Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,260,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 140,147 kr
Communal tax
- 282,282 kr
Church tax
- 14,142 kr
Top bracket tax
- 88,760 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 526,467 kr
Net pay
* 733,533 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.1%
Average tax rate
41.8%
58.2%
Net pay
41.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
733,533 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
526,467 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
540,388 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,260,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.8% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,260,000 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 526,467 kr. That means that your net pay will be 733,533 kr per year, or 61,128 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.8% 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 1096200
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 1026900
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 1014300
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 962794
23.6%
4
Switzerland
DKK 901519
28.5%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 797946
36.7%
6
France
DKK 766904
39.1%
7
Norway
DKK 761377
39.6%
8
Spain
DKK 756162
40.0%
9
Austria
DKK 748796
40.6%
10
Poland
DKK 744523
40.9%
11
Romania
DKK 737100
41.5%
12
Denmark
DKK 735829
41.6%
13
Greece
DKK 720013
42.9%
14
Ireland
DKK 708652
43.8%
15
Netherlands
DKK 700637
44.4%
16
Sweden
DKK 697032
44.7%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 677673
46.2%
18
Germany
DKK 674846
46.4%
19
Italy
DKK 622729
50.6%
20
Finland
DKK 571272
54.7%
21
Portugal
DKK 547760
56.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 509089
59.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 858670
31.9%
1
Canada
DKK 746892
40.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 1086326
13.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 1068808
15.2%
2
Singapore
DKK 1032605
18.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 930323
26.2%
4
Thailand
DKK 914535
27.4%
5
China
DKK 887492
29.6%
6
Indonesia
DKK 877812
30.3%
7
Pakistan
DKK 850334
32.5%
8
New Zealand
DKK 843257
33.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 834289
33.8%
10
South Korea
DKK 833245
33.9%
11
Japan
DKK 831862
34.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 831513
34.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 830503
34.1%
14
Australia
DKK 802519
36.3%
15
India
DKK 675364
46.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 1120643
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 925191
26.6%
2
Colombia
DKK 917751
27.2%
3
Brazil
DKK 917434
27.2%
4
Uruguay
DKK 914047
27.5%
5
Chile
DKK 909478
27.8%
6
Panama
DKK 887664
29.6%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 853158
32.3%
8
Mexico
DKK 851210
32.4%
9
Peru
DKK 826984
34.4%
10
Argentina
DKK 818951
35.0%
11
Ecuador
DKK 814395
35.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 917863
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 885549
29.7%
2
Nigeria
DKK 857922
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 851383
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 840476
33.3%
5
Mozambique
DKK 834488
33.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 779371
38.2%
7
Zambia
DKK 776945
38.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 775782
38.4%
9
Senegal
DKK 764011
39.4%
10
South Africa
DKK 762683
39.5%
11
Uganda
DKK 718022
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 1197000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 1197000
5.0%
2
Kuwait
DKK 1185664
5.9%
3
Bahrain
DKK 1184831
6.0%
4
Oman
DKK 1159200
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 1159102
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 946935
24.9%
7
Lebanon
DKK 946325
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 794103
37.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 735179
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.