Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,012,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 668,703 kr
Communal tax
- 1,382,315 kr
Church tax
- 58,145 kr
Top bracket tax
- 735,828 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,846,127 kr
Net pay
* 3,165,873 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
47.3%
52.7%
Net pay
47.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,165,873 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,846,127 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,860,048 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 6,012,000 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 47.3% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 6,012,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,846,127 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,165,873 kr per year, or 263,823 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.3% 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 48.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.12 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 2,556 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3450304
42.6%
1
Canada
DKK 2957723
50.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 5326548
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4362634
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4114971
31.6%
3
Panama
DKK 4059624
32.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 3941601
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3926620
34.7%
6
Argentina
DKK 3907751
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3842730
36.1%
8
Colombia
DKK 3832442
36.3%
9
Chile
DKK 3778171
37.2%
10
Peru
DKK 3737584
37.8%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3525245
41.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4374943
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4211949
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4093791
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4090233
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 3983924
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 3923288
34.7%
6
Zambia
DKK 3699425
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3669038
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3659026
39.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 3615211
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3376283
43.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 3331622
44.6%
12
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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.