Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,200,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 133,474 kr
Communal tax
- 268,288 kr
Church tax
- 13,441 kr
Top bracket tax
- 80,684 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 497,023 kr
Net pay
* 702,977 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.1%
Average tax rate
41.4%
58.6%
Net pay
41.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
702,977 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
497,023 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
510,945 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,200,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.26 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.4% tax rate now rises to 42.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,200,000 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 497,023 kr. That means that your net pay will be 702,977 kr per year, or 58,581 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.4% and your marginal tax rate is 49.1%. 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 49.07 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 50.93 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 509 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,547 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 1044000
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 978000
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 966000
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 916594
23.6%
4
Switzerland
DKK 865015
27.9%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 763896
36.3%
6
France
DKK 737324
38.6%
7
Norway
DKK 729269
39.2%
8
Spain
DKK 723882
39.7%
9
Austria
DKK 715025
40.4%
10
Poland
DKK 709990
40.8%
11
Denmark
DKK 705096
41.2%
12
Romania
DKK 702000
41.5%
13
Greece
DKK 686413
42.8%
14
Ireland
DKK 679852
43.4%
15
Netherlands
DKK 670337
44.1%
16
Sweden
DKK 667026
44.4%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 645327
46.2%
18
Germany
DKK 643700
46.4%
19
Italy
DKK 595501
50.4%
20
Finland
DKK 549180
54.2%
21
Portugal
DKK 524660
56.3%
22
Belgium
DKK 486661
59.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 817990
31.8%
1
Canada
DKK 718391
40.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 1032326
14.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 1019008
15.1%
2
Singapore
DKK 984245
18.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 893508
25.5%
4
Thailand
DKK 875100
27.1%
5
China
DKK 853298
28.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 837252
30.2%
7
Pakistan
DKK 811334
32.4%
8
New Zealand
DKK 806657
32.8%
9
South Korea
DKK 799508
33.4%
10
Malaysia
DKK 796491
33.6%
11
Japan
DKK 796472
33.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 794204
33.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 791503
34.0%
14
Australia
DKK 770719
35.8%
15
India
DKK 644092
46.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 1067538
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 884916
26.3%
2
Colombia
DKK 878594
26.8%
3
Brazil
DKK 873934
27.2%
4
Uruguay
DKK 871241
27.4%
5
Chile
DKK 870553
27.5%
6
Panama
DKK 847614
29.4%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 813828
32.2%
8
Mexico
DKK 811993
32.3%
9
Peru
DKK 790234
34.2%
10
Ecuador
DKK 780167
35.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 779951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 874213
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 843549
29.7%
2
Nigeria
DKK 817110
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 810443
32.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 800786
33.3%
5
Mozambique
DKK 795488
33.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 743011
38.1%
7
Zambia
DKK 740045
38.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 739251
38.4%
9
South Africa
DKK 729683
39.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 728011
39.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 685022
42.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 1140000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 1140000
5.0%
2
Kuwait
DKK 1125664
6.2%
3
Bahrain
DKK 1125431
6.2%
4
Oman
DKK 1104000
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 1099102
8.4%
6
Egypt
DKK 901935
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 901325
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 761332
36.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 700234
41.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.