Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
598,260 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,543 kr
Communal tax
- 119,622 kr
Church tax
- 3,786 kr
Top bracket tax
- 999 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 192,086 kr
Net pay
* 406,174 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.2%
Average tax rate
32.1%
67.9%
Net pay
32.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
406,174 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
192,086 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
206,007 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 598,260 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 33.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 598,260 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 192,086 kr. That means that your net pay will be 406,174 kr per year, or 33,848 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.1% and your marginal tax rate is 36.2%. 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 36.23 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.77 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 638 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,189 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 437980
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 406154
32.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 519564
13.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 493446
17.5%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 490760
18.0%
3
Singapore
DKK 484617
19.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 464914
22.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 452309
24.4%
6
China
DKK 434353
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 433522
27.5%
8
New Zealand
DKK 430544
28.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 430475
28.1%
10
Japan
DKK 425858
28.8%
11
Pakistan
DKK 420203
29.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 413396
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 411072
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 400372
33.1%
15
India
DKK 338987
43.3%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.