Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,000,999 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 111,339 kr
Communal tax
- 226,691 kr
Church tax
- 10,065 kr
Top bracket tax
- 51,873 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 401,105 kr
Net pay
* 599,894 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.0%
Average tax rate
40.1%
59.9%
Net pay
40.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
599,894 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
401,105 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
415,027 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,000,999 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.15 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.1% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,000,999 kr a year living in the region of Mariagerfjord, Denmark, you will be taxed 401,105 kr. That means that your net pay will be 599,894 kr per year, or 49,991 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.1% 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 48.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.03 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 2,552 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 870869
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 815814
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 805804
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 763363
23.7%
4
Switzerland
DKK 741737
25.9%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 650963
35.0%
6
France
DKK 639216
36.1%
7
Norway
DKK 622778
37.8%
8
Spain
DKK 616819
38.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 603165
39.7%
10
Austria
DKK 603016
39.8%
11
Poland
DKK 595456
40.5%
12
Romania
DKK 585584
41.5%
13
Ireland
DKK 584331
41.6%
14
Greece
DKK 574972
42.6%
15
Netherlands
DKK 569841
43.1%
16
Sweden
DKK 567505
43.3%
17
Germany
DKK 540399
46.0%
18
Luxembourg
DKK 540021
46.1%
19
Italy
DKK 505195
49.5%
20
Finland
DKK 475908
52.5%
21
Portugal
DKK 448045
55.2%
22
Belgium
DKK 412274
58.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 687012
31.4%
1
Canada
DKK 623660
37.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 853837
14.7%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 853225
14.8%
2
Singapore
DKK 823179
17.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 771406
22.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 744308
25.6%
5
China
DKK 739888
26.1%
6
Indonesia
DKK 702727
29.8%
7
South Korea
DKK 687612
31.3%
8
New Zealand
DKK 685266
31.5%
9
Pakistan
DKK 681983
31.9%
10
Japan
DKK 675806
32.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 671125
33.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 670463
33.0%
13
Australia
DKK 665248
33.5%
14
Vietnam
DKK 662152
33.9%
15
India
DKK 540373
46.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 891406
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 751337
24.9%
2
Chile
DKK 741202
26.0%
3
Uruguay
DKK 735460
26.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 733676
26.7%
5
Brazil
DKK 729658
27.1%
6
Panama
DKK 714780
28.6%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 685634
31.5%
8
Mexico
DKK 681083
32.0%
9
Peru
DKK 668346
33.2%
10
Ecuador
DKK 666644
33.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 650601
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 729440
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 704248
29.7%
2
Nigeria
DKK 681750
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 674660
32.6%
4
Ghana
DKK 669146
33.2%
5
Mozambique
DKK 666138
33.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 622419
37.8%
7
South Africa
DKK 620232
38.0%
8
Cameroon
DKK 618090
38.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 617659
38.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 608611
39.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 575571
42.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 950949
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 950949
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 928420
7.3%
3
Kuwait
DKK 926663
7.4%
4
Oman
DKK 920919
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 900899
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 752684
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 752074
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 652641
34.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 584334
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Mariagerfjord 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.