Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,316,012 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 591,289 kr
Communal tax
- 1,235,492 kr
Church tax
- 45,059 kr
Top bracket tax
- 628,176 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,501,153 kr
Net pay
* 2,814,860 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
47.0%
53.0%
Net pay
47.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,814,860 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,501,153 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,515,074 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,316,012 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47% tax rate now rises to 47.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,316,012 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,501,153 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,814,860 kr per year, or 234,572 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.1% and your marginal tax rate is 48.8%. 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 48.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.24 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 512 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,562 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 3079343
42.1%
1
Canada
DKK 2634294
50.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 4710542
11.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 3858042
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 3647789
31.4%
3
Panama
DKK 3595052
32.4%
4
Mexico
DKK 3489208
34.4%
5
Puerto Rico
DKK 3476664
34.6%
6
Argentina
DKK 3455359
35.0%
7
Uruguay
DKK 3420015
35.7%
8
Colombia
DKK 3407906
35.9%
9
Chile
DKK 3360578
36.8%
10
Peru
DKK 3311291
37.7%
11
Ecuador
DKK 3128208
41.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 5241676
1.4%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5215114
1.9%
2
Bahrain
DKK 5200283
2.2%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5050211
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 5050211
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 4890731
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 3988944
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 3988334
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 3097441
41.7%
9
Israel
DKK 2829598
46.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.