Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,940,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 660,694 kr
Communal tax
- 1,371,584 kr
Church tax
- 56,901 kr
Top bracket tax
- 720,634 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,810,949 kr
Net pay
* 3,129,051 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
3,129,051 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,810,949 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,824,871 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,940,000 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 5,940,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,810,949 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,129,051 kr per year, or 260,754 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 5167800
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 4841100
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 4781700
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 4566394
23.1%
4
Romania
DKK 3474900
41.5%
5
Poland
DKK 3438073
42.1%
6
Switzerland
DKK 3345301
43.7%
7
Greece
DKK 3340813
43.8%
8
United Kingdom
DKK 3230010
45.6%
9
Norway
DKK 3223496
45.7%
10
Spain
DKK 3200713
46.1%
11
Austria
DKK 3175683
46.5%
12
Luxembourg
DKK 3152175
46.9%
13
Denmark
DKK 3133000
47.3%
14
Netherlands
DKK 3064037
48.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 3037486
48.9%
16
Germany
DKK 2974732
49.9%
17
Ireland
DKK 2955052
50.3%
18
France
DKK 2747658
53.7%
19
Italy
DKK 2746513
53.8%
20
Finland
DKK 2294448
61.4%
21
Belgium
DKK 2258468
62.0%
22
Portugal
DKK 2201060
63.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3411928
42.6%
1
Canada
DKK 2924264
50.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 5298326
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 4953208
16.6%
2
Singapore
DKK 4693253
21.0%
3
Indonesia
DKK 4041491
32.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 3957651
33.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 3892334
34.5%
6
Vietnam
DKK 3872503
34.8%
7
Taiwan
DKK 3740669
37.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 3737076
37.1%
9
New Zealand
DKK 3698057
37.7%
10
Malaysia
DKK 3640816
38.7%
11
China
DKK 3466149
41.7%
12
Japan
DKK 3386494
43.0%
13
South Korea
DKK 3312385
44.2%
14
Australia
DKK 3282919
44.7%
15
India
DKK 2213141
62.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 5262822
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4310434
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4066641
31.5%
3
Panama
DKK 4011564
32.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 3894801
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3880072
34.7%
6
Argentina
DKK 3860951
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3799000
36.0%
8
Colombia
DKK 3788523
36.2%
9
Chile
DKK 3734971
37.1%
10
Peru
DKK 3693484
37.8%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3484171
41.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4322563
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4161549
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4044664
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4041258
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3936296
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3876488
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3655145
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3625200
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3615394
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3572011
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3336683
43.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 3292022
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5865664
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5839102
1.7%
2
Bahrain
DKK 5818031
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5643000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 5643000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 5464800
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 4456935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 4456325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 3460857
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3141592
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.