Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,840,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,429,220 kr
Communal tax
- 5,073,930 kr
Church tax
- 210,495 kr
Top bracket tax
- 2,866,562 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 10,581,343 kr
Net pay
* 11,258,657 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
11,258,657 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
10,581,343 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10,595,264 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,840,000 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
48.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.4% tax rate now rises to 48.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,840,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 10,581,343 kr. That means that your net pay will be 11,258,657 kr per year, or 938,221 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.5% 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 48.87 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 19000800
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 17799600
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 17581200
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 16809394
23.0%
4
Romania
DKK 12776400
41.5%
5
Poland
DKK 12589239
42.4%
6
Greece
DKK 12244813
43.9%
7
Switzerland
DKK 11746995
46.2%
8
Norway
DKK 11586896
47.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 11550555
47.1%
10
United Kingdom
DKK 11458260
47.5%
11
Spain
DKK 11436913
47.6%
12
Denmark
DKK 11277235
48.4%
13
Italy
DKK 11200397
48.7%
14
Netherlands
DKK 11093537
49.2%
15
Sweden
DKK 10988985
49.7%
16
Austria
DKK 10955588
49.8%
17
Germany
DKK 10682257
51.1%
18
Ireland
DKK 10587052
51.5%
19
France
DKK 9314358
57.4%
20
Belgium
DKK 8201872
62.5%
21
Finland
DKK 8148828
62.7%
22
Portugal
DKK 7925060
63.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 11886628
45.6%
1
Canada
DKK 10313057
52.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 19608326
10.2%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 18150208
16.9%
2
Singapore
DKK 17095252
21.7%
3
Indonesia
DKK 14789891
32.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 14292651
34.6%
5
Pakistan
DKK 14227334
34.9%
6
Vietnam
DKK 14207503
35.0%
7
Philippines
DKK 13608326
37.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 13397057
38.7%
9
Taiwan
DKK 13280669
39.2%
10
Malaysia
DKK 13021657
40.4%
11
China
DKK 12211149
44.1%
12
Japan
DKK 11955455
45.3%
13
Australia
DKK 11709919
46.4%
14
South Korea
DKK 11600846
46.9%
15
India
DKK 4042757
81.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 19335610
11.5%
1
Brazil
DKK 15837934
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 14739516
32.5%
3
Panama
DKK 14624814
33.0%
4
Mexico
DKK 14229801
34.9%
5
Argentina
DKK 14195951
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
DKK 14159422
35.2%
7
Colombia
DKK 13487142
38.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 13456024
38.4%
9
Peru
DKK 13432234
38.5%
10
Chile
DKK 13274971
39.2%
11
Ecuador
DKK 12554565
42.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 15889813
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 15291549
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 14893631
31.8%
3
Nigeria
DKK 14856438
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 14454146
33.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 14211488
34.9%
6
Zambia
DKK 13433645
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 13305915
39.1%
8
Morocco
DKK 13250604
39.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 13112011
40.0%
10
South Africa
DKK 12081683
44.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 12037022
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 21765664
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 21739102
0.5%
2
Bahrain
DKK 21559031
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 20748000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 20748000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 20092800
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 16381935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 16381325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 12721176
41.8%
9
Israel
DKK 11091592
49.2%
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.