Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 218 kr
Communal tax
- 417 kr
Church tax
- 15.46 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 4.37 kr
Total tax
- 654 kr
Net pay
* 1,306 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.5%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,306 kr
Net pay
53.54 kr
Tax the employer pays
654 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
708 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 53.54 kr to pay you 1,960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 35.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 509,600 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 170,169 kr. That means that your net pay will be 339,431 kr per year, or 28,286 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 35.6%. 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 35.55 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.45 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 645 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,223 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 381167
25.2%
1
Canada
DKK 355890
30.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 445976
12.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 427883
16.0%
2
Kazakhstan
DKK 411053
19.3%
3
Singapore
DKK 406153
20.3%
4
Thailand
DKK 402852
21.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 394646
22.6%
6
Australia
DKK 377571
25.9%
7
China
DKK 372291
26.9%
8
New Zealand
DKK 372247
27.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 370541
27.3%
10
Japan
DKK 370139
27.4%
11
Pakistan
DKK 362574
28.9%
12
Malaysia
DKK 356210
30.1%
13
Philippines
DKK 353148
30.7%
14
Vietnam
DKK 342743
32.7%
15
India
DKK 291394
42.8%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 484120
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 484120
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 468832
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 468832
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 458640
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 456007
10.5%
6
Egypt
DKK 384135
24.6%
7
Lebanon
DKK 383525
24.7%
8
Israel
DKK 372364
26.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 298138
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.