Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
642,720 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 71,488 kr
Communal tax
- 142,412 kr
Church tax
- 5,456 kr
Top bracket tax
- 5,386 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 225,878 kr
Net pay
* 416,842 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
35.1%
64.9%
Net pay
35.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
416,842 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
225,878 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
239,800 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 642,720 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.1% tax rate now rises to 36.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 642,720 kr a year living in the region of Norddjurs, Denmark, you will be taxed 225,878 kr. That means that your net pay will be 416,842 kr per year, or 34,737 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.1% and your marginal tax rate is 48.8%. 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 48.83 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.17 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 512 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,559 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 559166
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 523817
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 517390
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 505369
21.4%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 487488
24.2%
5
France
DKK 449704
30.0%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 447639
30.4%
7
Norway
DKK 430810
33.0%
8
Spain
DKK 421742
34.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 419649
34.7%
10
Ireland
DKK 412357
35.8%
11
Austria
DKK 397090
38.2%
12
Poland
DKK 389250
39.4%
13
Netherlands
DKK 388910
39.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 388324
39.6%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 378175
41.2%
16
Romania
DKK 375991
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 374336
41.8%
18
Germany
DKK 359275
44.1%
19
Finland
DKK 343990
46.5%
20
Italy
DKK 342608
46.7%
21
Portugal
DKK 310107
51.8%
22
Belgium
DKK 278350
56.7%
23
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 574300
10.7%
1
Chile
DKK 507705
21.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 503102
21.7%
3
Panama
DKK 475629
26.0%
4
Uruguay
DKK 472670
26.5%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 472655
26.5%
6
Colombia
DKK 471244
26.7%
7
Brazil
DKK 469906
26.9%
8
Ecuador
DKK 459863
28.5%
9
Peru
DKK 448900
30.2%
10
Mexico
DKK 444619
30.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 417719
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Norddjurs 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.