Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,001,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 111,340 kr
Communal tax
- 224,067 kr
Church tax
- 8,315 kr
Top bracket tax
- 52,979 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 397,837 kr
Net pay
* 603,167 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.8%
Average tax rate
39.7%
60.3%
Net pay
39.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
603,167 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
397,837 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
411,758 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,001,004 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.7% tax rate now rises to 40.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,001,004 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 397,837 kr. That means that your net pay will be 603,167 kr per year, or 50,264 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.7% 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 48.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.23 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 870873
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 815818
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 805808
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 763367
23.7%
4
Switzerland
DKK 741740
25.9%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 650965
35.0%
6
France
DKK 639219
36.1%
7
Norway
DKK 622781
37.8%
8
Spain
DKK 616822
38.4%
9
Denmark
DKK 603167
39.7%
10
Austria
DKK 603018
39.8%
11
Poland
DKK 595459
40.5%
12
Romania
DKK 585587
41.5%
13
Ireland
DKK 584334
41.6%
14
Greece
DKK 574975
42.6%
15
Netherlands
DKK 569844
43.1%
16
Sweden
DKK 567507
43.3%
17
Germany
DKK 540402
46.0%
18
Luxembourg
DKK 540023
46.1%
19
Italy
DKK 505197
49.5%
20
Finland
DKK 475910
52.5%
21
Portugal
DKK 448047
55.2%
22
Belgium
DKK 412276
58.8%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 687015
31.4%
1
Canada
DKK 623662
37.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 853842
14.7%
1
Kazakhstan
DKK 853230
14.8%
2
Singapore
DKK 823183
17.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 771409
22.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 744312
25.6%
5
China
DKK 739891
26.1%
6
Indonesia
DKK 702730
29.8%
7
South Korea
DKK 687615
31.3%
8
New Zealand
DKK 685269
31.5%
9
Pakistan
DKK 681986
31.9%
10
Japan
DKK 675809
32.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 671128
33.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 670466
33.0%
13
Australia
DKK 665251
33.5%
14
Vietnam
DKK 662155
33.9%
15
India
DKK 540375
46.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 891411
11.0%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 751340
24.9%
2
Chile
DKK 741205
26.0%
3
Uruguay
DKK 735464
26.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 733679
26.7%
5
Brazil
DKK 729662
27.1%
6
Panama
DKK 714784
28.6%
7
Puerto Rico
DKK 685638
31.5%
8
Mexico
DKK 681086
32.0%
9
Peru
DKK 668349
33.2%
10
Ecuador
DKK 666647
33.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 650604
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 729444
27.1%
1
Kenya
DKK 704251
29.7%
2
Nigeria
DKK 681753
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 674663
32.6%
4
Ghana
DKK 669150
33.2%
5
Mozambique
DKK 666141
33.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 622422
37.8%
7
South Africa
DKK 620235
38.0%
8
Cameroon
DKK 618093
38.3%
9
Zambia
DKK 617663
38.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 608614
39.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 575574
42.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 950954
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 950954
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 928425
7.3%
3
Kuwait
DKK 926668
7.4%
4
Oman
DKK 920924
8.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
DKK 900904
10.0%
6
Egypt
DKK 752688
24.8%
7
Lebanon
DKK 752078
24.9%
8
Israel
DKK 652644
34.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 584337
41.6%
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.