Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,299,700 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,701,755 kr
Communal tax
- 3,556,620 kr
Church tax
- 178,182 kr
Top bracket tax
- 1,978,448 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,416,141 kr
Net pay
* 7,883,559 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.1%
Average tax rate
48.5%
51.5%
Net pay
48.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,883,559 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,416,141 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,430,062 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 15,299,700 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.86 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.5% tax rate now rises to 48.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 15,299,700 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,416,141 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,883,559 kr per year, or 656,963 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.5% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 8400648
45.1%
1
Canada
DKK 7273754
52.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 13546915
11.5%
1
Brazil
DKK 11096216
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 10349340
32.4%
3
Panama
DKK 10259163
33.0%
4
Mexico
DKK 9978606
34.8%
5
Argentina
DKK 9944756
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
DKK 9931118
35.1%
7
Colombia
DKK 9497716
37.9%
8
Uruguay
DKK 9483708
38.0%
9
Peru
DKK 9426300
38.4%
10
Chile
DKK 9350791
38.9%
11
Ecuador
DKK 8823553
42.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 11131745
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 10713339
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 10431021
31.8%
3
Nigeria
DKK 10407726
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 10127737
33.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 9960293
34.9%
6
Zambia
DKK 9411361
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 9323854
39.1%
8
Morocco
DKK 9287260
39.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 9187831
40.0%
10
South Africa
DKK 8484518
44.5%
11
Uganda
DKK 8439857
44.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 15225364
0.5%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 15198802
0.7%
2
Bahrain
DKK 15084134
1.4%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 14534715
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 14534715
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 14075724
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 11476710
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 11476100
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 8912040
41.8%
9
Israel
DKK 7821442
48.9%
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.