Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
599,999 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 66,737 kr
Communal tax
- 127,597 kr
Church tax
- 5,367 kr
Top bracket tax
- 1,029 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 201,865 kr
Net pay
* 398,134 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.9%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
398,134 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
201,865 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
215,787 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 599,999 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 35.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 599,999 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 201,865 kr. That means that your net pay will be 398,134 kr per year, or 33,178 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 37.9%. 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 37.85 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.15 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 622 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,108 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 439100
26.8%
1
Canada
DKK 407139
32.1%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.