Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
510,012 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 56,728 kr
Communal tax
- 107,200 kr
Church tax
- 4,447 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 169,511 kr
Net pay
* 340,501 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.4%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
340,501 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
169,511 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
183,432 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 510,012 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 35.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 510,012 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 169,511 kr. That means that your net pay will be 340,501 kr per year, or 28,375 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 35.4%. 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 35.38 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.62 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 646 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,231 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 443710
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 415660
18.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 412687
19.1%
3
Ukraine
DKK 410560
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 386476
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 372328
27.0%
6
France
DKK 368170
27.8%
7
Norway
DKK 356560
30.1%
8
Spain
DKK 349264
31.5%
9
Ireland
DKK 348227
31.7%
10
Denmark
DKK 339697
33.4%
11
Austria
DKK 323197
36.6%
12
Sweden
DKK 321959
36.9%
13
Netherlands
DKK 320574
37.1%
14
Luxembourg
DKK 317366
37.8%
15
Poland
DKK 312871
38.7%
16
Greece
DKK 305693
40.1%
17
Germany
DKK 299241
41.3%
18
Romania
DKK 298357
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 284297
44.3%
20
Italy
DKK 281397
44.8%
21
Portugal
DKK 268966
47.3%
22
Belgium
DKK 228888
55.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 381431
25.2%
1
Canada
DKK 356124
30.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 446318
12.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 428213
16.0%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 411423
19.3%
3
Singapore
DKK 406518
20.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 403140
21.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 394938
22.6%
6
Australia
DKK 377841
25.9%
7
China
DKK 372580
27.0%
8
New Zealand
DKK 372517
27.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 370820
27.3%
10
Japan
DKK 370397
27.4%
11
Pakistan
DKK 362841
28.9%
12
Malaysia
DKK 356476
30.1%
13
Philippines
DKK 353417
30.7%
14
Vietnam
DKK 343010
32.7%
15
India
DKK 291616
42.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 456843
10.4%
1
Chile
DKK 415699
18.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 408083
20.0%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 393893
22.8%
4
Panama
DKK 387047
24.1%
5
Ecuador
DKK 381755
25.2%
6
Brazil
DKK 373692
26.7%
7
Colombia
DKK 372057
27.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 370642
27.3%
9
Peru
DKK 367616
27.9%
10
Mexico
DKK 357892
29.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 331459
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 372247
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 360557
29.3%
2
Nigeria
DKK 347781
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 346996
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 344359
32.5%
5
South Africa
DKK 343675
32.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 339647
33.4%
7
Morocco
DKK 324887
36.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 319152
37.4%
9
Zambia
DKK 315702
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 314018
38.4%
11
Uganda
DKK 305528
40.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 484511
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 484511
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 469211
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 469211
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 459011
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 456384
10.5%
6
Egypt
DKK 384444
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 383834
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 372611
26.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 298378
41.5%
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.