Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
476,424 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 52,992 kr
Communal tax
- 101,853 kr
Church tax
- 3,377 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 159,357 kr
Net pay
* 317,067 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.8%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
317,067 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
159,357 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
173,279 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 476,424 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 35.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 476,424 kr a year living in the region of Skanderborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 159,357 kr. That means that your net pay will be 317,067 kr per year, or 26,422 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 35.8%. 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 35.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 642 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,211 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 359938
24.5%
1
Canada
DKK 335610
29.6%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 347812
27.0%
1
Kenya
DKK 337045
29.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 325164
31.8%
3
Nigeria
DKK 324934
31.8%
4
South Africa
DKK 323858
32.0%
5
Ghana
DKK 322140
32.4%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 316729
33.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 304533
36.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 298702
37.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 295046
38.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 293866
38.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 287055
39.8%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skanderborg 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.