COPENHAGEN / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 6.75 DKK = 1 USD
618,438 DKK $91,568 USD		486,279 DKK $72,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 6.75 DKK = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Copenhagen

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Average salary in Copenhagen is 618,438 DKK per year. The most typical earning is 486,279 DKK. All data are based on 963 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 660,528 DKK. Women receive a salary of 516,671 DKK.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians III with average income 944,867 DKK and Security & Fireguard with income 836,129 DKK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 684,167 DKK. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 626,759 DKK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 870,574 DKK. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 839,506 DKK.

Levels / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

Salary Levels (DKK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
67,500 DKK - 101,299 DKK	0	n/a
101,300 DKK - 135,099 DKK	6	100% 0.62%
135,100 DKK - 168,799 DKK	9	99.38% 0.93%
168,800 DKK - 202,599 DKK	6	98.44% 0.62%
202,600 DKK - 236,399 DKK	8	97.82% 0.83%
236,400 DKK - 270,099 DKK	20	96.99% 2.08%
270,200 DKK - 303,899 DKK	30	94.91% 3.12%
303,900 DKK - 337,699 DKK	42	91.8% 4.36%
337,700 DKK - 371,499 DKK	45	87.44% 4.67%
371,500 DKK - 405,199 DKK	38	82.76% 3.95%
405,200 DKK - 438,999 DKK	45	78.82% 4.67%
439,000 DKK - 472,799 DKK	67	74.14% 6.96%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
472,800 DKK - 506,499 DKK	73	67.19% 7.58%
506,500 DKK - 540,299 DKK	68	59.61% 7.06%
540,300 DKK - 574,099 DKK	51	52.54% 5.3%
574,100 DKK - 607,799 DKK	62	47.25% 6.44%
607,800 DKK - 641,599 DKK	50	40.81% 5.19%
641,600 DKK - 675,399 DKK	37	35.62% 3.84%
675,400 DKK - 709,199 DKK	33	31.78% 3.43%
709,200 DKK - 742,899 DKK	48	28.35% 4.98%
742,900 DKK - 776,699 DKK	19	23.36% 1.97%
776,700 DKK - 810,499 DKK	26	21.39% 2.7%
810,500 DKK - 844,199 DKK	23	18.69% 2.39%
844,200 DKK - 877,999 DKK	18	16.3% 1.87%
878,000 DKK - 911,799 DKK	14	14.43% 1.45%
911,800 DKK - 945,499 DKK	11	12.98% 1.14%
945,500 DKK - 979,299 DKK	9	11.84% 0.93%
979,300 DKK - 1,013,099 DKK	16	10.9% 1.66%
HIGH SALARIES
1,013,100 DKK - 1,080,599 DKK	12	9.24% 1.25%
1,080,600 DKK - 1,148,199 DKK	16	8% 1.66%
1,148,200 DKK - 1,215,699 DKK	11	6.33% 1.14%
1,215,700 DKK - 1,283,199 DKK	17	5.19% 1.77%
1,283,200 DKK - 1,350,799 DKK	11	3.43% 1.14%
1,350,800 DKK - 1,418,299 DKK	0	n/a
1,418,300 DKK - 1,485,799 DKK	5	2.28% 0.52%
1,485,900 DKK - 1,553,399 DKK	3	1.77% 0.31%
1,553,400 DKK - 1,620,899 DKK	5	1.45% 0.52%
1,620,900 DKK - 1,688,499 DKK	1	0.93% 0.1%
1,688,500 DKK - 2,363,899 DKK	8	0.83% 0.83%

Gender / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	667	660,528 DKK
2	Women	255	516,671 DKK

Education / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	83	684,167 DKK
2	Masters Degree	492	626,759 DKK
3	Bachelors Degree	314	608,524 DKK
4	Some College	43	557,870 DKK
5	High School	28	504,514 DKK
6	Bellow H. School	3	328,913 DKK

Experience / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	77	870,574 DKK
2	16-20 Years	69	839,506 DKK
3	12-16 Years	104	799,658 DKK
4	8-12 Years	202	678,764 DKK
5	4-8 Years	230	561,922 DKK
6	2-4 Years	122	470,069 DKK
7	0-1 Year	71	411,986 DKK
8	1-2 Years	88	391,724 DKK

Age / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	45	1,002,950 DKK
2	51-55	18	848,286 DKK
3	41-45	89	838,155 DKK
4	61-65	6	816,543 DKK
5	66-70	2	813,841 DKK
6	71-75	1	719,963 DKK
7	36-40	159	707,130 DKK
8	56-60	11	647,696 DKK
9	31-35	244	608,524 DKK
10	n/a	41	570,027 DKK
11	26-30	255	495,059 DKK
12	21-25	89	388,347 DKK
13	14-20	3	360,656 DKK

Work Type / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	17	811,140 DKK
2	Permanent	822	644,319 DKK
3	Contract	92	460,614 DKK
4	Part Time	32	310,678 DKK

Career Groups / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians III	4	944,867 DKK
2	Security & Fireguard	3	836,129 DKK
3	Insurance	5	781,423 DKK
4	Management & Business	156	778,721 DKK
5	Military	4	757,109 DKK
6	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	745,627 DKK
7	Geography & Geodesy	1	737,523 DKK
8	Finance & Banking	64	707,806 DKK
9	Law	19	686,193 DKK
10	Logistics, Road, Railway	16	639,591 DKK
11	Health Care & Medical II	12	638,241 DKK
12	Health Care & Medical	4	635,539 DKK
13	Accounting & Administration	31	630,811 DKK
14	Public Sector	5	621,356 DKK
15	IT & Programming	171	618,654 DKK
16	Engineers & Technicians V	12	615,953 DKK
17	IT & Programming II	78	605,822 DKK
18	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	589,613 DKK
19	Engineers & Technicians	85	581,508 DKK
20	Aviation & Shipping	11	549,765 DKK
21	Hotels & Tourism	9	542,336 DKK
22	Human Resources	24	535,582 DKK
23	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	103	533,556 DKK
24	Architect Constructions	21	522,074 DKK
25	Salesmen & Saleswomen	15	519,372 DKK
26	Sports & Recreation	2	513,294 DKK
27	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	509,917 DKK
28	Engineers & Technicians II	7	505,189 DKK
29	Construction & Labor Workers	7	496,409 DKK
30	Education & University	22	485,603 DKK
31	Organization & Coordination	9	454,535 DKK
32	Media	7	432,248 DKK
33	Customer Services	16	408,609 DKK
34	Making Design	11	366,060 DKK
35	Agriculture & Fishing	2	362,683 DKK
36	Automobile	1	337,018 DKK
37	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	5	303,248 DKK

Careers / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Director	26	1,131,949 DKK
2	General Manager	13	1,009,028 DKK
3	IT Manager	24	886,108 DKK
4	Manager	28	817,894 DKK
5	Marketing Executive	6	817,218 DKK
6	Finance Manager	11	785,475 DKK
7	Technical Manager	5	759,810 DKK
8	Other IT Career	14	750,355 DKK
9	Lead Developer	13	744,952 DKK
10	Risk Manager	5	735,496 DKK
11	Lawyer	6	705,779 DKK
12	Tax Manager	5	703,078 DKK
13	Other Finance Career	12	702,403 DKK
14	Other Human Resource Career	6	694,973 DKK
15	Product Manager	7	677,413 DKK
16	C, C++ Developer	4	667,282 DKK
17	Other Engineer Career	7	664,581 DKK
18	Corporate Counsel Lawyer	9	660,528 DKK
19	Business Development Manager	18	654,450 DKK
20	Project Manager	19	643,644 DKK
21	IT Project Manager	29	637,565 DKK
22	Business Manager	5	636,215 DKK
23	Marketing Manager	24	630,136 DKK
24	Data-warehouse Engineer	7	609,199 DKK
25	Security Specialist	5	607,173 DKK
26	Electrical Engineer Lead	7	599,068 DKK
27	Mechanical Engineer Lead	4	589,613 DKK
28	Sales Manager	10	574,079 DKK
29	Electrical Engineer	10	573,403 DKK
30	Human Resources Manager	6	573,403 DKK
31	Computer Engineer	4	563,948 DKK
32	Software Developer	46	560,571 DKK
33	Mechanical Engineer	17	560,571 DKK
34	Architect	17	551,116 DKK
35	Program Manager	4	546,388 DKK
36	Software Engineer	24	545,713 DKK
37	Engineer	21	532,205 DKK
38	Energy Engineer	7	532,205 DKK
39	Research Engineer	13	528,828 DKK
40	Business Marketing	6	528,828 DKK
41	Financial Analyst	16	522,074 DKK
42	Other Management Career	13	517,346 DKK
43	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	6	510,592 DKK
44	IT Coordinator	9	503,163 DKK
45	Accountant	5	500,462 DKK
46	Communications Manager	4	496,409 DKK
47	Java Developer	7	494,383 DKK
48	Human Resource	5	481,551 DKK
49	Civil Engineer	5	479,525 DKK
50	Other Logistics Career	4	474,122 DKK
51	Operations Manager	5	442,378 DKK
52	Other Marketing Career	9	438,326 DKK
53	Web Developer	11	426,169 DKK
54	Other Education Career	8	420,766 DKK
55	Other Sales Career	5	419,415 DKK
56	Marketing Coordinator	5	409,284 DKK
57	Marketing	15	316,756 DKK
58	Cook	4	302,573 DKK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Sales And Marketing Administrator

Posted 10 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business adminstration 
marketing support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	300,000 DKK

Senior Software Developer

Posted 19 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"C, C++."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	734,000 DKK

Senior Manager

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT consulting & IT Project Management within IT mergers & acquisitions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	810,400 DKK

Sales Director

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	High School	8-12 Years	Advanced	809,900 DKK

Ceo Secretary

Posted 04 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Meeting arrangements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	374,600 DKK

Senior

Posted 03 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Spring, Cloud."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	674,200 DKK

Phd Student

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"PhD Student."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	382,100 DKK

Backend Engineer

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	505,500 DKK

Postdoc

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research field CCS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	413,600 DKK

Global Account Manager

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Key Account Management
- Business Development
- Partnerships and strategy development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	477,800 DKK

Business Development Manager

Posted 22 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Salea and business development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	640,700 DKK

Account Manager

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"MANAGE A TEAM OF 6, COORDINATE WITH CLIENT ON DELIVERABLES."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	406,400 DKK

Technical Consultant

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT and some other ad hoc works."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	334,100 DKK

Project Engineer

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	435,300 DKK

Administrative Chief

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR, Finances."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	976,000 DKK

Clinical Project Coordinator

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"FSP Model coordinator and resource forecast."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	536,800 DKK

Product Manager

Posted 27 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	740,700 DKK

Professor

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	543,200 DKK

Engineer

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Build and maintain."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	823,400 DKK

Customer Success

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer service, onboarding."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	419,900 DKK

Insight Lead

Posted 13 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	839,900 DKK

Vp Media Technology

Posted 19 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsible for entire business segment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	1,016,800 DKK

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business development, business management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	854,100 DKK

Architect

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing and solutioning IT solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	976,200 DKK

Ms Sc. Ee

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"CEO & owner."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	2,033,700 DKK

Hr Manager, Nordics

Posted 13 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"All HR related tasks in a 200+ employee company. Recruitment, Employee Relations, Engagement, Payroll, Comp. and Benefits, D&I, Strategic HR etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	549,100 DKK

Senior Recruiter

Posted 16 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	595,500 DKK

Strategic Programmes Builder

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Diverse."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	560,200 DKK

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management, Revit, MEP, HVAC Engineering, Fire Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	617,500 DKK

Backend Developer

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"C#. net backend development, database development mssql, mongodb."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	569,000 DKK

Bd Manager

Posted 03 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analyzing and managing biotech startups."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	586,700 DKK

Post Doctoral Fellow

Posted 31 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Expert	474,200 DKK

Doctoral Student

Posted 29 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research in Quantum Physics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	489,600 DKK

It Security Manager

Posted 27 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cyber Risk management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	850,200 DKK

Senior Consultant

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"- research project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	529,300 DKK

Marketing Content Creator And Coordinator

Posted 24 November 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	459,300 DKK

Manager

Posted 23 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	992,500 DKK

Head Of Programmes

Posted 20 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"MA, programme management, team leader, capacity building, trainings, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	639,600 DKK

Delivery Driver

Posted 18 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Deliver food."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bellow H. School	0-1 Year	Basic	441,100 DKK

Postdoc

Posted 02 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	587,500 DKK

Field Organizer

Posted 01 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Organization."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	337,700 DKK

Rf Engineer

Posted 27 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"RF wireless hardware antenna comminication."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	771,900 DKK

Head Of Product

Posted 22 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Agile, software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	661,600 DKK

Affinity Partner

Posted 20 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Affinity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	1,323,300 DKK

Finance Analyst

Posted 14 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	506,500 DKK

Legal Fellow

Posted 14 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	518,300 DKK

Chef

Posted 12 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sushi cook."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	330,800 DKK

Learning & Development Director

Posted 06 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR, Recruitment, L&D, strategic planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Some College	1-2 Years	Advanced	771,900 DKK

Data Architect

Posted 05 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Solution architect, Data owner."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	893,200 DKK