Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,100,528 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 567,322 kr
Communal tax
- 1,176,111 kr
Church tax
- 48,792 kr
Top bracket tax
- 607,336 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,400,696 kr
Net pay
* 2,699,832 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.1%
52.9%
Net pay
47.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,699,832 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,400,696 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,414,617 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,100,528 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.1% tax rate now rises to 47.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,100,528 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,400,696 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,699,832 kr per year, or 224,986 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.1% 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 2964490
41.9%
1
Canada
DKK 2534158
50.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 4519822
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 3701817
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 3503145
31.3%
3
Panama
DKK 3451216
32.3%
4
Mexico
DKK 3349144
34.3%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3337354
34.6%
6
Argentina
DKK 3315294
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3289138
35.5%
8
Colombia
DKK 3276466
35.8%
9
Chile
DKK 3231288
36.7%
10
Peru
DKK 3179307
37.7%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3005282
41.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 3711848
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 3573918
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 3471871
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 3470250
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3380985
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3330832
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3138870
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3114088
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3106684
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3068328
39.8%
10
South Africa
DKK 2874973
43.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 2830312
44.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5026192
1.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 4999630
2.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 4986954
2.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 4845502
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 4845502
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 4692486
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 3827331
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 3826721
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 2971941
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 2721856
46.6%
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.