Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,396,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 711,414 kr
Communal tax
- 1,471,342 kr
Church tax
- 61,890 kr
Top bracket tax
- 788,043 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,033,824 kr
Net pay
* 3,362,176 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
3,362,176 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,033,824 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,047,746 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 6,396,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.77 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 6,396,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,033,824 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,362,176 kr per year, or 280,181 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 48.88 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 3654976
42.9%
1
Canada
DKK 3136169
51.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 5666419
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 4641034
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 4372731
31.6%
3
Panama
DKK 4315944
32.5%
4
Mexico
DKK 4191201
34.5%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 4174876
34.7%
6
Argentina
DKK 4157351
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 4075956
36.3%
8
Colombia
DKK 4066672
36.4%
9
Chile
DKK 4008571
37.3%
10
Peru
DKK 3972784
37.9%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3744303
41.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 4654303
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 4480749
29.9%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 4355804
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 4351430
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 4237940
33.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 4172888
34.8%
6
Zambia
DKK 3935585
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 3902836
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 3891725
39.2%
9
Senegal
DKK 3845611
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 3587483
43.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 3542822
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.