Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
684,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 76,080 kr
Communal tax
- 147,072 kr
Church tax
- 6,186 kr
Top bracket tax
- 11,348 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 241,822 kr
Net pay
* 442,179 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
35.4%
64.6%
Net pay
35.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
442,179 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
241,822 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
255,744 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 684,001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.4% tax rate now rises to 36.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 684,001 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 241,822 kr. That means that your net pay will be 442,179 kr per year, or 36,848 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.4% 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 493028
27.9%
1
Canada
DKK 454676
33.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 590729
13.6%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 567927
17.0%
2
Singapore
DKK 558586
18.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 553464
19.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 524932
23.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 503156
26.4%
6
China
DKK 494372
27.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 488436
28.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 487858
28.7%
9
Australia
DKK 485824
29.0%
10
Japan
DKK 479742
29.9%
11
Pakistan
DKK 475934
30.4%
12
Malaysia
DKK 468540
31.5%
13
Philippines
DKK 467090
31.7%
14
Vietnam
DKK 456103
33.3%
15
India
DKK 385013
43.7%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 498824
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 482349
29.5%
2
Nigeria
DKK 466128
31.9%
3
Mozambique
DKK 460089
32.7%
4
Ghana
DKK 459452
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 458364
33.0%
6
South Africa
DKK 445883
34.8%
7
Morocco
DKK 430322
37.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 425085
37.9%
9
Zambia
DKK 422706
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 418412
38.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 401222
41.3%
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.