Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,808,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 646,012 kr
Communal tax
- 1,340,847 kr
Church tax
- 55,626 kr
Top bracket tax
- 702,819 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,746,440 kr
Net pay
* 3,061,560 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.3%
52.7%
Net pay
47.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,061,560 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,746,440 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,760,362 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,808,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.75 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.3% tax rate now rises to 47.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,808,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,746,440 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,061,560 kr per year, or 255,130 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.3% 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 3341572
42.5%
1
Canada
DKK 2862923
50.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 5179526
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 4843648
16.6%
2
Singapore
DKK 4590293
21.0%
3
Indonesia
DKK 3952259
32.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 3871851
33.3%
5
Pakistan
DKK 3806534
34.5%
6
Vietnam
DKK 3786703
34.8%
7
Taiwan
DKK 3661469
37.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 3655126
37.1%
9
New Zealand
DKK 3617537
37.7%
10
Malaysia
DKK 3562937
38.7%
11
China
DKK 3393549
41.6%
12
Japan
DKK 3315355
42.9%
13
South Korea
DKK 3243575
44.2%
14
Australia
DKK 3212959
44.7%
15
India
DKK 2197951
62.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4226533
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4069149
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 3954597
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 3951472
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3848978
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3790688
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3573965
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3544832
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3535404
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3492811
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3264083
43.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 3219422
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5733664
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5707102
1.7%
2
Bahrain
DKK 5687351
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5517600
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 5517600
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 5343360
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 4357935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 4357325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 3383979
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3075592
47.1%
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.