Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7,020,792 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 780,909 kr
Communal tax
- 1,625,814 kr
Church tax
- 81,451 kr
Top bracket tax
- 864,140 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,353,449 kr
Net pay
* 3,667,343 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.1%
Average tax rate
47.8%
52.2%
Net pay
47.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,667,343 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,353,449 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,367,370 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 7,020,792 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.80 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.8% tax rate now rises to 47.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 7,020,792 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,353,449 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,667,343 kr per year, or 305,612 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.8% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3987990
43.2%
1
Canada
DKK 3426512
51.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 6219411
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 5094008
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4792123
31.7%
3
Panama
DKK 4732992
32.6%
4
Mexico
DKK 4597315
34.5%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 4578804
34.8%
6
Argentina
DKK 4563466
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 4455430
36.5%
8
Colombia
DKK 4447781
36.7%
9
Chile
DKK 4383446
37.6%
10
Peru
DKK 4355469
38.0%
11
Ecuador
DKK 4100725
41.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 5108840
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4918103
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4782115
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4776413
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 4651239
33.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 4579003
34.8%
6
Zambia
DKK 4319832
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 4283241
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 4270341
39.2%
9
Senegal
DKK 4220486
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3931118
44.0%
11
Uganda
DKK 3886457
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 6946456
1.1%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 6919894
1.4%
2
Bahrain
DKK 6888015
1.9%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 6669752
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 6669752
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 6459129
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 5267529
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 5266919
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 4090321
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3681988
47.6%
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.