Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,996,520 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,000,665 kr
Communal tax
- 2,083,300 kr
Church tax
- 86,427 kr
Top bracket tax
- 1,133,155 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,304,683 kr
Net pay
* 4,691,837 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.8%
52.2%
Net pay
47.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,691,837 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,304,683 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4,318,604 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,996,520 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.80 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.8% tax rate now rises to 47.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,996,520 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,304,683 kr. That means that your net pay will be 4,691,837 kr per year, or 390,986 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.9% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 5041053
44.0%
1
Canada
DKK 4344641
51.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 8049194
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 7490120
16.7%
2
Singapore
DKK 7077338
21.3%
3
Indonesia
DKK 6107699
32.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 5944389
33.9%
5
Pakistan
DKK 5879072
34.7%
6
Vietnam
DKK 5859241
34.9%
7
Philippines
DKK 5634666
37.4%
8
Taiwan
DKK 5574581
38.0%
9
New Zealand
DKK 5562534
38.2%
10
Malaysia
DKK 5444132
39.5%
11
China
DKK 5147235
42.8%
12
Japan
DKK 5033739
44.1%
13
South Korea
DKK 4905708
45.5%
14
Australia
DKK 4902875
45.5%
15
India
DKK 2564855
71.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 7968090
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 6526411
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 6118330
32.0%
3
Panama
DKK 6051791
32.7%
4
Mexico
DKK 5881539
34.6%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 5856113
34.9%
6
Argentina
DKK 5847689
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 5655408
37.1%
8
Colombia
DKK 5652927
37.2%
9
Chile
DKK 5568883
38.1%
10
Peru
DKK 5565602
38.1%
11
Ecuador
DKK 5227809
41.9%
12
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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.