Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,019,216 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,226,697 kr
Communal tax
- 4,649,957 kr
Church tax
- 192,906 kr
Top bracket tax
- 2,620,822 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,691,518 kr
Net pay
* 10,327,698 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
48.4%
51.6%
Net pay
48.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,327,698 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,691,518 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
9,705,440 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 20,019,216 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.4% tax rate now rises to 48.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,019,216 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,691,518 kr. That means that your net pay will be 10,327,698 kr per year, or 860,641 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.4% 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 48.87 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.13 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 2,557 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 10916150
45.5%
1
Canada
DKK 9466932
52.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 17969620
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 16638958
16.9%
2
Singapore
DKK 15675041
21.7%
3
Indonesia
DKK 13559041
32.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 13109141
34.5%
5
Pakistan
DKK 13043824
34.8%
6
Vietnam
DKK 13023993
34.9%
7
Philippines
DKK 12477923
37.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 12286379
38.6%
9
Taiwan
DKK 12188198
39.1%
10
Malaysia
DKK 11947413
40.3%
11
China
DKK 11209718
44.0%
12
Japan
DKK 10974183
45.2%
13
Australia
DKK 10744904
46.3%
14
South Korea
DKK 10651695
46.8%
15
India
DKK 3833239
80.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 17724069
11.5%
1
Brazil
DKK 14517865
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 13517315
32.5%
3
Panama
DKK 13409440
33.0%
4
Mexico
DKK 13046291
34.8%
5
Argentina
DKK 13012442
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
DKK 12982285
35.2%
7
Colombia
DKK 12376508
38.2%
8
Uruguay
DKK 12350153
38.3%
9
Peru
DKK 12317004
38.5%
10
Chile
DKK 12182501
39.2%
11
Ecuador
DKK 11515871
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 14565193
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 14017000
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 13651265
31.8%
3
Nigeria
DKK 13617941
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 13249697
33.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 13027979
34.9%
6
Zambia
DKK 12313863
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 12197331
39.1%
8
Morocco
DKK 12147230
39.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 12019541
40.0%
10
South Africa
DKK 11080251
44.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 11035590
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 19944880
0.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 19918318
0.5%
2
Bahrain
DKK 19756455
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 19018255
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 19018255
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 18417679
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 15016347
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 15015737
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 11660734
41.8%
9
Israel
DKK 10181200
49.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.