Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
591,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 65,802 kr
Communal tax
- 127,145 kr
Church tax
- 4,587 kr
Top bracket tax
- 796 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 199,467 kr
Net pay
* 392,133 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.9%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
392,133 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
199,467 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
213,389 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 591,600 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 35.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 591,600 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 199,467 kr. That means that your net pay will be 392,133 kr per year, or 32,678 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.9%. 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 37.94 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.06 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 621 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,103 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 514692
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 482154
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 476238
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 469755
20.6%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 448129
24.3%
5
France
DKK 419815
29.0%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 418629
29.2%
7
Norway
DKK 402739
31.9%
8
Spain
DKK 393830
33.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 391490
33.8%
10
Ireland
DKK 387820
34.5%
11
Austria
DKK 365941
38.1%
12
Netherlands
DKK 363095
38.6%
13
Sweden
DKK 362761
38.7%
14
Poland
DKK 359828
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 354749
40.0%
16
Romania
DKK 346086
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 345949
41.5%
18
Germany
DKK 336604
43.1%
19
Finland
DKK 322497
45.5%
20
Italy
DKK 319409
46.0%
21
Portugal
DKK 291979
50.7%
22
Belgium
DKK 259241
56.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 433702
26.7%
1
Canada
DKK 402386
32.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 514036
13.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 488784
17.4%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 484766
18.1%
3
Singapore
DKK 478723
19.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 460252
22.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 448359
24.2%
6
China
DKK 429691
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 429459
27.4%
8
New Zealand
DKK 426114
28.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 425973
28.0%
10
Japan
DKK 421672
28.7%
11
Pakistan
DKK 415874
29.7%
12
Malaysia
DKK 409100
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 406721
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 396043
33.1%
15
India
DKK 335412
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 529055
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 472484
20.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 466500
21.2%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 442316
25.2%
4
Panama
DKK 441507
25.4%
5
Colombia
DKK 433452
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 432844
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 429775
27.4%
8
Uruguay
DKK 428712
27.5%
9
Peru
DKK 417589
29.4%
10
Mexico
DKK 410880
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 384491
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 431602
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 417669
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 403277
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 400028
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 398329
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 395317
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 391812
33.8%
7
Morocco
DKK 374328
36.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 368827
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 365879
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 362971
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 350402
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 562020
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 562020
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 544272
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 544272
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 532440
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 531037
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 445635
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 445025
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 419669
29.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 345896
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kolding 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.