Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
598,260 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,543 kr
Communal tax
- 128,708 kr
Church tax
- 6,410 kr
Top bracket tax
- 964 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 203,761 kr
Net pay
* 394,499 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.3%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
394,499 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
203,761 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
217,683 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 598,260 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
35.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 35.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 598,260 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 203,761 kr. That means that your net pay will be 394,499 kr per year, or 32,875 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.1% and your marginal tax rate is 38.3%. 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 38.27 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.73 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 617 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,087 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 520486
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 487582
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 481599
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 474375
20.7%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 453254
24.2%
5
France
DKK 423963
29.1%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 422408
29.4%
7
Norway
DKK 406508
32.1%
8
Spain
DKK 397467
33.6%
9
Denmark
DKK 395616
33.9%
10
Ireland
DKK 391017
34.6%
11
Austria
DKK 369636
38.2%
12
Netherlands
DKK 366458
38.8%
13
Sweden
DKK 366090
38.8%
14
Poland
DKK 363661
39.2%
15
Luxembourg
DKK 357801
40.2%
16
Romania
DKK 349982
41.5%
17
Greece
DKK 349438
41.6%
18
Germany
DKK 339467
43.3%
19
Finland
DKK 325549
45.6%
20
Italy
DKK 322432
46.1%
21
Portugal
DKK 292800
51.1%
22
Belgium
DKK 261731
56.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 437980
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 406154
32.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 519564
13.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 493446
17.5%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 490760
18.0%
3
Singapore
DKK 484617
19.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 464914
22.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 452309
24.4%
6
China
DKK 434353
27.4%
7
Australia
DKK 433522
27.5%
8
New Zealand
DKK 430544
28.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 430475
28.1%
10
Japan
DKK 425858
28.8%
11
Pakistan
DKK 420203
29.8%
12
Malaysia
DKK 413396
30.9%
13
Philippines
DKK 411072
31.3%
14
Vietnam
DKK 400372
33.1%
15
India
DKK 338987
43.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 534950
10.6%
1
Chile
DKK 477119
20.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 471269
21.2%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 446268
25.4%
4
Panama
DKK 445952
25.5%
5
Colombia
DKK 438466
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 437672
26.8%
7
Ecuador
DKK 433695
27.5%
8
Uruguay
DKK 433452
27.6%
9
Peru
DKK 421668
29.5%
10
Mexico
DKK 415275
30.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 388820
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 436448
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 422331
29.4%
2
Nigeria
DKK 407807
31.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 404357
32.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 402735
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 399861
33.2%
6
South Africa
DKK 395742
33.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 378364
36.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 372882
37.7%
9
Zambia
DKK 369975
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 366967
38.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 354065
40.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 568347
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 568347
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 550399
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 550399
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 538434
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 537131
10.2%
6
Egypt
DKK 450630
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 450020
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 423479
29.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 349775
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Thisted 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.