Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
684,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 76,080 kr
Communal tax
- 148,823 kr
Church tax
- 5,369 kr
Top bracket tax
- 11,118 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 242,526 kr
Net pay
* 441,475 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
35.5%
64.5%
Net pay
35.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
441,475 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
242,526 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
256,447 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 684,001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.75 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.5% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 684,001 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 242,526 kr. That means that your net pay will be 441,475 kr per year, or 36,790 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.5% 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 48.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.25 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 493028
27.9%
1
Canada
DKK 454676
33.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 610837
10.7%
1
Chile
DKK 535153
21.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 532659
22.1%
3
Uruguay
DKK 506135
26.0%
4
Panama
DKK 503184
26.4%
5
Colombia
DKK 501679
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 499834
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 497156
27.3%
8
Ecuador
DKK 484160
29.2%
9
Peru
DKK 474185
30.7%
10
Mexico
DKK 471864
31.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 444552
35.0%
12
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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.