Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
510,016 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 56,728 kr
Communal tax
- 107,201 kr
Church tax
- 4,447 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 169,512 kr
Net pay
* 340,504 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
340,504 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
169,512 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
183,434 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 510,016 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 510,016 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 169,512 kr. That means that your net pay will be 340,504 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 35.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.63 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 3,232 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 443714
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 415663
18.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 412689
19.1%
3
Ukraine
DKK 410563
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 386478
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 372330
27.0%
6
France
DKK 368173
27.8%
7
Norway
DKK 356562
30.1%
8
Spain
DKK 349266
31.5%
9
Ireland
DKK 348229
31.7%
10
Denmark
DKK 339699
33.4%
11
Austria
DKK 323199
36.6%
12
Sweden
DKK 321961
36.9%
13
Netherlands
DKK 320576
37.1%
14
Luxembourg
DKK 317368
37.8%
15
Poland
DKK 312873
38.7%
16
Greece
DKK 305695
40.1%
17
Germany
DKK 299243
41.3%
18
Romania
DKK 298359
41.5%
19
Finland
DKK 284299
44.3%
20
Italy
DKK 281399
44.8%
21
Portugal
DKK 268968
47.3%
22
Belgium
DKK 228890
55.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 381433
25.2%
1
Canada
DKK 356127
30.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 372250
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 360560
29.3%
2
Nigeria
DKK 347783
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 346999
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 344361
32.5%
5
South Africa
DKK 343678
32.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 339650
33.4%
7
Morocco
DKK 324889
36.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 319155
37.4%
9
Zambia
DKK 315705
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 314021
38.4%
11
Uganda
DKK 305530
40.1%
12
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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.