Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,100,420 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 567,310 kr
Communal tax
- 1,177,015 kr
Church tax
- 55,761 kr
Top bracket tax
- 606,493 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,407,714 kr
Net pay
* 2,692,706 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.0%
Average tax rate
47.2%
52.8%
Net pay
47.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,692,706 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,407,714 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,421,636 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,100,420 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.75 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.2% tax rate now rises to 47.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.099999999999994% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,100,420 kr a year living in the region of Rebild, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,407,714 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,692,706 kr per year, or 224,392 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.2% 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 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51 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 2,550 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 2964432
41.9%
1
Canada
DKK 2534108
50.3%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 3711769
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 3573843
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 3471797
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 3470176
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3380913
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3330761
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3138803
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3114022
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3106619
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3068263
39.8%
10
South Africa
DKK 2874914
43.6%
11
Uganda
DKK 2830253
44.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Rebild 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.