Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
800,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 88,982 kr
Communal tax
- 175,346 kr
Church tax
- 6,765 kr
Top bracket tax
- 26,754 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 298,983 kr
Net pay
* 501,017 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
37.4%
62.6%
Net pay
37.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
501,017 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
298,983 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
312,905 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 800,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.4% tax rate now rises to 38.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 800,000 kr a year living in the region of Hedensted, Denmark, you will be taxed 298,983 kr. That means that your net pay will be 501,017 kr per year, or 41,751 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.4% and your marginal tax rate is 48.8%. 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 48.81 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.19 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 512 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,560 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 696000
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 652000
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 644000
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 610811
23.7%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 608594
23.9%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 536896
32.9%
6
France
DKK 533692
33.3%
7
Norway
DKK 515156
35.6%
8
Spain
DKK 507617
36.6%
9
Denmark
DKK 500210
37.5%
10
Austria
DKK 488312
39.0%
11
Ireland
DKK 487852
39.0%
12
Poland
DKK 479772
40.0%
13
Netherlands
DKK 468337
41.5%
14
Romania
DKK 468000
41.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 466982
41.6%
16
Greece
DKK 462413
42.2%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 449658
43.8%
18
Germany
DKK 436691
45.4%
19
Italy
DKK 413981
48.3%
20
Finland
DKK 401900
49.8%
21
Portugal
DKK 370660
53.7%
22
Belgium
DKK 337141
57.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 564899
29.4%
1
Canada
DKK 519004
35.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 687008
14.1%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 672326
16.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 657185
17.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 634664
20.7%
4
China
DKK 609376
23.8%
5
Thailand
DKK 606132
24.2%
6
South Korea
DKK 571947
28.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 566852
29.1%
8
New Zealand
DKK 562657
29.7%
9
Australia
DKK 556584
30.4%
10
Japan
DKK 552034
31.0%
11
Pakistan
DKK 551334
31.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 542876
32.1%
13
Malaysia
DKK 542797
32.2%
14
Vietnam
DKK 531503
33.6%
15
India
DKK 447281
44.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 713506
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 615310
23.1%
2
Chile
DKK 610553
23.7%
3
Colombia
DKK 587228
26.6%
4
Uruguay
DKK 586495
26.7%
5
Brazil
DKK 583934
27.0%
6
Panama
DKK 580614
27.4%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 566001
29.3%
8
Ecuador
DKK 551950
31.0%
9
Mexico
DKK 548424
31.5%
10
Peru
DKK 545234
31.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 519951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 583213
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 563549
29.6%
2
Nigeria
DKK 545030
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 537513
32.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 536186
33.0%
5
Mozambique
DKK 535488
33.1%
6
South Africa
DKK 509683
36.3%
7
Morocco
DKK 500616
37.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 495711
38.0%
9
Zambia
DKK 494045
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 488011
39.0%
11
Uganda
DKK 465022
41.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 760000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 760000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 736000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 736000
8.0%
4
Kuwait
DKK 725664
9.3%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 720000
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 601935
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 601325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 538874
32.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 467270
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Hedensted 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.