COPENHAGEN / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS

962

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 6.71 DKK = 1 USD
614,309 DKK $91,617 USD		482,773 DKK $72,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 6.71 DKK = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Copenhagen

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Average salary in Copenhagen is 614,309 DKK per year. The most typical earning is 482,773 DKK. All data are based on 962 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 655,767 DKK. Women receive a salary of 514,288 DKK.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians III with average income 938,056 DKK and Security & Fireguard with income 830,102 DKK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 679,235 DKK. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 622,912 DKK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 864,298 DKK. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 833,455 DKK.

Levels / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

Salary Levels (DKK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
67,100 DKK - 100,599 DKK	0	n/a
100,600 DKK - 134,099 DKK	6	100% 0.62%
134,100 DKK - 167,599 DKK	9	99.38% 0.94%
167,600 DKK - 201,099 DKK	6	98.44% 0.62%
201,200 DKK - 234,699 DKK	8	97.82% 0.83%
234,700 DKK - 268,199 DKK	20	96.99% 2.08%
268,200 DKK - 301,699 DKK	29	94.91% 3.01%
301,700 DKK - 335,299 DKK	42	91.89% 4.37%
335,300 DKK - 368,799 DKK	45	87.53% 4.68%
368,800 DKK - 402,299 DKK	38	82.85% 3.95%
402,300 DKK - 435,799 DKK	45	78.9% 4.68%
435,800 DKK - 469,399 DKK	67	74.22% 6.96%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
469,400 DKK - 502,899 DKK	73	67.26% 7.59%
502,900 DKK - 536,399 DKK	68	59.67% 7.07%
536,400 DKK - 569,899 DKK	51	52.6% 5.3%
569,900 DKK - 603,499 DKK	62	47.3% 6.44%
603,500 DKK - 636,999 DKK	50	40.85% 5.2%
637,000 DKK - 670,499 DKK	37	35.65% 3.85%
670,500 DKK - 703,999 DKK	33	31.81% 3.43%
704,000 DKK - 737,599 DKK	48	28.38% 4.99%
737,600 DKK - 771,099 DKK	19	23.39% 1.98%
771,100 DKK - 804,599 DKK	26	21.41% 2.7%
804,600 DKK - 838,099 DKK	23	18.71% 2.39%
838,100 DKK - 871,699 DKK	18	16.32% 1.87%
871,700 DKK - 905,199 DKK	14	14.45% 1.46%
905,200 DKK - 938,699 DKK	11	12.99% 1.14%
938,700 DKK - 972,199 DKK	9	11.85% 0.94%
972,300 DKK - 1,005,799 DKK	16	10.91% 1.66%
HIGH SALARIES
1,005,800 DKK - 1,072,799 DKK	12	9.25% 1.25%
1,072,800 DKK - 1,139,899 DKK	16	8% 1.66%
1,139,900 DKK - 1,206,899 DKK	11	6.34% 1.14%
1,206,900 DKK - 1,273,999 DKK	17	5.2% 1.77%
1,274,000 DKK - 1,340,999 DKK	11	3.43% 1.14%
1,341,000 DKK - 1,408,099 DKK	0	n/a
1,408,100 DKK - 1,475,099 DKK	5	2.29% 0.52%
1,475,100 DKK - 1,542,199 DKK	3	1.77% 0.31%
1,542,200 DKK - 1,609,199 DKK	5	1.46% 0.52%
1,609,200 DKK - 1,676,299 DKK	1	0.94% 0.1%
1,676,300 DKK - 2,346,799 DKK	8	0.83% 0.83%

Gender / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	667	655,767 DKK
2	Women	254	514,288 DKK

Education / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	83	679,235 DKK
2	Masters Degree	491	622,912 DKK
3	Bachelors Degree	314	604,137 DKK
4	Some College	43	553,848 DKK
5	High School	28	500,877 DKK
6	Bellow H. School	3	326,542 DKK

Experience / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	77	864,298 DKK
2	16-20 Years	69	833,455 DKK
3	12-16 Years	104	793,894 DKK
4	8-12 Years	202	673,871 DKK
5	4-8 Years	230	557,871 DKK
6	2-4 Years	122	466,681 DKK
7	0-1 Year	71	409,016 DKK
8	1-2 Years	87	389,571 DKK

Age / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	45	995,720 DKK
2	51-55	18	842,171 DKK
3	41-45	89	832,114 DKK
4	61-65	6	810,657 DKK
5	66-70	2	807,975 DKK
6	71-75	1	714,773 DKK
7	36-40	159	702,033 DKK
8	56-60	11	643,027 DKK
9	31-35	243	605,478 DKK
10	n/a	41	565,918 DKK
11	26-30	255	491,490 DKK
12	21-25	89	385,548 DKK
13	14-20	3	358,057 DKK

Work Type / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	17	805,293 DKK
2	Permanent	821	639,675 DKK
3	Contract	92	457,293 DKK
4	Part Time	32	308,438 DKK

Career Groups / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians III	4	938,056 DKK
2	Security & Fireguard	3	830,102 DKK
3	Insurance	5	775,790 DKK
4	Management & Business	156	773,108 DKK
5	Military	4	751,651 DKK
6	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	740,252 DKK
7	Geography & Geodesy	1	732,206 DKK
8	Finance & Banking	64	702,703 DKK
9	Law	19	681,247 DKK
10	Logistics, Road, Railway	16	634,981 DKK
11	Health Care & Medical II	12	633,640 DKK
12	Health Care & Medical	4	630,958 DKK
13	Accounting & Administration	31	626,264 DKK
14	Public Sector	5	616,877 DKK
15	IT & Programming	171	614,195 DKK
16	Engineers & Technicians V	12	611,513 DKK
17	IT & Programming II	78	601,455 DKK
18	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	585,363 DKK
19	Engineers & Technicians	85	577,316 DKK
20	Aviation & Shipping	11	545,802 DKK
21	Hotels & Tourism	9	538,426 DKK
22	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	102	532,392 DKK
23	Human Resources	24	531,721 DKK
24	Architect Constructions	21	518,311 DKK
25	Salesmen & Saleswomen	15	515,629 DKK
26	Sports & Recreation	2	509,594 DKK
27	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	506,241 DKK
28	Engineers & Technicians II	7	501,548 DKK
29	Construction & Labor Workers	7	492,831 DKK
30	Education & University	22	482,103 DKK
31	Organization & Coordination	9	451,259 DKK
32	Media	7	429,132 DKK
33	Customer Services	16	405,663 DKK
34	Making Design	11	363,421 DKK
35	Agriculture & Fishing	2	360,068 DKK
36	Automobile	1	334,588 DKK
37	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	5	301,063 DKK

Careers / Copenhagen (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Director	26	1,123,789 DKK
2	General Manager	13	1,001,755 DKK
3	IT Manager	24	879,720 DKK
4	Manager	28	811,998 DKK
5	Marketing Executive	6	811,327 DKK
6	Finance Manager	11	779,813 DKK
7	Technical Manager	5	754,333 DKK
8	Other IT Career	14	744,946 DKK
9	Lead Developer	13	739,582 DKK
10	Risk Manager	5	730,195 DKK
11	Lawyer	6	700,692 DKK
12	Tax Manager	5	698,010 DKK
13	Other Finance Career	12	697,339 DKK
14	Other Human Resource Career	6	689,964 DKK
15	Product Manager	7	672,530 DKK
16	C, C++ Developer	4	662,472 DKK
17	Other Engineer Career	7	659,790 DKK
18	Corporate Counsel Lawyer	9	655,767 DKK
19	Business Development Manager	18	649,732 DKK
20	Project Manager	19	639,004 DKK
21	IT Project Manager	29	632,969 DKK
22	Business Manager	5	631,628 DKK
23	Marketing Manager	24	625,594 DKK
24	Data-warehouse Engineer	7	604,808 DKK
25	Security Specialist	5	602,796 DKK
26	Electrical Engineer Lead	7	594,750 DKK
27	Mechanical Engineer Lead	4	585,363 DKK
28	Sales Manager	10	569,941 DKK
29	Electrical Engineer	10	569,270 DKK
30	Human Resources Manager	6	569,270 DKK
31	Computer Engineer	4	559,883 DKK
32	Software Developer	46	556,530 DKK
33	Mechanical Engineer	17	556,530 DKK
34	Architect	17	547,143 DKK
35	Program Manager	4	542,449 DKK
36	Software Engineer	24	541,779 DKK
37	Engineer	21	528,368 DKK
38	Energy Engineer	7	528,368 DKK
39	Research Engineer	13	525,016 DKK
40	Business Marketing	6	525,016 DKK
41	Financial Analyst	16	518,311 DKK
42	Other Management Career	13	513,617 DKK
43	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	6	506,912 DKK
44	IT Coordinator	9	499,536 DKK
45	Accountant	5	496,854 DKK
46	Communications Manager	4	492,831 DKK
47	Java Developer	7	490,819 DKK
48	Human Resource	5	478,080 DKK
49	Civil Engineer	5	476,068 DKK
50	Other Logistics Career	4	470,704 DKK
51	Operations Manager	5	439,189 DKK
52	Other Marketing Career	9	435,166 DKK
53	Web Developer	11	423,097 DKK
54	Other Education Career	8	417,733 DKK
55	Other Sales Career	5	416,392 DKK
56	Marketing Coordinator	5	406,334 DKK
57	Marketing	15	314,473 DKK
58	Cook	4	300,392 DKK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	728,700 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	804,500 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	804,100 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	371,900 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	669,300 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	379,300 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	501,900 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	410,600 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	474,300 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	636,100 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	403,400 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	331,700 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	432,200 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	968,900 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	532,900 DKK

Product Manager

Posted 27 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	735,400 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	539,300 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	817,500 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	416,900 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	833,800 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	1,009,500 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	848,000 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	969,100 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	2,019,000 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	545,100 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	591,200 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	556,200 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	613,100 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	564,900 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	582,400 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	470,800 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	486,100 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	844,100 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	525,500 DKK

Marketing Content Creator And Coordinator

Posted 24 November 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	456,000 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	985,300 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	635,000 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	437,900 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	583,300 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	335,300 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	766,400 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	656,900 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	1,313,800 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	502,900 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	514,500 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	328,400 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	766,400 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	886,800 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	616,400 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	654,700 DKK

COPENHAGEN / SALARY DENMARK

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614,309 DKK

482,773 DKK