Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,020,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 780,821 kr
Communal tax
- 1,623,064 kr
Church tax
- 67,334 kr
Top bracket tax
- 866,396 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,338,749 kr
Net pay
* 3,681,251 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.6%
52.4%
Net pay
47.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,681,251 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,338,749 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,352,671 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 7,020,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.6% tax rate now rises to 47.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 7,020,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,338,749 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,681,251 kr per year, or 306,771 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.6% 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 3987568
43.2%
1
Canada
DKK 3426144
51.2%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 6945664
1.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 6919102
1.4%
2
Bahrain
DKK 6887231
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 6669000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 6669000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 6458400
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 5266935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 5266325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 4089860
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3681592
47.6%
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.