Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
684,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 76,080 kr
Communal tax
- 153,492 kr
Church tax
- 7,179 kr
Top bracket tax
- 10,504 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 248,390 kr
Net pay
* 435,611 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.0%
Average tax rate
36.3%
63.7%
Net pay
36.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
435,611 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
248,390 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
262,311 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 684,001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.83 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.3% tax rate now rises to 37.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 684,001 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 248,390 kr. That means that your net pay will be 435,611 kr per year, or 36,301 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.3% and your marginal tax rate is 49.0%. 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 49.04 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 50.96 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 510 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,548 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 493028
27.9%
1
Canada
DKK 454676
33.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 590729
13.6%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 567927
17.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 558586
18.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 553464
19.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 524932
23.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 503156
26.4%
6
China
DKK 494372
27.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 488436
28.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 487858
28.7%
9
Australia
DKK 485824
29.0%
10
Japan
DKK 479742
29.9%
11
Pakistan
DKK 475934
30.4%
12
Malaysia
DKK 468540
31.5%
13
Philippines
DKK 467090
31.7%
14
Vietnam
DKK 456103
33.3%
15
India
DKK 385013
43.7%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 649801
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 649801
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 629281
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 629281
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 615601
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 615584
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 514936
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 514326
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 472523
30.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 399711
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.