Greenland Salary Calculator 2026
Free Greenland salary calculator (2026): estimate take-home pay for employees and the self-employed. Educational, not tax advice.
by Simon Bodych
Methodology & sources
Methodology - Greenland (2026)
Educational model - not tax advice. Currency DKK. Greenland has its own income-tax system administered by Skattestyrelsen (aka.gl), separate from Denmark. Figures model a fully tax-liable single resident in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq (Nuuk), combined rate 42%.
Employee (ansaettelseskontrakt)
- There is no general progressive bracket table. A single combined proportional rate of 42% (10% landsskat + 26% kommuneskat + 6% faelleskommunal skat, Sermersooq default) is applied to taxable income; progressivity comes only from the fixed allowances and the employment deduction.
- Taxable income = gross salary (personlig indkomst, A-income) minus personfradrag (60,000 DKK), minus standardfradrag (10,000 DKK), minus beskaeftigelsesfradrag. The mandatory pension contribution is classified as A-income from 1 January 2025 and is not deductible from the income-tax base.
- Beskaeftigelsesfradrag (employment deduction): 17.5% of the income base above 70,000 DKK (personfradrag plus standardfradrag), capped at 15,750 DKK per year, then reduced by 6.3% of income above 250,000 DKK (fully phased out at 500,000 DKK).
- Obligatorisk pension (mandatory pension), employee: 10% in 2026 of the savings basis (was 9% in 2025). There is no contribution at or below 125,000 DKK; the effective rate phases in linearly from 0% to the full rate for a savings basis between 125,000 and 175,000 DKK.
- Arbejdsmarkedsafgift (AMA, labour market levy): an employer-only levy of 1.9% of payroll in 2026 for both private and public employers (the parental-fund component was suspended). There are no other employer or employee social contributions in Greenland.
- standardfradrag (10,000 DKK) is provisional: confirmed in the PwC sample reviewed February 2026 but not independently re-confirmed on an aka.gl 2026 rate page.
- Out of scope: municipal variation (kommuneskat 26% or 28%, areas outside a municipality without the 6% joint tax), the limited-liability regime, the special 35% gross-tax (bruttoskat) regime for raastof and infrastructure workers, and capital income.
Sources: Skattestyrelsen - Udskrivningsprocenter, Skattestyrelsen - Erhverv skattesatser, Skattestyrelsen - Obligatorisk pension, Inatsisartutlov nr. 51 af 25.11.2024.
Self-employed (selvstaendig erhvervsdrivende)
- Sole traders are taxed under the same Income Tax Act as individuals on net business profit (overskud, revenue minus deductible business expenses): the combined 42% rate applies after personfradrag (60,000), standardfradrag (10,000) and beskaeftigelsesfradrag (the same 17.5% / max 15,750 / 6.3% phase-out above 250,000 rule). There is no corporate-style flat regime for sole traders; the 25% selskabsskat applies only to companies.
- Obligatorisk pension (mandatory pension), self-employed: a statutory minimum of 6% of taxable business surplus, with the same 125,000 to 175,000 DKK linear phase-in as employees. It is not deductible from the income-tax base.
- No employer-side contribution applies to a sole trader.
- Out of scope: municipal variation, the limited-liability regime, the 35% gross-tax (bruttoskat) regime, and capital income. standardfradrag (10,000 DKK) is provisional.
Sources: Skattestyrelsen - Udskrivningsprocenter, Selvstyrets lovbekendtgoerelse nr. 67 af 25.09.2025.