Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
604,512 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 67,239 kr
Communal tax
- 129,205 kr
Church tax
- 5,360 kr
Top bracket tax
- 1,136 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 204,075 kr
Net pay
* 400,437 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.9%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
400,437 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
204,075 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
217,997 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 604,512 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 35.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 604,512 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 204,075 kr. That means that your net pay will be 400,437 kr per year, or 33,370 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 37.9%. 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 37.93 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.07 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 621 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,104 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 525925
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 492677
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 486632
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 478734
20.8%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 458068
24.2%
5
France
DKK 427652
29.3%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 425956
29.5%
7
Norway
DKK 410047
32.2%
8
Spain
DKK 400880
33.7%
9
Denmark
DKK 399489
33.9%
10
Ireland
DKK 394017
34.8%
11
Austria
DKK 373554
38.2%
12
Netherlands
DKK 369615
38.9%
13
Sweden
DKK 369216
38.9%
14
Poland
DKK 367260
39.3%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 360666
40.3%
16
Romania
DKK 353640
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 352939
41.6%
18
Germany
DKK 342181
43.4%
19
Finland
DKK 328213
45.7%
20
Italy
DKK 325269
46.2%
21
Portugal
DKK 295240
51.2%
22
Belgium
DKK 264068
56.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 442004
26.9%
1
Canada
DKK 409693
32.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 524753
13.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 497822
17.7%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 496387
17.9%
3
Singapore
DKK 490150
18.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 469290
22.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 456017
24.6%
6
China
DKK 438730
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 437336
27.7%
8
New Zealand
DKK 434703
28.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 434702
28.1%
10
Japan
DKK 429787
28.9%
11
Pakistan
DKK 424266
29.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 417429
31.0%
13
Philippines
DKK 415157
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 404435
33.1%
15
India
DKK 342343
43.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 540483
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 481471
20.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 475745
21.3%
3
Panama
DKK 450125
25.5%
4
Puerto Rico
DKK 449979
25.6%
5
Colombia
DKK 443172
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 442205
26.9%
7
Uruguay
DKK 437902
27.6%
8
Ecuador
DKK 437375
27.7%
9
Peru
DKK 425497
29.6%
10
Mexico
DKK 419402
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 392884
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 440996
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 426707
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 412059
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 408421
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 406870
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 404127
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 399430
33.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 382153
36.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 376689
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 373820
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 370718
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 357503
40.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 574286
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 574286
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 556151
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 556151
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 544061
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 542852
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 455319
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 454709
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 427055
29.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 353416
41.5%
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.