Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
840,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 93,432 kr
Communal tax
- 185,347 kr
Church tax
- 4,945 kr
Top bracket tax
- 31,921 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 316,781 kr
Net pay
* 523,219 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.5%
Average tax rate
37.7%
62.3%
Net pay
37.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 840,000 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 316,781 kr. That means that your net pay will be 523,219 kr per year, or 43,602 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.7% and your marginal tax rate is 48.5%. 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 48.53 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.47 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 515 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,574 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 730800
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 684600
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 676200
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 639394
23.9%
4
Switzerland
DKK 637131
24.2%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 559596
33.4%
6
France
DKK 555052
33.9%
7
Norway
DKK 536596
36.1%
8
Spain
DKK 529457
37.0%
9
Denmark
DKK 520699
38.0%
10
Austria
DKK 511497
39.1%
11
Ireland
DKK 507052
39.6%
12
Poland
DKK 502794
40.1%
13
Romania
DKK 491400
41.5%
14
Netherlands
DKK 488537
41.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 486986
42.0%
16
Greece
DKK 484813
42.3%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 467558
44.3%
18
Germany
DKK 456885
45.6%
19
Italy
DKK 432133
48.6%
20
Finland
DKK 416628
50.4%
21
Portugal
DKK 386060
54.0%
22
Belgium
DKK 352093
58.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 589213
29.9%
1
Canada
DKK 539891
35.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 748909
10.8%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 643266
23.4%
2
Chile
DKK 636553
24.2%
3
Colombia
DKK 616431
26.6%
4
Uruguay
DKK 614206
26.9%
5
Brazil
DKK 612934
27.0%
6
Panama
DKK 607314
27.7%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 589741
29.8%
8
Mexico
DKK 574824
31.6%
9
Ecuador
DKK 574798
31.6%
10
Peru
DKK 569734
32.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 545951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 612313
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 591549
29.6%
2
Nigeria
DKK 572238
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 564806
32.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 562646
33.0%
5
Mozambique
DKK 561488
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 531683
36.7%
7
Morocco
DKK 524856
37.5%
8
Cameroon
DKK 520065
38.1%
9
Zambia
DKK 518645
38.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 512011
39.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 487022
42.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.