COPENHAGEN / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS

961

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 6.9 DKK = 1 USD
631,585 DKK $91,600 USD		496,442 DKK $72,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 6.9 DKK = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Copenhagen

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Average salary in Copenhagen is 631,585 DKK per year. The most typical earning is 496,442 DKK. All data are based on 961 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 673,645 DKK. Women receive a salary of 528,849 DKK.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians III with average income 964,616 DKK and Security & Fireguard with income 853,605 DKK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 698,467 DKK. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 640,549 DKK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 888,770 DKK. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 857,053 DKK.

Levels / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

Salary Levels (DKK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
69,000 DKK - 103,399 DKK	0	n/a
103,400 DKK - 137,899 DKK	6	100% 0.62%
137,900 DKK - 172,399 DKK	9	99.38% 0.94%
172,400 DKK - 206,799 DKK	6	98.44% 0.62%
206,900 DKK - 241,299 DKK	8	97.81% 0.83%
241,300 DKK - 275,799 DKK	20	96.98% 2.08%
275,800 DKK - 310,299 DKK	29	94.9% 3.02%
310,300 DKK - 344,699 DKK	42	91.88% 4.37%
344,800 DKK - 379,199 DKK	45	87.51% 4.68%
379,200 DKK - 413,699 DKK	38	82.83% 3.95%
413,700 DKK - 448,199 DKK	45	78.88% 4.68%
448,200 DKK - 482,599 DKK	67	74.19% 6.97%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
482,700 DKK - 517,099 DKK	73	67.22% 7.6%
517,100 DKK - 551,599 DKK	68	59.63% 7.08%
551,600 DKK - 586,099 DKK	51	52.55% 5.31%
586,100 DKK - 620,499 DKK	62	47.24% 6.45%
620,600 DKK - 654,999 DKK	50	40.79% 5.2%
655,000 DKK - 689,499 DKK	37	35.59% 3.85%
689,500 DKK - 723,999 DKK	33	31.74% 3.43%
724,000 DKK - 758,399 DKK	47	28.3% 4.89%
758,500 DKK - 792,899 DKK	19	23.41% 1.98%
792,900 DKK - 827,399 DKK	26	21.44% 2.71%
827,400 DKK - 861,899 DKK	23	18.73% 2.39%
861,900 DKK - 896,299 DKK	18	16.34% 1.87%
896,400 DKK - 930,799 DKK	14	14.46% 1.46%
930,800 DKK - 965,299 DKK	11	13.01% 1.14%
965,300 DKK - 999,799 DKK	9	11.86% 0.94%
999,800 DKK - 1,034,199 DKK	16	10.93% 1.66%
HIGH SALARIES
1,034,300 DKK - 1,103,199 DKK	12	9.26% 1.25%
1,103,200 DKK - 1,172,099 DKK	16	8.01% 1.66%
1,172,200 DKK - 1,241,099 DKK	11	6.35% 1.14%
1,241,100 DKK - 1,310,099 DKK	17	5.2% 1.77%
1,310,100 DKK - 1,378,999 DKK	11	3.43% 1.14%
1,379,000 DKK - 1,447,999 DKK	0	n/a
1,448,000 DKK - 1,516,899 DKK	5	2.29% 0.52%
1,516,900 DKK - 1,585,899 DKK	3	1.77% 0.31%
1,585,900 DKK - 1,654,799 DKK	5	1.46% 0.52%
1,654,800 DKK - 1,723,799 DKK	1	0.94% 0.1%
1,723,800 DKK - 2,413,299 DKK	8	0.83% 0.83%

Gender / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	666	673,645 DKK
2	Women	254	528,849 DKK

Education / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	83	698,467 DKK
2	Masters Degree	490	640,549 DKK
3	Bachelors Degree	314	621,243 DKK
4	Some College	43	569,530 DKK
5	High School	28	515,059 DKK
6	Bellow H. School	3	335,788 DKK

Experience / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	77	888,770 DKK
2	16-20 Years	69	857,053 DKK
3	12-16 Years	104	816,372 DKK
4	8-12 Years	202	692,951 DKK
5	4-8 Years	229	572,977 DKK
6	2-4 Years	122	479,894 DKK
7	0-1 Year	71	420,597 DKK
8	1-2 Years	87	400,601 DKK

Age / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	45	1,023,913 DKK
2	51-55	18	866,017 DKK
3	41-45	89	855,674 DKK
4	61-65	6	833,610 DKK
5	66-70	2	830,852 DKK
6	71-75	1	735,011 DKK
7	36-40	158	721,910 DKK
8	56-60	11	661,234 DKK
9	31-35	243	622,622 DKK
10	n/a	41	581,941 DKK
11	26-30	255	505,406 DKK
12	21-25	89	396,464 DKK
13	14-20	3	368,195 DKK

Work Type / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	17	828,094 DKK
2	Permanent	820	657,786 DKK
3	Contract	92	470,241 DKK
4	Part Time	32	317,171 DKK

Career Groups / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians III	4	964,616 DKK
2	Security & Fireguard	3	853,605 DKK
3	Insurance	5	797,756 DKK
4	Management & Business	156	794,998 DKK
5	Military	4	772,933 DKK
6	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	761,212 DKK
7	Geography & Geodesy	1	752,938 DKK
8	Finance & Banking	64	722,600 DKK
9	Law	19	700,536 DKK
10	Logistics, Road, Railway	16	652,960 DKK
11	Health Care & Medical II	12	651,581 DKK
12	Health Care & Medical	4	648,823 DKK
13	Accounting & Administration	31	643,996 DKK
14	Public Sector	5	634,343 DKK
15	IT & Programming	170	630,896 DKK
16	Engineers & Technicians V	12	628,827 DKK
17	IT & Programming II	78	618,485 DKK
18	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	601,936 DKK
19	Engineers & Technicians	85	593,662 DKK
20	Aviation & Shipping	11	561,256 DKK
21	Hotels & Tourism	9	553,671 DKK
22	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	102	547,466 DKK
23	Human Resources	24	546,776 DKK
24	Architect Constructions	21	532,986 DKK
25	Salesmen & Saleswomen	15	530,228 DKK
26	Sports & Recreation	2	524,023 DKK
27	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	520,575 DKK
28	Engineers & Technicians II	7	515,748 DKK
29	Construction & Labor Workers	7	506,785 DKK
30	Education & University	22	495,753 DKK
31	Organization & Coordination	9	464,036 DKK
32	Media	7	441,282 DKK
33	Customer Services	16	417,149 DKK
34	Making Design	11	373,711 DKK
35	Agriculture & Fishing	2	370,263 DKK
36	Automobile	1	344,062 DKK
37	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	5	309,587 DKK

Careers / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Director	26	1,155,608 DKK
2	Logistics Manager	4	1,110,790 DKK
3	General Manager	13	1,030,118 DKK
4	IT Manager	24	904,629 DKK
5	Manager	28	834,989 DKK
6	Marketing Executive	6	834,299 DKK
7	Finance Manager	11	801,893 DKK
8	Technical Manager	5	775,692 DKK
9	Other IT Career	14	766,038 DKK
10	Lead Developer	13	760,522 DKK
11	Risk Manager	5	750,869 DKK
12	Lawyer	6	720,531 DKK
13	Tax Manager	5	717,773 DKK
14	Other Finance Career	12	717,084 DKK
15	Other Human Resource Career	6	709,499 DKK
16	Product Manager	7	691,572 DKK
17	Other Engineer Career	7	678,471 DKK
18	Corporate Counsel Lawyer	9	674,334 DKK
19	Business Development Manager	18	668,129 DKK
20	Project Manager	19	657,097 DKK
21	IT Project Manager	29	650,891 DKK
22	Business Manager	5	649,512 DKK
23	Marketing Manager	24	643,307 DKK
24	Data-warehouse Engineer	7	621,932 DKK
25	Security Specialist	5	619,864 DKK
26	Electrical Engineer Lead	7	611,590 DKK
27	Mechanical Engineer Lead	4	601,936 DKK
28	Sales Manager	10	586,078 DKK
29	Electrical Engineer	10	585,388 DKK
30	Human Resources Manager	6	585,388 DKK
31	Computer Engineer	4	575,735 DKK
32	Software Developer	46	572,288 DKK
33	Mechanical Engineer	17	572,288 DKK
34	Architect	17	562,635 DKK
35	Program Manager	4	557,808 DKK
36	Software Engineer	24	557,119 DKK
37	Engineer	21	543,329 DKK
38	Energy Engineer	7	543,329 DKK
39	Research Engineer	13	539,881 DKK
40	Business Marketing	6	539,881 DKK
41	Financial Analyst	16	532,986 DKK
42	Other Management Career	13	528,160 DKK
43	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	6	521,265 DKK
44	IT Coordinator	9	513,680 DKK
45	Accountant	5	510,922 DKK
46	Communications Manager	4	506,785 DKK
47	Java Developer	7	504,716 DKK
48	Human Resource	5	491,616 DKK
49	Civil Engineer	5	489,547 DKK
50	Other Logistics Career	4	484,031 DKK
51	Operations Manager	5	451,625 DKK
52	Other Marketing Career	9	447,488 DKK
53	Web Developer	11	435,077 DKK
54	Other Education Career	8	429,560 DKK
55	Other Sales Career	5	428,181 DKK
56	Marketing Coordinator	5	417,839 DKK
57	Marketing	15	323,377 DKK
58	Cook	4	308,897 DKK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	827,300 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	826,900 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	382,400 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	688,300 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	390,000 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	516,100 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	422,300 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	487,800 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	654,100 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	414,900 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	341,100 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	444,400 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	996,400 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	548,000 DKK

Product Manager

Posted 27 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	756,200 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	554,600 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	840,600 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	428,700 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	857,400 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	1,038,100 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	872,000 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	996,600 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	2,076,200 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	560,600 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	607,900 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	571,900 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	630,400 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	580,900 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	598,900 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	484,100 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	499,800 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	868,000 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	540,400 DKK

Marketing Content Creator And Coordinator

Posted 24 November 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	468,900 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	1,013,200 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	653,000 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	450,300 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	599,800 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	344,800 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	788,100 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	675,500 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	1,351,000 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	517,100 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	529,100 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	337,700 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	788,100 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	911,900 DKK

Product Manager

Posted 28 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Management, Agile, Roadmap."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	633,900 DKK

Business Analyst

Posted 27 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management, scrum, business analysis, change management, organisation theory."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	673,200 DKK

Chief Expert

Posted 16 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Credit Risk."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	889,400 DKK

COPENHAGEN / SALARY DENMARK

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631,585 DKK

496,442 DKK