Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
690,720 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 76,827 kr
Communal tax
- 148,629 kr
Church tax
- 6,252 kr
Top bracket tax
- 12,262 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 245,106 kr
Net pay
* 445,614 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.9%
Average tax rate
35.5%
64.5%
Net pay
35.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
445,614 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
245,106 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
259,028 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 690,720 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.75 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.5% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 690,720 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 245,106 kr. That means that your net pay will be 445,614 kr per year, or 37,134 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.5% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 600926
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 562937
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 556030
19.5%
3
Switzerland
DKK 538455
22.0%
4
Czech Republic
DKK 524448
24.1%
5
France
DKK 475337
31.2%
6
United Kingdom
DKK 474879
31.3%
7
Norway
DKK 456582
33.9%
8
Spain
DKK 447950
35.2%
9
Denmark
DKK 444235
35.7%
10
Ireland
DKK 435397
37.0%
11
Austria
DKK 424930
38.5%
12
Poland
DKK 416876
39.7%
13
Netherlands
DKK 413150
40.2%
14
Sweden
DKK 412334
40.3%
15
Romania
DKK 404071
41.5%
16
Greece
DKK 401216
41.9%
17
Luxembourg
DKK 400168
42.1%
18
Germany
DKK 382901
44.6%
19
Italy
DKK 364390
47.2%
20
Finland
DKK 361664
47.6%
21
Portugal
DKK 328587
52.4%
22
Belgium
DKK 296292
57.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 497335
28.0%
1
Canada
DKK 458478
33.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 596306
13.7%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 573974
16.9%
2
Singapore
DKK 564297
18.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 558168
19.2%
4
Thailand
DKK 529636
23.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 507141
26.6%
6
China
DKK 499075
27.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 492978
28.6%
8
New Zealand
DKK 492360
28.7%
9
Australia
DKK 489923
29.1%
10
Japan
DKK 483965
29.9%
11
Pakistan
DKK 480302
30.5%
12
Malaysia
DKK 472843
31.5%
13
Philippines
DKK 471479
31.7%
14
Vietnam
DKK 460471
33.3%
15
India
DKK 388620
43.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 616784
10.7%
1
Chile
DKK 539521
21.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 537470
22.2%
3
Uruguay
DKK 510789
26.1%
4
Panama
DKK 507669
26.5%
5
Colombia
DKK 506634
26.7%
6
Brazil
DKK 504706
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 501143
27.5%
8
Ecuador
DKK 488115
29.3%
9
Peru
DKK 478300
30.8%
10
Mexico
DKK 476299
31.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 448919
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 503712
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 487053
29.5%
2
Nigeria
DKK 470698
31.9%
3
Mozambique
DKK 464456
32.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 463897
32.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 462949
33.0%
6
South Africa
DKK 449579
34.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 434394
37.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 429176
37.9%
9
Zambia
DKK 426838
38.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 422443
38.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 404918
41.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 656184
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 656184
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 635462
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 635462
8.0%
4
Kuwait
DKK 621732
10.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 621648
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 519975
24.7%
7
Lebanon
DKK 519365
24.8%
8
Israel
DKK 476366
31.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 403624
41.6%
10
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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.