Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,000,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 111,228 kr
Communal tax
- 235,033 kr
Church tax
- 8,722 kr
Top bracket tax
- 128,986 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 47.33 kr
Total tax
- 484,016 kr
Net pay
* 515,984 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
48.4%
51.6%
Net pay
48.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
515,984 kr
Net pay
580 kr
Tax the employer pays
484,016 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
484,596 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 580 kr to pay you 1,000,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.4% tax rate now rises to 48.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 24,000,000 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 11,616,379 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,383,621 kr per year, or 1,031,968 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.4% 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 48.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.22 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 2,561 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 13037908
45.7%
1
Canada
DKK 11316818
52.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 21247385
11.5%
1
Brazil
DKK 17403934
27.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 16189416
32.5%
3
Panama
DKK 16066614
33.1%
4
Mexico
DKK 15633801
34.9%
5
Argentina
DKK 15599951
35.0%
6
Puerto Rico
DKK 15555862
35.2%
7
Colombia
DKK 14804690
38.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 14767922
38.5%
9
Peru
DKK 14755234
38.5%
10
Chile
DKK 14570971
39.3%
11
Ecuador
DKK 13786769
42.6%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 17461213
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 16803549
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 16367453
31.8%
3
Nigeria
DKK 16325670
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 15882986
33.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 15615488
34.9%
6
Zambia
DKK 14762045
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 14621031
39.1%
8
Morocco
DKK 14559538
39.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 14408011
40.0%
10
South Africa
DKK 13269683
44.7%
11
Uganda
DKK 13225022
44.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
DKK 23925664
0.3%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 23899102
0.4%
2
Bahrain
DKK 23697431
1.3%
3
United Arab Emirates
DKK 22800000
5.0%
4
Qatar
DKK 22800000
5.0%
5
Oman
DKK 22080000
8.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 18001935
25.0%
7
Lebanon
DKK 18001325
25.0%
8
Turkey
DKK 13979182
41.8%
9
Israel
DKK 12171592
49.3%
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.