Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
900,120 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 100,119 kr
Communal tax
- 198,037 kr
Church tax
- 8,216 kr
Top bracket tax
- 40,432 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 347,940 kr
Net pay
* 552,180 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
38.7%
61.3%
Net pay
38.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
552,180 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
347,940 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
361,861 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 900,120 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.7% tax rate now rises to 39.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 900,120 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 347,940 kr. That means that your net pay will be 552,180 kr per year, or 46,015 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 38.7% 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 625610
30.5%
1
Canada
DKK 571172
36.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 770108
14.4%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 762434
15.3%
2
Singapore
DKK 740459
17.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 704748
21.7%
4
Thailand
DKK 676216
24.9%
5
China
DKK 674454
25.1%
6
Indonesia
DKK 634533
29.5%
7
South Korea
DKK 630890
29.9%
8
New Zealand
DKK 623730
30.7%
9
Pakistan
DKK 616412
31.5%
10
Japan
DKK 613686
31.8%
11
Australia
DKK 611783
32.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 607735
32.5%
13
Malaysia
DKK 606875
32.6%
14
Vietnam
DKK 596581
33.7%
15
India
DKK 487795
45.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 802120
10.9%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 683621
24.1%
2
Chile
DKK 675631
24.9%
3
Colombia
DKK 660213
26.7%
4
Uruguay
DKK 659142
26.8%
5
Brazil
DKK 656521
27.1%
6
Panama
DKK 647444
28.1%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 625422
30.5%
8
Mexico
DKK 614503
31.7%
9
Ecuador
DKK 609096
32.3%
10
Peru
DKK 606557
32.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 585029
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 656051
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 633633
29.6%
2
Nigeria
DKK 613132
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 605828
32.7%
4
Ghana
DKK 602415
33.1%
5
Mozambique
DKK 600566
33.3%
6
South Africa
DKK 564749
37.3%
7
Morocco
DKK 561288
37.6%
8
Cameroon
DKK 556669
38.2%
9
Zambia
DKK 555619
38.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 548083
39.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 520088
42.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 855114
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 855114
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 829850
7.8%
3
Oman
DKK 828110
8.0%
4
Kuwait
DKK 825784
8.3%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 810108
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 677025
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 676415
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 596143
33.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 525581
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.