Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,916,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 658,025 kr
Communal tax
- 1,365,995 kr
Church tax
- 56,669 kr
Top bracket tax
- 717,395 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,799,220 kr
Net pay
* 3,116,780 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
3,116,780 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,799,220 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,813,142 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,916,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.76 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 5,916,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,799,220 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,116,780 kr per year, or 259,732 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 5146920
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 4821540
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 4762380
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 4547914
23.1%
4
Romania
DKK 3460860
41.5%
5
Poland
DKK 3424260
42.1%
6
Switzerland
DKK 3332971
43.7%
7
Greece
DKK 3327373
43.8%
8
United Kingdom
DKK 3217590
45.6%
9
Norway
DKK 3210872
45.7%
10
Spain
DKK 3188281
46.1%
11
Austria
DKK 3163704
46.5%
12
Luxembourg
DKK 3139498
46.9%
13
Denmark
DKK 3120707
47.3%
14
Netherlands
DKK 3051917
48.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 3025483
48.9%
16
Germany
DKK 2963098
49.9%
17
Ireland
DKK 2943532
50.2%
18
France
DKK 2737746
53.7%
19
Italy
DKK 2735622
53.8%
20
Finland
DKK 2285612
61.4%
21
Belgium
DKK 2249497
62.0%
22
Portugal
DKK 2192420
62.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3399136
42.5%
1
Canada
DKK 2913111
50.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 5276726
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 4933288
16.6%
2
Singapore
DKK 4674533
21.0%
3
Indonesia
DKK 4025267
32.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 3942051
33.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 3876734
34.5%
6
Vietnam
DKK 3856903
34.8%
7
Taiwan
DKK 3726269
37.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 3722176
37.1%
9
New Zealand
DKK 3683417
37.7%
10
Malaysia
DKK 3626656
38.7%
11
China
DKK 3452949
41.6%
12
Japan
DKK 3373560
43.0%
13
South Korea
DKK 3299874
44.2%
14
Australia
DKK 3270199
44.7%
15
India
DKK 2210379
62.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 5241580
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4293034
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4050531
31.5%
3
Panama
DKK 3995544
32.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 3879201
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3864556
34.7%
6
Argentina
DKK 3845351
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3784424
36.0%
8
Colombia
DKK 3773884
36.2%
9
Chile
DKK 3720571
37.1%
10
Peru
DKK 3678784
37.8%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3470480
41.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4305103
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4144749
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4028288
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4024934
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3920420
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3860888
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3640385
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3610588
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3600851
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3557611
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3323483
43.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 3278822
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5841664
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5815102
1.7%
2
Bahrain
DKK 5794271
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5620200
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 5620200
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 5442720
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 4438935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 4438325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 3446880
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3129592
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.