Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
947,493 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 105,388 kr
Communal tax
- 205,682 kr
Church tax
- 8,178 kr
Top bracket tax
- 47,879 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 368,262 kr
Net pay
* 579,231 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.7%
Average tax rate
38.9%
61.1%
Net pay
38.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
579,231 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
368,262 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
382,184 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 947,493 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.9% tax rate now rises to 39.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 947,493 kr a year living in the region of Herning, Denmark, you will be taxed 368,262 kr. That means that your net pay will be 579,231 kr per year, or 48,269 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 38.9% and your marginal tax rate is 48.7%. 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 48.74 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.26 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 513 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,563 kr of net incomes.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 809427
14.6%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 805070
15.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 779304
17.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 737909
22.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 709142
25.2%
5
China
DKK 705247
25.6%
6
Indonesia
DKK 666557
29.7%
7
South Korea
DKK 657527
30.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 652628
31.1%
9
Pakistan
DKK 647204
31.7%
10
Japan
DKK 642858
32.2%
11
Philippines
DKK 637192
32.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 637194
32.8%
13
Australia
DKK 636890
32.8%
14
Vietnam
DKK 627373
33.8%
15
India
DKK 512485
45.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 844049
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 715421
24.5%
2
Chile
DKK 706423
25.4%
3
Uruguay
DKK 700424
26.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 694711
26.7%
5
Brazil
DKK 690866
27.1%
6
Panama
DKK 679065
28.3%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 653538
31.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 645769
31.8%
9
Ecuador
DKK 636121
32.9%
10
Peru
DKK 635573
32.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 615822
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herning 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.