Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
659,984 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 73,409 kr
Communal tax
- 142,121 kr
Church tax
- 5,896 kr
Top bracket tax
- 8,022 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 230,584 kr
Net pay
* 429,400 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
34.9%
65.1%
Net pay
34.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
429,400 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
230,584 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
244,506 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 659,984 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.9% tax rate now rises to 36.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 659,984 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 230,584 kr. That means that your net pay will be 429,400 kr per year, or 35,783 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.9% 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 574186
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 537887
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 531287
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 517395
21.6%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 500782
24.1%
5
France
DKK 458923
30.5%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 457437
30.7%
7
Norway
DKK 440108
33.3%
8
Spain
DKK 431168
34.7%
9
Denmark
DKK 428492
35.1%
10
Ireland
DKK 420644
36.3%
11
Austria
DKK 407103
38.3%
12
Poland
DKK 399186
39.5%
13
Netherlands
DKK 397629
39.8%
14
Sweden
DKK 396961
39.9%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 386084
41.5%
16
Romania
DKK 386091
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 384004
41.8%
18
Germany
DKK 367772
44.3%
19
Italy
DKK 350442
46.9%
20
Finland
DKK 350347
46.9%
21
Portugal
DKK 316754
52.0%
22
Belgium
DKK 284803
56.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 477633
27.6%
1
Canada
DKK 441084
33.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 570795
13.5%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 546312
17.2%
2
Singapore
DKK 538172
18.5%
3
Taiwan
DKK 536653
18.7%
4
Thailand
DKK 508120
23.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 488913
25.9%
6
China
DKK 477560
27.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 472201
28.5%
8
New Zealand
DKK 471767
28.5%
9
Australia
DKK 471174
28.6%
10
Japan
DKK 464649
29.6%
11
Pakistan
DKK 460323
30.3%
12
Malaysia
DKK 453157
31.3%
13
Philippines
DKK 451398
31.6%
14
Vietnam
DKK 440492
33.3%
15
India
DKK 372121
43.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 589580
10.7%
1
Chile
DKK 519382
21.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 515463
21.9%
3
Uruguay
DKK 488711
26.0%
4
Panama
DKK 487153
26.2%
5
Colombia
DKK 483965
26.7%
6
Puerto Rico
DKK 482902
26.8%
7
Brazil
DKK 482422
26.9%
8
Ecuador
DKK 470024
28.8%
9
Peru
DKK 459474
30.4%
10
Mexico
DKK 456013
30.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 428941
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 481352
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 465537
29.5%
2
Nigeria
DKK 449792
31.9%
3
Mozambique
DKK 444478
32.7%
4
Ghana
DKK 443565
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 441977
33.0%
6
South Africa
DKK 432073
34.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 415768
37.0%
8
Cameroon
DKK 410463
37.8%
9
Zambia
DKK 407935
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 404002
38.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 388013
41.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 626985
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 626985
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 607185
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 607185
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 593986
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 593609
10.1%
6
Egypt
DKK 496923
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 496313
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 458785
30.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 385723
41.6%
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.