RESEARCH ENGINEER / SALARY
DENMARK

SALARY SURVEYS

21

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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6.75 DKK = 1 USD

558,511 DKK

$82,695 USD

Copenhagen

528,612 DKK

452,509 DKK

$67,000 USD

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Average Salary / Research Engineer / Denmark

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Average salary for Research Engineer / Denmark is 558,511 DKK per year. The most typical earning is 452,509 DKK. All data are based on 21 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 540,310 DKK. Women receive a salary of 615,953 DKK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 584,210 DKK. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 555,168 DKK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 8-12 Years of experience receive salary of 815,868 DKK. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 746,303 DKK.

Levels / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Salary Levels (DKK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
67,500 DKK - 101,299 DKK	0	n/a
101,300 DKK - 135,099 DKK	0	n/a
135,100 DKK - 168,799 DKK	0	n/a
168,800 DKK - 202,599 DKK	0	n/a
202,600 DKK - 236,399 DKK	0	n/a
236,400 DKK - 270,099 DKK	0	n/a
270,200 DKK - 303,899 DKK	1	100% 4.76%
303,900 DKK - 337,699 DKK	1	95.24% 4.76%
337,700 DKK - 371,499 DKK	0	n/a
371,500 DKK - 405,199 DKK	2	90.48% 9.52%
405,200 DKK - 438,999 DKK	2	80.95% 9.52%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
439,000 DKK - 472,799 DKK	4	71.43% 19.05%
472,800 DKK - 506,499 DKK	0	n/a
506,500 DKK - 540,299 DKK	1	52.38% 4.76%
540,300 DKK - 574,099 DKK	0	n/a
574,100 DKK - 607,799 DKK	2	47.62% 9.52%
607,800 DKK - 641,599 DKK	0	n/a
641,600 DKK - 675,399 DKK	1	38.1% 4.76%
675,400 DKK - 709,199 DKK	1	33.33% 4.76%
709,200 DKK - 742,899 DKK	3	28.57% 14.29%
742,900 DKK - 776,699 DKK	0	n/a
776,700 DKK - 810,499 DKK	1	14.29% 4.76%
810,500 DKK - 844,199 DKK	2	9.52% 9.52%
844,200 DKK - 877,999 DKK	0	n/a
878,000 DKK - 911,799 DKK	0	n/a
911,800 DKK - 945,499 DKK	0	n/a
945,500 DKK - 979,299 DKK	0	n/a
979,300 DKK - 1,013,099 DKK	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
1,013,100 DKK - 1,080,599 DKK	0	n/a
1,080,600 DKK - 1,148,199 DKK	0	n/a
1,148,200 DKK - 1,215,699 DKK	0	n/a
1,215,700 DKK - 1,283,199 DKK	0	n/a
1,283,200 DKK - 1,350,799 DKK	0	n/a
1,350,800 DKK - 1,418,299 DKK	0	n/a
1,418,300 DKK - 1,485,799 DKK	0	n/a
1,485,900 DKK - 1,553,399 DKK	0	n/a
1,553,400 DKK - 1,620,899 DKK	0	n/a
1,620,900 DKK - 1,688,499 DKK	0	n/a
1,688,500 DKK - 2,363,899 DKK	0	n/a

Gender / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	5	615,953 DKK
2	Men	16	540,310 DKK

Education / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	14	584,210 DKK
2	Masters Degree	5	555,168 DKK
3	Bachelors Degree	2	385,646 DKK

Experience / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	8-12 Years	1	815,868 DKK
2	12-16 Years	3	746,303 DKK
3	20+ Years	1	741,575 DKK
4	4-8 Years	5	640,942 DKK
5	0-1 Year	7	453,185 DKK
6	1-2 Years	3	417,389 DKK
7	2-4 Years	1	304,599 DKK

Age / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	1	822,621 DKK
2	46-50	1	741,575 DKK
3	36-40	4	662,555 DKK
4	31-35	5	636,890 DKK
5	26-30	6	445,755 DKK
6	21-25	4	414,012 DKK

Work Type / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	14	625,408 DKK
2	Contract	7	424,818 DKK

Cities / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

#		Surveys
1	Aarhus	2	722,664 DKK
2	Esbjerg	2	594,341 DKK
3	Aalborg	2	565,974 DKK
4	Odense	2	545,037 DKK
5	Copenhagen	13	528,828 DKK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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

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

Gsm Engineer

Posted 05 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Researching, laboratory, gsm, internet, telecomunication."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	416,800 DKK

Lead Control Engineer

Posted 13 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research and development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Esbjerg	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	674,900 DKK

Phd Student

Posted 22 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelors in Aerospace Engineering. Masters in Materials Engineering, Diploma in Supply chain management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	393,000 DKK

Audio Engineer

Posted 08 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Signal processing, acoustics, programming, measurement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	467,500 DKK

Senior Scientist

Posted 25 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hearing science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	822,800 DKK

Embedded Software Engineer

Posted 22 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Embedded Software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	442,200 DKK

Research Engineer

Posted 30 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research and project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Esbjerg	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	514,200 DKK

Lead Engineer

Posted 28 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Power Electronics Specialist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Aarhus	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	741,500 DKK

Senior Engineer

Posted 18 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Wind turbine blade designs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Odense	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	786,500 DKK

R&d Senior Engineer

Posted 14 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development, scientific research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	584,200 DKK

Site Manager

Posted 30 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management, Team Management, Business developpement, Business administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Aarhus	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	704,500 DKK

Clinical Research Engineer

Posted 10 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Clinical research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	815,700 DKK

Rf Engineer

Posted 20 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"RF design, simulation, pcb design, test."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Aalborg	Doctorate Degree	20+ Years	n/a	741,500 DKK

Sales Engineer

Posted 11 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bringing technical details about company products to the clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Odense	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	303,400 DKK

Postdoc

Posted 09 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Posdoctoral scholar, experiments, research and development, data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	468,400 DKK

Researcher

Posted 21 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"R & D research in the area of surface functionalization. Design, fabrication and testing of a product. Development of functionality. Implementation into an industry. Analysis and testing of desired properties of the fabricated product."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Copenhagen	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	304,500 DKK

Research Assistant

Posted 11 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conducting research and performing experiments, I am working at Aalborg university and this kind of job is regular exist for short period. the location and work condition is nice but its temporary and you wont be able to plan for the future."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Aalborg	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	390,300 DKK

RESEARCH ENGINEER / SALARY DENMARK

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558,511 DKK

528,612 DKK

452,509 DKK

Average Salary / Research Engineer / Denmark

Levels / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Gender / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Education / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Experience / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Age / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Work Type / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

Cities / Research Engineer / Denmark (Gross DKK)

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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