Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
420,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 46,716 kr
Communal tax
- 86,378 kr
Church tax
- 4,327 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 138,557 kr
Net pay
* 281,447 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.6%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
281,447 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
138,557 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
152,479 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 420,004 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.63 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 35.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 420,004 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 138,557 kr. That means that your net pay will be 281,447 kr per year, or 23,454 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 35.6%. 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 35.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 644 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,219 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 323835
22.9%
1
Canada
DKK 297648
29.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 371612
11.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 357013
15.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 340103
19.0%
3
Kazakhstan
DKK 338370
19.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 330835
21.2%
5
Singapore
DKK 326861
22.2%
6
Australia
DKK 318885
24.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 313463
25.4%
8
Indonesia
DKK 309973
26.2%
9
Japan
DKK 309302
26.4%
10
Pakistan
DKK 304336
27.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 298409
29.0%
12
China
DKK 297517
29.2%
13
Philippines
DKK 294612
29.9%
14
Vietnam
DKK 284505
32.3%
15
India
DKK 249610
40.6%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 306766
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 297551
29.2%
2
South Africa
DKK 290571
30.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 288491
31.3%
4
Nigeria
DKK 286557
31.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 284818
32.2%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 278233
33.8%
7
Morocco
DKK 270343
35.6%
8
Cameroon
DKK 264351
37.1%
9
Zambia
DKK 260348
38.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 260014
38.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 256024
39.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 399004
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 399004
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 386404
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 386404
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 378004
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 374027
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 318264
24.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 316938
24.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 316328
24.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 245957
41.4%
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.