- 151,618 kr
Church tax
- 4,551 kr
Top bracket tax
- 17,489 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 255,686 kr
Net pay
* 471,586 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.0%
Average tax rate
35.2%
64.8%
Net pay
35.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
471,586 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
255,686 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
269,607 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 727,272 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.2% tax rate now rises to 36.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 727,272 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 255,686 kr. That means that your net pay will be 471,586 kr per year, or 39,299 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.2% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 520201
28.5%
1
Canada
DKK 479163
34.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 649136
10.7%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 563641
22.5%
2
Chile
DKK 563280
22.6%
3
Uruguay
DKK 536112
26.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 533592
26.6%
5
Panama
DKK 532068
26.8%
6
Brazil
DKK 531206
27.0%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 522837
28.1%
8
Ecuador
DKK 509628
29.9%
9
Peru
DKK 500688
31.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 500423
31.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 472678
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 690908
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 690908
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 669090
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 669090
8.0%
4
Kuwait
DKK 655177
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 654545
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 547389
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 546779
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 497274
31.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 424912
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.