Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
679,900 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 75,624 kr
Communal tax
- 147,860 kr
Church tax
- 6,262 kr
Top bracket tax
- 10,572 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 241,454 kr
Net pay
* 438,446 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
35.5%
64.5%
Net pay
35.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
438,446 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
241,454 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
255,376 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 679,900 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.76 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.5% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 679,900 kr a year living in the region of Holstebro, Denmark, you will be taxed 241,454 kr. That means that your net pay will be 438,446 kr per year, or 36,537 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.5% and your marginal tax rate is 48.9%. 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 48.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 511 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,555 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 591513
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 554119
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 547320
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 531175
21.9%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 516117
24.1%
5
France
DKK 469559
30.9%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 468739
31.1%
7
Norway
DKK 450783
33.7%
8
Spain
DKK 442042
35.0%
9
Denmark
DKK 438693
35.5%
10
Ireland
DKK 430204
36.7%
11
Austria
DKK 418654
38.4%
12
Poland
DKK 410649
39.6%
13
Netherlands
DKK 407686
40.0%
14
Sweden
DKK 406923
40.2%
15
Romania
DKK 397742
41.5%
16
Luxembourg
DKK 395209
41.9%
17
Greece
DKK 395157
41.9%
18
Germany
DKK 377575
44.5%
19
Italy
DKK 359480
47.1%
20
Finland
DKK 357680
47.4%
21
Portugal
DKK 324422
52.3%
22
Belgium
DKK 292248
57.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 490399
27.9%
1
Canada
DKK 452355
33.5%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Holstebro 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.