Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,940,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 660,694 kr
Communal tax
- 1,381,880 kr
Church tax
- 59,069 kr
Top bracket tax
- 711,301 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,814,080 kr
Net pay
* 3,125,920 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.4%
52.6%
Net pay
47.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,125,920 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,814,080 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,828,001 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,940,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.76 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.4% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,940,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,814,080 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,125,920 kr per year, or 260,493 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.4% and your marginal tax rate is 48.9%. 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 48.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 511 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,555 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3411928
42.6%
1
Canada
DKK 2924264
50.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 5298326
10.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 4953208
16.6%
2
Singapore
DKK 4693253
21.0%
3
Indonesia
DKK 4041491
32.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 3957651
33.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 3892334
34.5%
6
Vietnam
DKK 3872503
34.8%
7
Taiwan
DKK 3740669
37.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 3737076
37.1%
9
New Zealand
DKK 3698057
37.7%
10
Malaysia
DKK 3640816
38.7%
11
China
DKK 3466149
41.7%
12
Japan
DKK 3386494
43.0%
13
South Korea
DKK 3312385
44.2%
14
Australia
DKK 3282919
44.7%
15
India
DKK 2213141
62.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 5262822
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4310434
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4066641
31.5%
3
Panama
DKK 4011564
32.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 3894801
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3880072
34.7%
6
Argentina
DKK 3860951
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3799000
36.0%
8
Colombia
DKK 3788523
36.2%
9
Chile
DKK 3734971
37.1%
10
Peru
DKK 3693484
37.8%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3484171
41.3%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4322563
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4161549
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4044664
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4041258
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3936296
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3876488
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3655145
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3625200
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3615394
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3572011
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3336683
43.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 3292022
44.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5865664
1.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5839102
1.7%
2
Bahrain
DKK 5818031
2.1%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5643000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 5643000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 5464800
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 4456935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 4456325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 3460857
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 3141592
47.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.