Salaries in Denmark
kr 34,670a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- kr 416,100
- Equals
- $5,203
Top 10 highest paying
- CEOkr 906,800
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villagekr 888,700
- Senior government officialskr 881,000
- IT project managerkr 873,500
- Finance managerkr 855,500
- Insurance agentkr 848,500
- Operations managerkr 845,400
- Social media managerkr 842,200
- Head of marketingkr 836,600
- Product managerkr 831,400
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food workerkr 202,200
- Food service workerkr 237,200
- Gas station salespersonkr 239,300
- Cashierkr 240,000
- Dance teacherkr 241,100
- Waiterkr 244,800
- Hairdresserkr 252,400
- Beauticiankr 252,800
- Promotions demonstratorkr 253,800
- Bartenderkr 256,400
By major occupation group
| Managers | kr 63,360 a month |
| Professionals | kr 40,420 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | kr 38,170 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | kr 34,660 a month |
| Armed forces | kr 36,450 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | kr 32,230 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | kr 31,570 a month |
| Clerical support workers | kr 30,350 a month |
| Elementary occupations | kr 24,930 a month |
| Service and sales workers | kr 24,470 a month |
All jobs
- Accountantkr 461,500
- Accounts assistantkr 371,200
- Accounts clerkkr 408,000
- Actorkr 323,000
- Actuarykr 501,800
- Agricultural techniciankr 415,300
- Aid workerkr 355,500
- Air traffic controllerkr 683,100
- Air traffic safety techniciankr 486,500
- Aircraft techniciankr 467,200
- Airline pilotkr 697,500
- Animal carerkr 268,400
- Announcerkr 424,500
- Anthropologistkr 421,800
- Apiarists and sericulturistskr 455,500
- Aquaculture support workerkr 455,500
- Architectkr 448,000
- Art directorkr 456,100
- Artistkr 423,800
- Astrologerkr 298,400
- Astrophysicistkr 553,500
- Athletekr 449,000
- Audio-visual techniciankr 424,400
- Audiology techniciankr 386,900
- Audit clerkkr 399,700
- Auto mechanickr 366,600
- Avionics mechanickr 437,500
- Ballet dancerkr 378,600
- Bartenderkr 256,400
- Basketmakerkr 313,500
- Beauticiankr 252,800
- Benefits officerkr 445,800
- Bicycle mechanickr 355,400
- Bike assemblerkr 327,400
- Bindery workerkr 308,000
- Blacksmithkr 371,500
- Blasterkr 440,900
- Boiler operatorkr 490,500
- Bricklayerkr 396,400
- Broadcast engineerkr 534,800
- Builderkr 400,900
- Bus driverkr 383,100
- Butcherkr 321,000
- Buyerkr 441,400
- Cabinetmakerkr 346,600
- Call centre agentkr 301,500
- Candle factory workerkr 351,800
- Car assemblerkr 373,900
- Car cleanerkr 280,400
- Car electriciankr 442,400
- Car painterkr 367,400
- Career coachkr 432,100
- Caretakerkr 304,100
- Carpenterkr 380,800
- Carpet workerkr 318,900
- Cashierkr 240,000
- CEOkr 906,800
- Cheese makerkr 409,800
- Chefkr 375,800
- Chemical engineerkr 515,600
- Chemical engineering techniciankr 507,300
- Chemical operatorkr 519,100
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorskr 423,800
- Chemistkr 465,600
- Chief engineerkr 545,400
- Childcare centre managerkr 554,300
- Civil engineerkr 500,700
- Civils workerkr 378,500
- Cleanerkr 261,400
- Cleanerskr 305,100
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedkr 349,300
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedkr 336,000
- Clinical research assistantkr 362,500
- Cnc operatorkr 392,400
- Coffee tasterkr 349,800
- Commodity traderkr 513,500
- Community health workerkr 433,600
- Companionkr 285,000
- Concrete finisherkr 405,100
- Construction foremankr 534,100
- Construction managerkr 668,100
- Construction workerkr 329,500
- Cookkr 269,900
- Corporate trainerkr 436,700
- Correctional officerkr 376,400
- Corrugator operatorkr 373,000
- Courierkr 296,800
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedkr 311,000
- Crane operatorskr 447,300
- Crop producerkr 417,900
- Crop team leaderkr 419,000
- Croupierkr 316,400
- Cure operatorkr 360,100
- Customer service clerkkr 337,600
- Customs agentkr 412,000
- Customs officerkr 458,400
- Dance teacherkr 241,100
- Data administratorkr 493,800
- Data centre operatorkr 518,800
- Data entry clerkkr 329,800
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 512,400
- Day care workerkr 275,200
- Debt collectorkr 390,800
- Deep-sea fishermankr 431,800
- Dental hygienistkr 384,700
- Dentistkr 545,800
- Dietitiankr 404,300
- Doctorkr 652,700
- Door to door sellerkr 295,000
- Draughtspersonkr 460,200
- Driving instructorkr 347,000
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorskr 417,900
- Economistkr 523,400
- Education officerkr 433,600
- Electric powerline workerkr 490,100
- Electrical assemblerkr 331,600
- Electrical engineerkr 546,700
- Electrical techniciankr 500,300
- Electriciankr 416,200
- Electronic engineerkr 530,000
- Electronics engineering techniciankr 466,600
- Elementary school teacherkr 435,500
- Embalmerkr 315,500
- Embroidererkr 320,000
- Employment agentkr 448,300
- Energy managerkr 783,000
- Environment engineerkr 478,500
- Environmental protection professionalskr 437,800
- Esol teacherkr 372,900
- Event coordinatorkr 411,300
- Executive assistantkr 435,200
- Fabric cutterkr 299,800
- Fabric dyerkr 334,700
- Façade cleanerkr 297,700
- Facility managerkr 782,100
- Factory labourerkr 312,600
- Farm equipment operatorkr 367,700
- Farm handkr 301,500
- Farm handskr 285,000
- Fast food workerkr 202,200
- Fiacre driverkr 272,600
- File clerkkr 369,300
- Fill operatorkr 304,900
- Finance adviserkr 562,100
- Finance managerkr 855,500
- Financial analystkr 505,600
- Financierkr 506,500
- Fire alarm techniciankr 424,600
- Firefighterkr 416,100
- Fisheries boatmankr 431,800
- Fishery production managerkr 578,400
- Fitness club managerkr 585,600
- Flight attendantkr 323,800
- Food and related products machine operatorskr 339,500
- Food service workerkr 237,200
- Food stall holderkr 265,000
- Forest rangerkr 436,300
- Forest workerkr 322,900
- Foresterkr 629,100
- Forestry advisorkr 461,500
- Forestry techniciankr 424,300
- Forklift operatorkr 351,300
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserverskr 333,400
- Fur animal rearerkr 463,000
- Garage managerkr 672,400
- Gardenerkr 301,000
- Garment presserkr 270,000
- Gas station salespersonkr 239,300
- General managerkr 735,300
- Geologistkr 516,200
- Glassblowerkr 332,500
- Glassmakerkr 372,300
- Glazierkr 369,300
- Gluing operatorkr 309,600
- Graderkr 361,400
- Grinderkr 361,000
- Guidekr 285,100
- Gym workerkr 287,700
- Hairdresserkr 252,400
- Hand and pedal vehicle driverskr 292,700
- Head of marketingkr 836,600
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 401,400
- Health records clerkkr 423,800
- Health screenerkr 397,000
- Heat treat operatorkr 378,900
- Hide machine operatorkr 336,900
- High school teacherkr 462,500
- Historiankr 441,200
- Horticulturistkr 407,400
- Hotel managerkr 580,800
- Hotel receptionistkr 302,900
- House managerkr 301,000
- Household managerkr 292,100
- Housekeeperkr 264,800
- HR managerkr 780,200
- Hunterkr 435,800
- Hvac mechanickr 418,500
- Industrial engineerkr 516,400
- Industrial painterkr 352,300
- Information clerkkr 349,100
- Insulatorkr 385,000
- Insurance agentkr 848,500
- Insurance sellerkr 471,600
- IT presales techniciankr 506,100
- IT project managerkr 873,500
- IT techniciankr 451,800
- IT trainerkr 423,900
- Jewellerkr 333,100
- Journalistkr 429,200
- Judgekr 611,100
- Kitchen assistantkr 260,900
- Laboratory technologistkr 424,200
- Landscape architectkr 451,200
- Laser techniciankr 505,300
- Laundry workerkr 289,700
- Lawyerkr 571,600
- Legal aidekr 439,400
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 492,400
- Legal secretarykr 382,600
- Legislatorskr 357,900
- Librariankr 426,800
- Library assistantkr 340,900
- Livestock and dairy producerskr 435,200
- Livestock farm labourerskr 291,300
- Loan officerkr 465,600
- Logistics managerkr 707,900
- Loss adjusterkr 484,900
- Machine oilerkr 438,300
- Mail carrierkr 364,900
- Management consultantkr 508,200
- Manufacturing directorkr 755,900
- Market traderkr 296,200
- Marketing specialistkr 457,100
- Mechanical engineerkr 525,600
- Mechanical engineering techniciankr 515,300
- Medical assistantkr 350,300
- Medical herbalistkr 404,700
- Medical laboratory techniciankr 422,600
- Medical transcriberkr 384,700
- Medical writerkr 410,500
- Metal casterkr 403,700
- Metal filerkr 370,300
- Metal furnace operatorkr 478,300
- Metal molderkr 365,000
- Metal workerkr 378,400
- Metallurgistkr 483,900
- Metalworkerkr 396,100
- Meteorologistkr 510,100
- Meter readerkr 305,800
- Midwifekr 470,600
- Midwife assistantkr 448,600
- Military officerkr 472,900
- Mine engineerkr 554,500
- Mine supervisorkr 541,800
- Minerskr 458,600
- Mining assistantkr 381,700
- Mixed farmerkr 427,500
- Motorcyle courierkr 335,500
- Museum curatorkr 413,500
- Museum techniciankr 389,100
- Music teacherkr 385,300
- Musiciankr 382,900
- Network engineerkr 477,400
- Networks engineerkr 511,000
- Nursing assistantkr 297,200
- Nursing associate professionalskr 420,300
- Nursing home managerkr 696,700
- Odd job personskr 317,100
- Office clerkkr 364,000
- Office managerkr 463,400
- Operations managerkr 845,400
- Opticiankr 371,900
- Optometristkr 448,900
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalskr 435,000
- Paper makerkr 385,100
- Paramedickr 489,200
- Paramedical practitionerskr 511,100
- Passport officerkr 453,400
- Pastry cookkr 306,700
- Patent agentkr 521,500
- Pawnbrokerkr 297,400
- Payroll clerkkr 402,800
- Performerkr 303,100
- Personal care attendantkr 289,700
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedkr 296,600
- Personnel clerkskr 385,800
- Pest control techniciankr 343,500
- Petty officerkr 391,300
- Pharmacistkr 497,300
- Photo retoucherkr 321,400
- Photographerkr 384,400
- Physical therapistkr 408,700
- Piano tunerkr 386,300
- Picker and packerkr 275,000
- Plastererkr 364,900
- Plumberkr 408,200
- Police detectivekr 602,600
- Police officerkr 422,700
- Policy analystkr 455,300
- Potterkr 340,600
- Poultry sexerkr 400,800
- Power plant operatorkr 534,300
- Prepress techniciankr 351,900
- Preschool teacherkr 367,200
- Preschool teaching assistantkr 276,500
- Primary school managerkr 764,700
- Print operatorkr 342,300
- Prison teacherkr 394,500
- Process operatorkr 588,300
- Product designerkr 422,900
- Product managerkr 831,400
- Production line coordinatorkr 410,500
- Production supervisorkr 506,800
- Professorkr 472,600
- Project managerkr 762,200
- Promotions demonstratorkr 253,800
- Proofreaderkr 386,500
- Psychologistkr 469,000
- Public health inspectorkr 462,700
- Public relations professionalskr 428,000
- Pulp control workerkr 411,700
- Quality inspectorkr 478,600
- Radiologic technologistkr 496,900
- Rail conductorkr 304,000
- Real estate agentkr 457,500
- Receptionistkr 303,300
- Registered nursekr 475,000
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 431,100
- Religious professionalskr 372,500
- Religious workerkr 386,200
- Rental sales workerkr 292,200
- Restaurant managerkr 508,200
- Retail sales associatekr 287,500
- Retail store supervisorkr 326,500
- Riding instructorkr 333,900
- Rig drillerkr 459,800
- Riggerkr 434,400
- Rooferkr 307,300
- Runway modelkr 259,300
- Sales engineerkr 492,300
- Sales representativekr 480,600
- Sawmill operatorkr 359,800
- Scribes and related workerskr 372,700
- Secretarykr 374,200
- Security guardkr 314,500
- Senior government officialskr 881,000
- Set designerkr 391,200
- Sewing machine operatorkr 291,500
- Sex workerkr 259,800
- Shelf stackerkr 260,700
- Ship pilotkr 511,700
- Ships’ deck crews and related workerskr 395,900
- Shoemakerkr 312,700
- Shop keeperkr 391,700
- Sign installerkr 348,900
- Signalmankr 462,400
- Slitter operatorkr 357,300
- Social care workerkr 405,900
- Social media managerkr 842,200
- Social services managerkr 676,200
- Social workerkr 417,600
- Software developerkr 527,600
- Software programmerkr 487,100
- Software testerkr 503,500
- Soldierkr 420,000
- Sorterkr 322,200
- Special needs teacherkr 440,100
- Specialist doctorkr 786,400
- Speech therapistkr 421,500
- Sport coachkr 325,000
- Statisticiankr 500,700
- Steel erectorkr 410,600
- Stock coordinatorkr 354,300
- Stone fabricatorkr 380,100
- Stone planerkr 382,900
- Stonemasonkr 387,800
- Store managerkr 637,400
- Street and related service workerskr 305,200
- Street sweeperkr 316,000
- Street vendorkr 304,300
- Subsistence crop farmerskr 373,500
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gathererskr 414,700
- Subsistence livestock farmerskr 377,700
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmerskr 374,000
- Survey enumeratorkr 346,600
- Surveyorkr 465,800
- Switchboard operatorkr 374,400
- Systems administratorkr 492,100
- Systems analystkr 534,900
- Tailorkr 277,100
- Tannerkr 336,000
- Tax officerkr 478,900
- Taxi driverkr 320,200
- Technical aidekr 477,500
- Telecom administratorkr 501,300
- Tellerkr 385,400
- Tent builderkr 389,000
- Test engineerkr 517,500
- Textile braiderkr 323,600
- Textile machine operatorkr 314,500
- Therapy assistantkr 332,500
- Tile installerkr 364,700
- Tobacco dryerkr 345,200
- Trades union officialkr 795,700
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villagekr 888,700
- Traditional therapistkr 358,900
- Train driverkr 529,800
- Translatorkr 395,500
- Transport clerkskr 406,400
- Travel agentkr 344,100
- Tree doctorkr 395,000
- Truck driverkr 390,000
- Typistkr 347,300
- Underwater welderkr 422,800
- Upholstererkr 322,500
- Urban plannerkr 474,800
- UX designerkr 394,700
- Vet techniciankr 344,900
- Veterinariankr 484,800
- Vocational teacherkr 428,200
- Waiterkr 244,800
- Warehouse workerkr 322,500
- Waste collectorkr 321,400
- Watch makerkr 379,100
- Water and firewood collectorskr 300,900
- Water plant operatorkr 459,100
- Water-based fisheries workerkr 288,800
- Web developerkr 487,600
- Web techniciankr 519,000
- Welderkr 385,700
- Wind techniciankr 417,900
- Winder operatorkr 317,500
- Window washerkr 300,800
- Wood treaterkr 355,600
- Woodworkerkr 334,600
- Zoologistkr 476,600
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate