Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
684,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 76,080 kr
Communal tax
- 148,822 kr
Church tax
- 7,412 kr
Top bracket tax
- 11,118 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 244,568 kr
Net pay
* 439,432 kr
Marginal tax rate
49.1%
Average tax rate
35.8%
64.2%
Net pay
35.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
439,432 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
244,568 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
258,489 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 684,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.8% tax rate now rises to 37.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 684,000 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 244,568 kr. That means that your net pay will be 439,432 kr per year, or 36,619 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.8% and your marginal tax rate is 49.1%. 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 49.07 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 50.93 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 509 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,547 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 493027
27.9%
1
Canada
DKK 454675
33.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 610837
10.7%
1
Chile
DKK 535153
21.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 532659
22.1%
3
Uruguay
DKK 506134
26.0%
4
Panama
DKK 503184
26.4%
5
Colombia
DKK 501678
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 499834
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 497155
27.3%
8
Ecuador
DKK 484160
29.2%
9
Peru
DKK 474184
30.7%
10
Mexico
DKK 471864
31.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 444551
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 649800
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 649800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 629280
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 629280
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 615600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 615583
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 514935
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 514325
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 472522
30.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 399710
41.6%
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.