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Salary Statistics 2018

2 SALARY STATISTICS 2018
IDA SALARY STATISTICS 2018
This brochure contains the most essential results on salary and
salary development for IDA’s members in 2018. The annual salary
statistics from IDA are a useful tool when negotiating your salary
and working conditions, or maybe even changing jobs.
The brochure is now only available on IDA’s English website. The
salary development in total this year in the private sector has
been 3.9%. In the public sector it has been an average of 3.2%.
Thus, both sectors have experienced progress in real income giv-
en the fact that inflation in the period september 2017 - septem-
ber 2018 has been 0.6%.
The salary statistics also contain information on earnings and
fees for self-employed members.
In addition to the salary statistics, IDA also provides a useful tool
in the Salary Calculator - your personal salary check with salary
levels that match your profile.
Happy reading!
Juliane Marie Neiiendam Jacob Bom Stahlfest Madsen
Chairman Chairman
The Council of Employees The Salary Statistics Committee
DATA BASIS
The data for IDA’s salary statistics 2018 is, for private sector em-
ployees, based on the members’ information on conditions of
remuneration and terms of employment from September 2018.
For members in the public sector the data comes from Govern-
mental, Municipal/Regional salary databases and indicates the
salary from May 2018.
The salary statistics for private and public sector employees
include full-time employees working with engineering, includ-
ing MScs in Natural Sciences, MScs in Information Technology,
MScs in Food Science & Technology, and others with scientific
degrees. Only members residing and working in Denmark are
included. Salaries form part-time employees in private compa-
nies are included as conversions into full-time employees, while
only full-time employees in the public sector are included.
The salary statistics contain information from 23,747 privately
employed (response rate 44). From the public sector, informa-
tion from 82% of the members registered by IDA as central
goverment staff is included. From Municipalities and Regions,
information from 77% of the members registered by IDA as em-
ployed in municipalities and regions is included.
Data for the statistics on earnings of the self-employed mem-
bers is from the calendar year 2017. This is based on information
from 646 members (response rate 25) who are registered by IDA
as self-employed.
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MORE RESULTS AND DETAILS CONTENTS

Salaries in both the private and the public sector
2 Foreword
vary greatly according to seniority, position, work
area, education, career course, field of business, 4 Salary development
region etc.
PRIVATE SECTOR
The tables in the following pages show salaries
describing these different situations. The bro- 8 Private sector
chure only has room for a section of the results. 10 Education and direction
16 Sector and industry
If you desire a more detailed and personal salary
estimate, you can use IDA’s Salary Calculator to 18 Regionally
get a personal salary check-up. 20 Type of position
24 Gender and management
The Salary Calculator and web tables are availa-
ble on our website where you need to use your 26 Working hours and holiday
login to enter.
PUBLIC SECTOR
They are also available on IDAs app (use Google
Play or iTunes to search for “IDA app”). But please 28 Public sector
notice that the app is only available in Danish. 30 Central government
34 Municipal
37 Regions

SELF-EMPLOYED
39 Self-employed
40 Annual income, result and turnover

GENERAL
44 Tips for salary negotiation
4 SALARY DEVELOPMENT

SALARY DEVELOPMENT
In the past year the Danish private sector has seen a salary in- Salary increases for the publicly employed members are also
crease of 3.9%. In the public sector, the salary increase is 3.2%. calculated as the increase in percentages of the total salary of
the graduate year groups in the period 1978-2017, but from the
The salary development for the privately employed is from the period of May 2017 to May 2018. Salary increases for the publicly
period of September 2017 to September 2018. The development employed members are calculated excluding PhD scholars.
is calculated as the increase in percentages of the total salary of
the graduate year groups between 1978-2017. In the calculations,
any changed divisions of the graduate year groups in the sta-
tistics from 2017 and 2018 have been taken into account. Salary
increases for the privately employed members are calculated
excluding senior executives.

Percentage

SALARY
DEVELOPMENT
7,0
Annual increase from 6,7
2001 to 2018 for employ-
ees in the private and
the public sectors as well 5,2
5,4 5,4
5,1
as the annual inflation 4,8
(Consumer price index, 4,5 4,4
4,2 4,3
September - September). 3,8 3,9 3,9 3,9
3,7 3,7 3,6 3,7
3,4
3,2 3,2 3,2
2,9 2,9 2,9 3,0 2,9
2,7
2
1,9 2,0
Private 1,8
1,3 1,2
Public

Inflation
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18
 SALARY DEVELOPMENT 5

Year of graduation Private sector State Municipalities/regions

TABLE 1: 1978-1980 1.2% 3.4% -1.1%
SALARY DEVELOPMENT 1981-1983 1.2% 2.4% 1.3%
Annual salary development in per cent 1984-1986 2.1% 2.1% 0.9%
for employees in the private sector and 1987 2.1% 1.8% 1.4%
employees in the public sector in Govern- 1988 1.8% 2.0% 1.7%
ment and Municipalities/Regions,
1989 2.0% 2.5% 1.5%
divided into year of graduation.
1990 2.7% 2.5% 0.8%
1991 2.1% 2.6% -0.1%
The salary development is calculated
1992 1.2% 2.1% 0.9%
as a three year gradual average of the
development in the average salary of the 1993 0.9% 2.4% 1.4%
graduation year groups. 1994 1.8% 2.5% 2.1%
1995 2.6% 3.1% 1.4%
1996 2.8% 2.6% 2.2%
1997 2.3% 2.4% 2.7%
1998 2.5% 3.1% 2.2%
1999 2.9% 3.3% 2.0%
2000 3.2% 3.7% 0.9%
2001 3.1% 3.6% 1.8%
2002 3.0% 4.3% 1.3%
2003 3.8% 4.3% 2.3%
2004 4.3% 4.5% 2.7%
2005 5.0% 4.2% 2.8%
2006 4.8% 4.4% 2.6%
2007 4.7% 3.9% 3.2%
2008 4.8% 3.9% 3.2%
2009 5.3% 4.4% 3.3%
2010 5.8% 4.6% 2.7%
2011 6.0% 5.4% 2.8%
2012 6.2% 6.1% 4.2%
2013 6.3% 7.2% 6.0%
2014 6.5% 8.3% 7.0%
2015 6.8% 7.9% 6.0%
2016 6.5% 7.2% 4.6%
2017 6.5% 6.0% 3.8%
All 3.9% 3.7% 2.4%
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SALARY DEVELOPMENT Percentage

AND SENIORITY 8,0%
Salary development
7.6%
from September 2017 7,0% 7.2%
to September 2018, divi-
6.5% 6.6%
ded into members with 6,0%
low and high seniority,
and sector. 5,0%

4,0%
3.9%
Private sector 3.7%
3.4% 3.3%
3,0% 3.2%
Public sector 2.8%
2.4%
2,0%
State 1.8%
1,0%
Municipalities/Regions
0,0%
5 year’s seniority More than 5 year’s seniority All
(2013-2017)

GUIDING MINIMUM SALARY FOR 2019

Every year IDA determines a guiding minimum salary for newly
graduated engineers and MScs in the fields of natural science.
The calculation of the guiding minimum salary is based on the
average salary for the youngest year group of private employees
as well as the expected price development for the coming year
(1.6 percent for 2019).
MScs of Engineering, MScs, MScs in Information Technology, and
other members with a long-cycle higher education: DKK 39,800
per month.
BScs of Engineering, Bachelors, and other members with a me-
dium-cycle higher education: DKK 37,900 per month.

Based on the collected salary information, IDA has per January The guiding minimum salary is a gross salary. For private em-
1, 2019 determined the following guiding minimum salaries for ployees this covers salary, pension and benefits reported to the
newly graduated members in the private sector. tax authorities. More about salary on page 8.
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SALARY PROJECTION Example

The salary and the salary development is a snapshot of the
salary level from May/September 2018. If you negotiate salary
at another time you should project/estimate your documented
salary in May/September up to the relevant time. It is difficult
to predict the exact salary development. IDA follows the salary
development and publishes frequently up-to-date projections
on our website (only in danish). The latest available numbers are
shown in table 2. From experience, the salary development in
the labour market for engineers and MScs in the fields of natural
science is a little higher than in the private labour market in
general.
If you have salary negotiations in April 2019 it has been 7 months
since the salary statistics from September 2017. If you want to
know how the salary has changed from September 2018 to April
2019 you can calculate it this way:
Salary April 2019 = Salary September 2018 x (1+ (Salary develop-
ment percent x 7/12)).
Salary development per cent is the expected salary develop-
ment. It may be assumed to be at the same level as that of the
preceding years of 3.9 pct. (0.039).

Expected salary
Institutions development Source
in 2018
TABLE 2:
EXPECTED SALARY The Economic Council 3,0 DØR, Danish economy, Spring 2018; Expected salary development in hourly
wages 2019. (Key figures from prognosis p. 4).
DEVELOPMENT
The different authorities’ The Ministry of Finance 2,8 FM, economic account August 2018; Salary development: hourly wages, private
sector, 2019 (p. 93).
expectations towards the salary
development in 2019 in the LO, the Danish Federation LO, Employment, May 2018; Salary estimate: Hourly wages in the private sector,
2,7
of Trade Unions 2019 (p. 9).
private sector.
Danske Bank 2,3 DB, Nordic Economy, January 2018; Salary estimate: Hourly wages in the indus-
try 2019 (p. 10).
News, Denmark’s National bank. No 4 September 2018; Hourly wages in the
Denmark’s National Bank 3,0 industry 2019 (box 1, p. 2).

Average 2,8 General average

8 PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR
Salary and employment

BASIS
23,747 responses are the basis for the statistics for the private Bonus, performance-related pay,
sector. overtime, one-off fees, etc.

SALARY TERMS Income not

The salary terms used in the salary tables are gross salary which part of the Value of additional holidays or days
is the sum of: gross salary off. Value of tax-exempt fringe bene-
fits. Holiday allowances.
• The monthly salary.

• Supplements in the form of permanent and temporary qualifi- Income from sideline jobs.
cation supplements, functional or other supplements.
Value of taxable goods.
• Value of taxable bonuses.

• Self-paid pension contribution and employer’s pension contri- Self-paid and employer’s pension
bution. contribution.
Gross salary
Irregular payments of overtime, one-off fees, performance-rela- Permanent and temporary monthly
ted pay, bonus etc. as well as income from side-line jobs, are not supplements.
part of the grosssalary. Holiday allowances and value of additio-
nal holidays or days off are not part of the gross salary either. Regular monthly salary.
Salaries from part-time employees are included in the statistics
by being calculated into full-time employees.

Unless indicated, the tables are excl. senior executives.

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PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES’ SALARY LEVEL

Salaries in the private sector vary widely, depending on seniority,
job level, work area, education, direction, industry, region, etc..
The tables and figures on the following pages show salaries di-
vided by these various factors. In this booklet there is only space
to show a sampling of the results.
Salary statistics are available on english.ida.dk.
If needed, more detailed results and tables can be
found in the salary calculator or the web tables.
Both are available on our website and IDA’s app
which can be found at Google Play or iTunes.
When calculating the total salary development,
the chief executives are not included.

PRIVATE SECTOR SALARY Private sector employees, salary development by position type
DEVELOPMENT AND POSITION
The figure shows the average salary development Directors and Managers 1.8%
as a percentage of private sector employees.
Development from September 2017 to Septem-
Project Manager 4.5%
ber 2018.

Management includes: Chief executives, Chief Consultant/ 1.8%

Senior Consultant
Department Heads and Unit Heads.
Specialist 3.1%

Engineer/Academic 4.7%

All 3.9%

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5%
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TABLE 3:
Percent
BACHELOR OF Graduation Year Number Gross Annual who receive
salary 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile Bonus
SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING a bonus
Gross salary divided into Before 1979 78 68,960 61,845 68,186 73,851 85,865 61,498 41.0%
graduation year group. 1979-1980 63 68,083 60,523 68,689 74,762 81,006 62,426 63.5%
1981-1982 77 68,226 61,179 66,375 73,235 80,189 68,138 40.3%
Monthly salary September 2018, 1983-1984 92 68,349 59,750 66,794 76,183 85,689 59,137 41.3%
private sector.
1985-1986 119 72,315 61,285 68,029 77,189 100,244 83,697 42.9%
1987-1988 130 72,166 61,139 67,492 77,189 94,090 88,665 50.8%
Bonus includes performance
1989 75 70,855 61,139 66,977 75,277 93,529 99,291 60.0%
bonuses and lump sum allow-
1990 70 67,739 59,276 65,393 73,903 80,229 57,832 52.9%
ances that are not a regular part
1991 73 70,633 58,373 67,357 76,694 93,189 114,092 52.1%
of monthly salary. Amounts are
average per year for those who 1992 68 65,910 56,441 64,509 71,976 83,031 50,622 54.4%
received bonuses. Bonus 1993 63 68,916 57,089 63,639 75,789 91,969 91,338 54.0%
amount is not included in the 1994 67 67,059 57,940 64,419 75,748 85,439 55,745 49.3%
gross salary. 1995 55 69,554 57,912 66,025 75,565 86,599 66,595 56.4%
1996 61 62,731 56,088 61,900 66,189 72,117 58,570 50.8%

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1997 47 66,964 58,176 65,556 70,039 80,064 60,173 55.3%
1998 20 59,318 52,488 58,394 65,068 73,337 42,460 40.0%
1999 8 66,689 54,639 61,589 67,189 121,689 259,000 25.0%
All 1,166 68,820 59,501 66,213 74,117 85,910 74,153 49.7%
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TABLE 4: Percent
Graduation Number Gross 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile Annual who receive
MASTER OF SCIENCE Year salary Bonus a bonus
IN ENGINEERING
Before 1979 102 70,524 64,562 71,016 77,406 84,499 59,404 43.1%
Gross salary divided into gradu-
1979-1980 86 69,962 62,299 70,039 75,685 82,441 78,930 46.5%
ation year group. Monthly salary
September 2018, private sector. 1981-1982 128 73,020 62,741 69,393 76,280 85,433 70,918 51.6%
1983-1984 131 70,458 63,173 68,001 76,076 83,538 68,120 41.2%
Bonus includes performance 1985-1986 174 71,014 61,889 69,992 77,297 86,296 68,301 46.6%
bonuses and lump sum allow- 1987-1988 222 72,093 62,473 69,789 78,089 89,691 65,717 49.1%
ances that are not a regular 1989 126 75,467 62,189 71,837 82,000 102,351 98,708 54.0%
part of monthly salary. Amounts 1990 122 71,920 62,189 69,982 78,138 87,109 130,488 51.6%
are average per year for those 1991 153 73,008 62,919 69,704 77,439 92,449 85,947 52.3%
who received bonuses. Bonus 1992 141 69,949 60,968 67,813 76,225 85,329 79,379 56.0%
amount is not included in 1993 197 71,476 62,589 69,539 76,789 85,910 65,101 52.3%
the gross salary. 1994 174 71,293 61,368 68,094 77,789 91,544 79,805 50.0%
1995 203 71,000 61,713 68,188 78,108 88,689 94,220 48.8%
1996 154 70,442 60,489 66,999 74,093 87,639 93,063 55.2%
1997 175 69,446 60,189 66,380 75,728 86,589 85,454 54.3%
1998 153 68,136 60,189 66,764 75,127 83,189 73,550 52.3%
1999 148 66,904 57,745 63,226 72,504 85,549 68,723 56.8%
2000 148 67,462 58,200 64,189 73,584 84,048 73,055 56.8%
2001 203 66,680 57,998 63,089 70,149 84,189 68,020 58.1%
2002 184 64,007 56,739 61,635 67,913 79,029 68,551 51.6%
2003 226 63,762 55,489 60,679 69,056 79,627 64,188 46.0%
2004 266 61,011 53,689 59,801 66,189 74,709 56,728 53.4%
2005 318 61,239 54,127 58,772 65,940 74,309 58,276 51.9%
2006 358 59,859 51,743 57,088 64,989 74,189 70,083 46.6%
2007 342 58,592 50,703 55,799 63,189 72,739 100,945 40.1%
2008 350 56,143 49,689 54,417 60,501 66,329 47,265 47.7%
2009 358 55,816 48,909 53,622 60,689 69,189 41,214 40.8%
2010 382 54,485 48,249 52,799 58,779 65,189 39,149 46.9%
2011 460 51,955 45,998 50,425 55,189 64,050 37,389 46.3%
2012 506 50,314 45,549 49,309 53,689 59,607 34,847 44.1%
2013 471 48,041 43,457 46,789 50,949 57,689 44,550 39.1%
2014 521 46,856 42,389 45,549 49,839 55,389 44,439 37.2%
2015 485 44,127 40,489 43,389 46,689 51,189 28,206 39.0%
2016 590 41,837 38,689 40,939 44,179 48,269 25,460 32.5%
2017 580 39,900 37,333 39,619 42,189 44,876 21,352 20.0%
2018 240 39,170 36,889 38,748 40,914 43,584 16,970 8.8%
All 9,577 57,016 45,189 54,513 65,216 76,198 58,427 43.4%
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TABLE 5: Percent
BACHELOR OF Graduation Year Number Gross 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile Annual who receive
salary Bonus
SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING a bonus
Gross salary divided into Before 1979 94 64,186 57,767 63,649 70,122 77,789 66,060 34.0%
graduation year group. 1979-1980 69 66,114 62,017 67,081 70,414 78,289 46,178 39.1%

-
1981-1982 112 65,715 59,106 63,705 70,200 79,477 85,667 34.8%
Monthly salary September. 1983-1984 162 63,366 56,349 62,702 69,359 74,924 52,832 26.5%
2018, private sector. 1985-1986 283 66,514 58,175 64,295 72,345 81,729 75,000 41.0%
1987-1988 330 64,982 56,939 63,252 70,212 80,535 71,827 44.5%
Bonus includes performance 1989 160 65,114 57,039 64,311 70,479 77,138 74,694 40.0%
bonuses and lump sum 1990 190 65,454 58,034 64,089 70,564 78,487 68,060 51.6%
allowances that are not a regular 1991 187 64,078 56,439 61,689 68,619 78,666 51,014 42.8%
part of monthly salary. Amounts 1992 200 63,729 54,744 61,917 69,189 79,449 87,429 46.5%
are average per year for those
1993 198 61,691 53,389 60,313 67,589 77,609 70,353 40.4%
who received bonuses. Bonus
1994 179 63,000 55,770 61,349 67,546 77,949 54,312 41.9%
amount is not included in the
1995 206 62,126 54,853 60,452 67,517 76,766 65,455 45.6%
gross salary.
1996 135 61,123 54,472 60,967 66,497 71,689 39,458 41.5%
1997 43 57,666 51,589 57,649 63,246 67,589 32,175 30.2%
1998 5 57,375 53,980 59,689 60,689 63,730 28,000 60.0%
1999 2
All 2,555 63,991 56,189 62,664 69,489 78,289 66,472 41.5%
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TABLE 6: Percent
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING, Graduation Year Number Gross Annual who receive
salary 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile Bonus
MASTERS OF BUSINESS, a bonus
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 1990-1993 20 61,910 56,098 63,142 70,769 74,127 122,356 40.0%
Gross salary divided into 1994 7 67,524 62,405 64,926 76,189 80,249 91,962 85.7%
graduation year group. 1995 11 62,771 52,260 59,961 71,413 80,749 68,740 63.6%
1996 35 62,640 54,945 61,862 69,189 74,989 64,340 48.6%
Monthly salary September 1997 164 62,103 54,530 60,002 66,996 74,813 69,526 43.9%
2018, private sector. 1998 166 63,835 56,431 61,197 67,604 76,889 53,013 48.8%
1999 169 61,556 54,054 59,809 66,552 75,189 70,878 43.2%
Bonus includes performance 2000 221 60,827 53,689 58,365 65,189 74,989 47,575 54.8%
bonuses and lump sum allow- 2001 190 60,180 52,607 57,566 65,189 75,097 58,725 45.8%
ances that are not a regular part 2002 204 60,091 52,689 57,695 66,278 75,789 63,181 48.5%
of monthly salary. Amounts are
2003 224 57,976 51,805 56,189 62,859 71,189 61,760 44.2%
average per year for those who
2004 265 59,088 52,353 57,690 63,429 74,189 55,589 43.8%
received bonuses. Bonus
2005 275 56,920 50,220 54,859 60,689 68,189 45,831 43.3%
amount is not included in the
2006 252 56,401 50,355 54,639 61,189 69,314 43,574 37.7%
gross salary.
2007 278 54,902 49,172 53,088 58,189 66,189 57,140 41.4%
2008 251 53,045 47,189 51,142 58,289 63,867 44,821 39.0%
2009 252 52,997 47,624 51,297 56,607 63,099 38,105 39.3%
2010 178 51,783 45,989 50,789 56,289 63,097 55,445 39.9%
2011 246 49,508 44,339 48,705 53,109 59,211 44,939 39.0%
2012 294 47,552 43,392 46,244 50,789 56,639 30,288 34.7%
2013 292 47,258 41,901 45,427 49,759 56,189 37,665 37.0%
2014 308 45,070 41,006 44,189 48,694 53,889 43,521 34.1%
2015 363 42,968 39,319 42,189 45,421 49,689 29,158 34.2%
2016 383 40,525 37,589 40,041 43,389 46,169 21,861 29.2%
2017 378 38,917 36,369 38,529 40,789 44,189 14,811 23.5%
2018 304 37,270 35,039 36,924 38,889 41,549 14,592 11.2%
All 5,730 51,234 42,213 49,736 57,689 66,189 46,190 37.6%
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TABLE 7: Percent
MASTER OF SCIENCE Graduation Year Number Gross 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile Annual who receive
salary Bonus
Gross salary divided into a bonus
graduation year group. Before 1987 20 72,837 59,986 71,216 79,897 95,307 64,847 60.0%
1987-1989 11 76,486 66,632 70,989 90,189 91,856 63,907 63.6%
Monthly salary September 1990-1992 22 70,286 59,289 65,043 76,371 93,472 46,585 59.1%
2018, private sector, including 1993-1995 56 65,524 59,600 62,706 72,004 77,079 52,917 55.4%
chief executives. 1996 28 64,007 57,270 63,146 71,248 79,627 40,419 42.9%
1997 18 63,671 60,189 61,289 69,489 79,189 59,239 61.1%
Bonus includes performance 1998 30 67,424 58,949 64,889 73,889 85,504 69,885 40.0%
bonuses and lump sum 1999 20 66,920 60,016 66,204 72,686 80,518 112,655 50.0%
allowances that are not a 2000 39 64,142 56,262 62,080 68,769 82,189 64,263 46.2%
regular part of monthly salary. 2001 41 61,956 55,201 60,587 65,952 76,419 53,438 53.7%
Amounts are average per
2002 35 61,041 53,989 60,550 65,197 74,922 49,822 57.1%
year for those who received
2003 40 59,776 52,870 56,694 64,391 75,689 58,609 50.0%
bonuses. Bonus amount is not
2004 52 58,934 51,317 59,654 64,627 72,307 57,389 46.2%
included in the
2005 60 58,352 50,877 54,839 63,301 77,239 90,341 50.0%
gross salary.
2006 54 54,579 49,189 54,288 58,809 63,189 30,596 33.3%
2007 53 58,150 53,696 57,355 61,349 67,957 48,335 58.5%
2008 60 56,334 50,038 54,116 61,190 67,789 34,789 46.7%
2009 73 52,072 45,189 50,528 57,189 64,189 40,411 39.7%
2010 89 52,113 47,489 51,229 56,065 62,889 48,116 48.3%
2011 100 52,429 46,489 51,154 55,965 64,253 34,321 53.0%
2012 93 48,491 43,140 46,689 52,189 58,819 31,855 48.4%
2013 119 47,305 41,856 46,862 52,350 57,961 37,937 42.9%
2014 139 46,936 41,189 45,832 50,990 57,306 54,424 39.6%
2015 148 44,070 39,689 43,512 48,496 52,189 40,404 35.8%
2016 241 40,290 36,689 40,581 43,468 47,049 27,917 29.5%
2017 189 39,223 34,509 39,232 42,989 47,575 29,219 15.3%
2018 58 38,534 36,189 39,214 41,189 43,689 14,350 8.6%
All 1,888 50,627 41,389 49,069 57,809 67,189 46,015 39.9%
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TABLE 8:
Graduation Construction, Science Computer Chem­ Machine, Energy, Export, Food & Mathematics
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTION High/Low istry, mechanics, Environ­ Mgmt, Related Physics, Earth
Year Plant Informatics power biotech robot ment Bus. Products Sciences
Gross Salary divided into
year of graduation and Before 1979 71,736 67,657 68,629 63,388
educational direction.
1979-1980 68,422 66,787 73,991 71,614
1981-1982 71,044 66,886 76,779 71,072 60,646
Monthly salary September
1983-1984 67,829 71,061 67,869 71,977 67,051 67,374 64,975
2018, private sector, including
1985-1986 72,315 65,009 67,319 79,546 69,844 66,183 75,966 82,418
chief executives.
1987-1988 68,729 74,695 68,818 76,248 70,971 64,361 95,420 65,254
1989 72,412 65,377 68,183 69,900 73,934 80,448
1990 68,731 66,077 67,796 69,279 67,126 64,096 79,916
1991 69,347 70,977 67,645 76,794 69,152 63,273 63,596
1992 66,836 63,609 66,010 70,168 65,215 62,038 62,085 92,680
1993 66,731 71,345 66,819 74,540 66,703 58,841 69,070 61,115
1994 67,546 76,204 64,783 69,325 65,794 63,171 71,607 65,647
1995 67,879 67,282 65,367 70,721 65,423 63,829 64,661 93,975
1996 66,752 65,131 65,116 69,029 63,097 62,235 61,544 56,561 60,817
1997 64,845 65,274 63,952 70,357 64,543 66,097 59,355 53,878 66,287
1998 64,456 66,799 65,446 68,441 66,074 63,092 59,977 62,548
1999 62,210 62,077 62,416 70,670 64,401 67,574 65,171 59,329 69,784
2000 62,039 61,300 60,949 64,199 62,719 67,201 61,719 64,972 67,666
2001 61,322 62,293 60,624 67,482 63,842 68,041 63,436 59,501 63,174
2002 63,389 64,426 60,058 61,038 62,972 63,222 64,318 62,094 61,528
2003 62,233 65,852 57,021 60,906 60,114 60,646 62,273 56,662 65,777
2004 59,668 58,006 58,981 60,798 61,492 56,301 59,850 59,635 61,624
2005 58,838 60,725 58,468 58,902 58,219 55,807 62,523 52,491 59,961
2006 55,979 59,613 58,187 58,397 58,757 59,247 60,822 56,191 57,924
2007 55,065 58,412 56,586 57,196 56,176 54,107 63,024 57,790 57,403
2008 52,995 58,321 54,414 55,078 56,279 52,583 56,316 52,947 51,809
2009 51,214 55,341 53,162 56,382 55,188 52,191 59,146 53,193 54,886
2010 49,278 55,742 51,770 52,753 54,326 51,640 55,331 51,745 54,700
2011 48,744 52,900 51,675 51,704 51,960 47,115 52,652 52,197 54,612
2012 46,893 50,465 49,171 51,117 49,881 47,574 50,138 48,874 50,290
2013 45,044 50,566 48,010 47,791 48,724 46,415 49,761 50,332 47,914
2014 43,974 48,177 45,921 48,036 46,007 46,163 49,545 43,458 46,612
2015 41,307 45,278 43,913 44,405 44,280 43,616 43,580 43,032 45,952
2016 39,541 42,598 41,055 40,779 41,850 41,337 43,036 40,720 43,317
2017 37,892 40,753 40,391 39,635 39,272 38,985 40,583 36,025 40,832
2018 36,798 39,182 38,126 39,146 38,039 38,801 38,355 38,505 40,902
All 55,204 52,929 60,301 58,502 58,793 52,975 51,010 53,923 51,410
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TABLE 9: Research, Construc­ Industry, IT, telecom Energy, Transpor­ Natural Adm.,
WORK AREA Graduation innovation
Year tion, Production, and Electrical Utilities, tation, Sciences, Mgmt, All
Gross salary divided into education Plant Chemistry Engineering Environment Infrastructure Medicine Service
graduation year. Before 1979 69,882 71,294 66,952 65,325 68,518 67,352 78,859 68,461 68,845
1979-1980 69,023 67,577 69,963 66,283 71,013 69,490 75,847 66,888 68,929
Monthly salary September 2018, 1981-1982 70,807 70,338 68,139 67,029 71,352 71,532 87,709 72,838 70,237
private sector, including chief 1983-1984 73,266 66,653 68,987 66,808 70,195 76,417 67,762 72,163 68,168
executives. 1985-1986 70,688 70,445 68,991 67,401 67,528 75,090 77,616 73,296 70,132
1987-1988 72,231 70,118 70,394 69,681 67,553 66,123 76,123 75,030 70,161
Work area is what best describes 1989 72,340 74,057 71,059 67,401 72,520 76,752 71,295 70,718 70,642
what you work with across 1990 69,408 74,056 68,121 64,705 69,438 68,901 67,195 68,796 67,948
industry and education. 1991 74,051 70,483 66,983 68,651 68,771 70,270 79,169 72,810 69,519
1992 67,917 64,966 65,217 65,325 65,039 68,904 69,173 68,367 66,914
1993 69,960 67,824 67,355 67,214 64,978 65,150 74,092 68,950 67,756
1994 69,425 67,906 66,696 66,948 66,433 72,198 70,178 68,890 67,529
1995 67,331 68,084 66,286 66,053 67,659 63,548 73,260 68,654 67,336
1996 63,462 66,166 65,202 64,728 65,587 66,322 73,021 68,335 65,675
1997 63,622 65,464 65,360 64,554 68,827 66,327 70,938 65,383 65,014
1998 65,291 63,892 65,034 65,822 67,095 69,897 70,743 67,660 65,624
1999 64,529 61,693 65,630 62,367 64,826 58,367 66,176 66,265 64,417
2000 63,393 62,245 62,556 62,171 61,296 64,321 65,847 63,787 63,301
2001 63,635 60,804 64,559 62,222 63,466 60,822 68,050 63,550 63,236
2002 62,957 63,040 60,961 61,519 61,479 62,451 66,893 65,235 62,534
2003 61,052 60,881 59,493 60,606 62,064 58,874 65,988 62,717 61,178
2004 58,796 61,446 60,070 59,303 59,986 58,157 62,410 61,685 60,185
2005 59,521 58,404 58,476 59,033 57,674 56,795 64,881 60,522 59,121
2006 56,411 56,476 57,102 58,699 59,557 58,116 61,107 59,076 58,387
2007 57,145 54,910 57,361 57,758 55,982 58,053 59,960 58,195 57,144
2008 55,731 53,201 55,326 55,797 53,854 52,263 57,217 56,718 54,974
2009 52,665 50,906 54,062 54,185 52,965 51,661 59,148 55,119 54,139
2010 52,322 48,472 53,180 54,696 52,388 50,575 54,810 56,008 53,458
2011 50,431 48,512 50,818 53,013 50,488 48,158 53,679 53,412 51,434
2012 49,427 46,846 50,245 49,837 48,714 47,086 51,122 50,314 49,241
2013 46,357 45,114 48,414 48,849 47,907 46,180 48,909 49,259 47,953
2014 45,966 43,598 46,340 46,946 45,518 43,990 48,711 47,658 46,371
2015 43,122 41,404 44,065 44,603 42,816 41,983 45,730 44,644 43,857
2016 40,652 39,341 41,783 42,377 40,681 40,238 41,999 41,065 41,307
2017 39,253 37,623 39,711 40,147 39,130 38,040 41,387 39,190 39,490
2018 37,967 36,904 38,331 38,968 37,591 36,236 39,960 38,686 38,199
All 55,335 54,174 56,087 55,998 57,051 55,636 56,183 58,825 56,181
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TABLE 10: Food,

INDUSTRY Gradua­ Raw material Phar­ Mechani­ Elec­ Consulting Contruction/ IT and Research and
tion Utilities Chem, maceu­ cal/Iron/
extraction, company tronics Engineering building/ Telecommu­ development,
Gross salary divided into Timber, Metal financial
Year agriculture Med. tical industry industry services plant nications services ect.
graduation year group.
Before 1979 72,748 75,159 63,368 72,579 67,775 69,558 70,174 65,848 66,502
Monthly salary Sep- 1979-1980 98,629 66,839 70,612 77,086 66,711 68,659 69,010 63,831 66,083
tember 2018, private 1981-1982 72,923 72,542 85,890 67,260 62,860 67,606 79,820 67,138 69,850
sector, including chief 1983-1984 65,742 74,020 74,635 64,834 67,549 66,687 68,843 66,243 70,652
executives. 1985-1986 70,851 71,344 75,370 65,988 68,880 68,851 74,634 65,793 75,834
1987-1988 90,260 67,228 76,868 79,509 67,937 71,367 68,938 78,977 70,735 70,404
1989 60,943 67,636 67,194 70,399 65,678 71,411 81,233 66,199 71,143
1990 64,047 69,524 70,629 65,765 68,540 68,881 78,105 64,422 68,725
1991 62,845 72,963 75,084 63,818 63,529 69,351 75,305 70,548 71,106
1992 72,489 67,434 65,318 74,615 63,363 63,283 65,036 72,216 66,991 71,232
1993 64,510 68,788 74,930 65,175 66,857 64,560 69,786 64,670 74,582
1994 67,175 64,211 68,076 65,418 63,399 65,430 73,121 67,485 73,329
1995 85,552 68,593 68,776 70,961 61,019 63,575 67,143 71,081 67,026 71,440
1996 65,725 66,180 73,335 61,326 62,089 64,220 71,071 63,685 68,305
1997 65,604 65,422 68,875 61,977 61,764 64,265 65,358 64,236 67,615
1998 70,951 66,369 69,694 66,777 61,013 64,645 62,544 71,954 66,485 70,209
1999 68,956 58,116 70,960 62,784 64,312 63,990 65,969 62,288 66,382
2000 58,819 65,244 69,341 64,216 59,815 61,270 73,624 62,357 65,366
2001 65,532 61,238 68,922 61,060 60,754 60,149 59,409 63,830 65,776
2002 62,780 60,398 64,039 62,033 59,245 59,921 68,742 61,438 68,188
2003 65,642 63,114 65,922 56,100 57,246 59,061 65,912 65,203 62,105
2004 71,761 58,666 57,941 63,130 58,468 59,162 57,632 70,512 60,744 60,464
2005 82,636 58,097 58,565 66,327 55,408 58,006 56,439 64,472 57,928 61,660
2006 79,055 58,892 55,111 64,617 57,569 54,566 55,481 60,771 60,225 59,711
2007 54,556 57,762 61,412 55,139 56,084 54,175 58,391 58,388 60,635
2008 55,792 55,543 58,876 52,570 54,206 51,657 55,857 55,761 58,241
2009 55,491 54,728 58,956 52,114 51,438 50,461 52,612 54,664 57,032
2010 60,885 53,807 52,978 58,404 51,548 51,927 49,826 49,013 55,146 55,912
2011 58,537 52,542 54,461 56,014 49,225 49,488 48,295 51,411 53,656 53,070
2012 54,591 51,370 49,081 55,393 47,248 48,701 46,596 49,477 49,633 50,770
2013 55,889 48,319 48,659 53,665 46,189 46,790 45,254 46,564 48,909 49,745
2014 50,348 49,640 46,559 51,329 46,106 45,580 43,761 45,580 47,801 46,156
2015 45,293 43,288 47,930 43,757 43,711 41,184 43,272 44,852 44,530
2016 40,082 42,676 41,508 45,249 41,038 41,832 39,503 41,075 42,419 42,498
2017 44,261 40,427 39,697 44,197 39,096 39,790 37,870 38,284 40,020 40,470
2018 38,198 37,892 42,724 37,000 38,810 36,915 38,334 38,558 40,082
Total 73,124 58,591 56,467 60,222 55,005 56,056 54,179 56,649 54,928 58,138
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Region
Region Mid Region
TABLE 11: Capital Region Region Zealand Southern
Jutland North Jutland
All
REGION Denmark
Graduation Gross Gross
Gross salary divided
Year Number Number Number Gross Number Gross Number Gross Number Gross
salary salary salary salary salary salary
into graduation year.
Before 1979 176 69,557 34 70,705 26 68,587 36 63,167 13 70,586 285 68,845
Monthly salary September 2018, 1979-1980 139 69,392 24 74,086 22 67,282 38 66,170 11 64,646 234 68,929
private sector, including chief 1981-1982 183 73,164 40 69,878 54 65,953 54 65,856 18 67,271 349 70,237
executives. 1983-1984 230 71,070 49 65,552 58 64,600 62 62,954 24 67,792 423 68,168
1985-1986 284 74,137 77 70,317 99 65,264 128 66,132 45 66,624 633 70,132
1987-1988 378 73,287 79 70,311 109 63,153 140 67,403 42 69,118 748 70,161
1989 183 72,583 61 70,485 43 72,158 80 67,058 24 65,466 391 70,642
1990 189 71,845 51 70,972 53 64,602 89 62,660 32 60,358 414 67,948
1991 220 73,947 57 68,870 64 62,874 79 63,700 33 67,937 453 69,519
1992 213 69,339 45 70,416 64 66,302 99 61,869 27 61,900 448 66,914
1993 248 70,627 50 68,609 74 63,526 99 66,364 44 60,853 515 67,756
1994 220 71,287 53 68,601 64 62,267 106 63,155 41 65,493 484 67,529
1995 237 72,208 62 67,533 75 63,330 98 62,730 53 59,511 525 67,336
1996 215 68,629 65 65,020 53 62,807 88 61,979 31 61,962 452 65,675
1997 223 68,314 61 64,316 55 60,759 117 61,674 22 61,896 478 65,014
1998 209 67,439 53 67,422 50 62,917 69 63,252 24 58,311 405 65,624
1999 184 66,777 44 63,146 47 62,255 74 61,866 40 62,213 389 64,417
2000 218 67,241 37 61,695 64 57,461 87 60,772 41 58,280 447 63,301
2001 245 65,874 34 68,302 69 59,332 86 58,251 47 60,677 481 63,236
2002 200 64,859 56 64,733 79 58,555 91 60,281 36 60,617 462 62,534
2003 242 64,479 73 60,642 78 58,011 134 57,843 42 59,615 569 61,178
2004 283 62,042 70 63,669 94 57,655 156 57,497 47 57,804 650 60,185
2005 346 61,265 56 59,673 116 57,133 155 57,104 65 55,589 738 59,121
2006 355 60,539 44 62,391 113 54,774 160 54,906 62 58,791 734 58,387
2007 381 59,210 54 56,796 128 54,352 161 55,795 61 53,964 785 57,144
2008 386 56,207 50 59,206 110 52,757 147 53,013 61 52,429 754 54,974
2009 403 55,931 55 55,429 106 51,333 166 51,897 51 51,711 781 54,139
2010 408 55,295 52 54,609 90 49,897 156 51,066 47 50,998 753 53,458
2011 467 53,585 60 52,403 137 49,502 208 48,852 62 47,226 934 51,434
2012 550 50,588 59 50,824 120 47,670 217 47,184 79 46,714 1,025 49,241
2013 523 49,697 50 48,672 142 46,410 242 46,053 84 44,751 1,041 47,953
2014 585 47,314 60 49,186 145 43,981 265 45,712 85 44,030 1,140 46,371
2015 646 44,617 59 45,949 148 42,288 256 43,193 86 41,396 1,195 43,857
2016 726 42,347 78 41,852 189 40,417 321 40,162 131 39,311 1,445 41,307
2017 711 40,395 75 40,633 189 38,166 315 38,596 113 37,744 1,403 39,490
2018 349 39,277 40 39,436 147 36,521 188 37,265 60 38,134 784 38,199
All 11,755 58,056 1,967 60,585 3,274 53,356 4,967 53,058 1,784 52,848 23,747 56,181
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SALARY LEVEL BY MUNICIPALITY

The figure shows the grouped
average monthly gross salary by Gross salary
municipality. 49,000 - 53,499
53,500 - 55,999
Gross salary is grouped into 5 per-
centiles with about 20 percent of the 56,000 - 58,099
municipalities in each percentile. 58,100 - 61,799
61,800 - 70,800
Monthly salary September 2018.
Private sector, including chief exec- Less than 5
utives. members
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TYPE OF POSITION
Monthly gross salary Gross salary
September 2018 divided
150,000
into type of position and
graduation year. 140,000

130,000
Only year groups with a
minimum of 5 respon- 120,000
dents are included.
110,000
100,000
CEO and Functional Director 90,000
Department Head/
Manager 80,000

Project Manager 70,000

Chief Consultant/ 60,000

Senior Consultant 50,000
Specialist
40,000
Engineer/Academic
employee/Consultant 30,000
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
TABLE 12:
Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­ Årlig Procent
TYPE OF POSITION Number Percent salary centile centile centile centile Bonus der har
Salary divided into type of po- bonus
sition. Monthly salary September CEO 215 1% 97,193 70,189 91,189 114,389 143,473 247,977 47.9%
2018, private sector. Functional Director 629 3% 92,431 76,564 87,418 102,489 125,189 158,407 71.7%
Department Head/Manager 2,536 11% 67,338 58,303 66,644 75,116 84,142 75,876 55.4%
Bonus includes performance Project Manager 3,888 16% 57,515 49,006 56,814 64,689 72,315 49,408 38.0%
bonuses and lump sum Chief/Senior Consultant 1,499 6% 62,903 55,189 62,189 68,889 76,189 71,739 48.5%
allowances that are not a Specialist 4,331 18% 57,995 49,415 57,189 65,189 72,899 50,396 43.5%
regular part of monthly salary. Engineer/ Academic employee /
Consultant 9,447 40% 47,940 40,586 46,189 53,696 61,189 32,510 34.9%
Amounts are average per year
for those who received Other/position not stated 1,202 5% 51,873 39,289 48,739 61,209 74,135 67,919 33.8%
bonuses. Bonus amount is not All 23,747 100% 56,181 44,739 54,081 64,189 74,686 57,269 41.1%
included in the gross salary.
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TABLE 13: CEO/ Department

TYPE OF POSITION Graduation Functional Head/Department Project Chief Consultant/ Specialist Engineer/ All
Year Director Manager Manager Senior Consultant Academic
Gross salary divided into type
of position and graduation Before 1979 105,138 82,352 67,563 70,887 68,532 62,186 68,845
year. All educational programs. 1979-1980 94,055 72,725 67,098 69,095 70,538 61,746 68,929
1981-1982 116,448 75,879 69,071 68,441 67,926 60,081 70,237
Monthly salary September 1983-1984 102,683 74,040 65,430 67,543 68,608 60,106 68,168
2018, private sector including 1985-1986 102,425 73,986 67,776 69,641 67,669 61,037 70,132
chief executives. 1987-1988 107,987 74,774 68,326 67,523 65,855 60,144 70,161
1989 106,194 78,389 67,024 65,006 66,311 59,824 70,642
1990 94,290 74,607 65,681 66,243 65,015 60,138 67,948
1991 101,556 75,504 66,960 69,352 64,213 60,435 69,519
1992 97,478 70,581 65,781 65,173 63,237 57,991 66,914
1993 104,091 72,054 64,741 65,720 65,823 57,490 67,756
1994 92,676 73,593 64,351 66,493 65,781 59,263 67,529
1995 99,725 72,344 64,507 65,529 64,163 58,114 67,336
1996 96,297 71,512 64,208 63,467 64,765 57,374 65,675
1997 88,804 72,129 62,806 69,383 63,573 56,733 65,014
1998 93,461 72,663 62,930 62,053 64,148 57,041 65,624
1999 91,764 68,721 61,305 64,360 62,144 56,084 64,417
2000 96,332 69,922 61,585 63,477 63,942 56,431 63,301
2001 87,737 70,413 59,452 59,531 62,085 56,597 63,236
2002 84,915 66,816 61,321 65,167 61,285 55,027 62,534
2003 87,312 66,730 59,910 62,363 59,292 53,836 61,178
2004 81,832 66,134 58,672 62,373 57,632 54,379 60,185
2005 84,209 66,275 57,501 60,796 58,880 53,611 59,121
2006 83,983 65,614 58,151 60,731 57,919 52,910 58,387
2007 75,150 64,549 55,961 60,582 57,145 52,413 57,144
2008 80,883 62,679 54,304 57,500 54,944 51,287 54,974
2009 87,019 61,906 54,070 57,921 53,150 49,703 54,139
2010 75,651 62,016 54,289 61,261 52,745 49,837 53,458
2011 71,558 58,358 50,887 59,510 51,485 48,415 51,434
2012 57,316 51,095 52,818 49,774 47,239 49,241
2013 75,216 56,326 49,289 56,312 49,363 45,901 47,953
2014 66,296 52,206 47,327 53,269 47,384 44,688 46,371
2015 55,436 50,130 44,331 51,163 46,126 42,814 43,857
2016 45,541 41,633 47,238 43,017 40,814 41,307
2017 42,818 39,908 47,005 41,414 39,253 39,490
2018 42,156 38,002 40,063 38,193 38,199
All 93,644 67,338 57,515 62,903 57,995 47,940 56,181
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TABLE 14: CEO/ Department Head/ Functional Manager/

All management
STAFF RESPONSIBILITY Functional Director Department Manager Project Director
Gross salary divided into type
Number of employees Number Gross Number Gross Number Gross Number Gross
of position and scope of staff salary salary salary salary
responsibility. 0 20 71,809 62 63,254 3,295 57,490 3,377 57,681
1-4 77 83,001 649 63,810 318 55,951 1,044 62,832
Monthly salary September 2018,
5-10 104 85,363 911 67,664 157 56,133 1,172 67,690
private sector. All management
11-19 114 83,670 555 69,664 53 63,308 722 71,409
(excluding not stated staff
20-29 106 92,874 219 69,111 26 69,200 351 76,294
responsibility).
30-50 158 90,654 96 70,350 16 62,605 270 81,772
51-100 127 97,454 39 72,960 5 61,035 171 90,803
101-200 73 104,441 4 1 78 102,692
201-500 52 122,715 0 0 52 122,715
501-1000 8 163,016 0 1 9 152,135
1,001 + 4 0 0 4
All 843 93,684 2,535 67,332 3,872 57,499 7,250 65,145

Number of
Chief/ Engineer/
TABLE 15: engineers/ CEO Functional Manager/ Project Senior Specialist Academic All
COMPANY SIZE masters in the Director Proj. dir. Manager
company Consult. employee
Gross salary divided into position
1-9 89,132 89,013 63,700 53,337 60,699 53,990 45,293 54,605
type and number of engineers/
10-24 102,997 91,854 65,422 54,465 62,314 55,610 46,499 54,632
MSCs in the company.
25-99 110,932 92,168 69,269 58,005 62,978 58,513 48,616 56,727
Monthly salary September 2018, 100-249 121,364 92,533 70,604 60,687 66,488 59,467 50,085 58,500
private sector. 250+ 194,379 96,901 70,187 60,947 63,427 59,888 49,024 57,597
All 98,188 92,472 67,513 57,568 63,014 58,006 47,971 56,450
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TABLE 16: Management Non-management

FIXED SALARY Fixed salary Not fixed salary Fixed salary Not fixed salary
Gross salary divided into Graduation Number Gross salary Number Gross salary Number Gross salary Number Gross salary
management, fixed salary and Year
graduation year. Before 1979 54 79,150 33 65,883 104 68,102 86 65,554
1979-1980 55 74,316 20 67,013 92 68,340 65 66,012
Monthly salary September 1981-1982 94 83,123 29 63,126 132 66,755 87 64,650
2018, private sector. 1983-1984 126 75,960 41 64,919 149 67,187 98 62,127
1985-1986 200 80,335 48 66,505 239 66,781 135 61,785
Management includes: Chief 1987-1988 268 81,532 56 63,319 270 65,845 135 60,020
executives, Functional Directors, 1989 141 82,135 37 67,175 141 65,284 67 60,492
Department Heads and Project 1990 145 76,732 35 62,474 161 64,486 66 60,318
Managers. 1991 161 79,248 41 64,691 153 65,414 86 61,129
1992 169 75,677 34 63,792 157 62,630 83 58,650
Non-management includes: 1993 171 79,213 61 60,599 182 63,464 89 60,207
Engineers, Academics, 1994 178 74,937 43 61,346 174 65,688 81 59,062
Consultants, Specialists and 1995 177 76,255 43 66,316 203 63,377 90 59,304
Chief Consultants.
1996 142 73,895 36 63,254 183 62,657 84 59,812
1997 152 71,268 52 63,577 186 62,798 81 59,745
Employees on fixed salary are
1998 147 73,119 25 60,414 128 63,317 97 58,650
not entitled to overtime and/
1999 133 71,335 43 63,799 139 61,357 69 57,459
or a right to time off according
to their contract. 2000 126 71,093 42 58,428 185 61,864 89 57,656
2001 165 70,683 34 58,246 196 60,320 75 56,931
2002 150 69,319 40 61,700 171 60,636 89 55,260
2003 169 69,151 45 55,899 241 58,422 101 55,989
2004 194 67,119 54 57,310 260 58,373 133 54,927
2005 217 65,643 62 57,126 300 57,001 146 54,657
2006 228 64,614 35 53,128 317 57,021 148 52,841
2007 215 62,835 71 53,795 303 56,338 179 53,002
2008 180 61,672 61 51,115 305 54,156 180 51,219
2009 188 61,935 59 51,249 340 52,367 181 50,342
2010 167 60,756 45 50,986 337 52,220 183 49,973
2011 193 56,951 77 49,910 404 51,165 239 48,197
2012 180 54,317 57 48,308 449 48,402 314 47,789
2013 173 53,458 46 46,781 459 47,691 335 45,796
2014 159 50,782 57 45,143 522 46,289 363 44,661
2015 121 46,606 60 44,231 568 44,223 406 42,606
2016 133 42,855 34 40,495 759 41,766 446 40,390
2017 106 40,922 34 38,677 710 40,141 486 38,500
2018 48 38,505 14 38,949 403 38,700 271 37,643
All 5,625 67,659 1,604 56,511 10,022 53,624 5,863 50,075
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GENDER, MANAGEMENT Gross salary

AND GROSS SALARY
80,000
Gross salary by gender, manage-
ment and graduation year 75,000
(3 year gliding average).
70,000
Management includes: Chief
65,000
executives, Functional Directors,
Department Heads and Project 60,000
Managers.
55,000

50,000

45,000
Male, Manager
40,000
Female, Manager
Male, non-manager 35,000
Female, non-manager 30,000

2000
2004
2008
2009

2006
2007

2002
2005

2003

1980
1984
2010

2001
2014

1988
1990
1994
2018

1998

1989

1986
2016

1987
1999

1996
2017

1982
1985

1983
2012

1997

1979
2015

2013

1992
1995

1993

1981
2011

1991
Candidate year

Percentage of members
80%
GENDER AND
MANAGEMENT 70%
73%
Distribution of men and women 69%
60%
with management tasks. The fi-
gure amounts to 100 percent for 50%
men and women, respectively.
40%
Management includes: Chief 30%
executives, Functional Directors,
Department Heads and Project 20%
Managers. 10% 17% 15% 14%
12%
0%
Female Male Female Male Female Male
Management staff Management without Position without management
with responsibility personnel responsibility
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Manager, with staff responsibility Manager, without staff responsibility Non-management

TABLE 17:
Female Male Female Male Female Male
MEN AND WOMEN
Gross salary divided into Graduation Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross
Year Number salary Number salary Number salary Number salary Number salary Number salary
management with and
without staff responsibilities Before 1979 0 35 81,849 1 52 68,152 7 65,556 190 66,769
and graduation year. 1979-1980 1 33 78,003 5 67,578 37 67,558 16 70,648 142 67,016
Monthly salary September 1981-1982 2 57 92,119 7 61,426 58 66,882 15 60,329 210 66,212
2018, private sector. 1983-1984 7 91,711 78 79,102 6 63,393 80 65,902 11 67,747 241 64,835
1985-1986 12 84,364 126 84,876 8 69,492 104 68,660 22 63,676 361 65,344
Management includes: Chief 1987-1988 20 80,643 169 86,992 20 63,953 117 67,992 35 62,471 387 63,941
executives, Functional Directors, 1989 11 84,764 90 88,772 9 66,867 68 66,806 50 62,927 163 63,854
Department Heads and Project 1990 19 78,465 89 80,584 11 64,852 61 64,535 30 57,380 204 64,198
Managers. 1991 17 76,643 100 84,172 19 68,898 67 66,558 35 64,998 215 63,854
1992 32 74,712 102 78,833 13 64,536 56 65,851 53 59,413 192 61,825
1993 30 85,322 107 79,974 19 66,217 76 64,039 63 59,280 220 63,263
1994 21 75,792 100 79,427 23 63,347 79 64,668 41 60,595 220 64,088
1995 35 77,684 105 80,520 17 64,233 65 64,681 54 58,678 249 63,105
1996 14 69,984 87 78,880 13 60,404 64 64,728 57 57,748 217 62,781
1997 14 73,000 102 75,104 26 59,949 64 62,614 54 58,859 218 62,614
1998 12 71,733 82 78,537 19 61,503 59 64,227 52 61,860 181 61,338
1999 23 70,411 89 74,377 13 66,253 52 60,766 35 59,848 177 60,470
2000 16 81,611 79 70,901 15 59,671 59 62,138 52 58,382 226 61,024
2001 23 68,746 97 75,728 20 61,144 61 58,934 55 57,707 225 59,992
2002 12 70,223 103 72,227 13 58,038 63 61,748 50 56,794 221 59,386
2003 17 65,695 107 71,812 27 57,943 63 60,902 56 58,163 299 58,031
2004 27 63,962 127 70,266 24 55,288 71 59,308 69 55,062 332 57,628
2005 18 71,045 134 68,837 25 54,949 103 57,910 96 54,635 362 56,754
2006 23 65,149 127 67,228 23 54,762 91 58,709 72 53,027 398 56,280
2007 19 60,917 133 66,123 40 54,175 95 55,411 95 54,882 403 55,239
2008 23 58,284 98 65,192 30 52,633 91 54,787 112 51,096 400 53,585
2009 17 56,746 109 65,947 33 51,053 89 54,790 113 50,064 420 52,169
2010 16 61,962 100 63,309 18 50,021 79 54,097 144 48,955 396 52,294
2011 17 57,973 116 59,667 30 49,606 111 51,175 164 48,196 496 50,524
2012 16 54,385 87 56,009 28 48,033 107 51,321 218 47,607 569 48,355
2013 10 54,056 81 57,514 36 48,416 92 48,457 194 46,089 628 47,098
2014 21 49,766 75 52,646 35 46,365 86 47,312 226 45,051 697 45,906
2015 6 43,882 61 49,330 35 42,561 80 44,703 283 43,158 730 43,640
2016 8 37,531 61 44,716 29 40,532 70 41,672 334 40,319 943 41,466
2017 11 39,491 31 41,824 22 39,256 77 40,070 356 38,773 906 39,649
2018 4 22 38,828 9 38,115 27 38,557 174 37,576 548 38,351
All 574 68,554 3299 72,191 721 54,776 2674 58,497 3493 48,819 12986 53,148
26 PRIVATE SECTOR

WORKING HOURS Timer pr. uge WORKING Hours per week

Weekly working HOURS AND
50 50
hours (including FIXED SALARY
45 45
lunch), by position Weekly working
level. 40 43.6 hours (including 40
41.3 40.6 41.2 41.5 40.5 41.2
35 lunch), by employees 35
Private sector, 2018 30 with fixed salary and 30
excluding part-time 25 employees without 25
employees. 20 it. Fixed salary is 20
15 employment without 15
10
the right to overtime 10
and/or a right to time
5 5
off according to their
0 0
contract.
Manager Project Non-manage- All Fixed salary Without All
(Chief Executi- Manager, ment (Engineer, (68 pct. fixed salary
ves, Functional Project Academic, Con- have a
Directors, Head sultant, Specialist, fixed salary)
Department Chief Consultant)
Heads)

Engineer/
Department Project Chief-/senior
Benefits CEO/Director Head Manager consulant Specialist academic All
employee
TABLE 18: Car 45% 13% 5% 4% 3% 1% 5%
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Telephone/mobile telephone 94% 86% 76% 83% 66% 51% 65%
Percentage who have employee Newspapers/magazines 36% 14% 9% 15% 4% 3% 8%
benefits by position type, private Company-paid home PC 37% 24% 18% 20% 12% 13% 16%
sector 2018. Internet access at home 81% 69% 53% 65% 52% 40% 50%
Health Insurance, Medical Insurance 84% 80% 75% 77% 75% 69% 72%
The total percentage is higher
Fitness, massage, wellness 26% 26% 25% 27% 27% 25% 25%
than 100 as many have more
Lunch scheme 59% 61% 56% 67% 61% 55% 57%
than one benefit.
Fruit, coffee/tea, etc. 87% 87% 85% 86% 86% 83% 83%
Employee shares/bonds, options 24% 13% 10% 12% 11% 9% 10%
Extra holiday bonus in addition to 1% 12% 12% 12% 15% 15% 8% 11%
Subscriptions and memberships 10% 6% 4% 5% 4% 2% 4%
Other employee benefits 3% 4% 3% 5% 4% 4% 4%
No employee benefits 0% 1% 2% 1% 2% 4% 4%

The sum adds up to more than 100 pct. as many have several goods.
 PRIVATE SECTOR 27

TABLE 19: Percent TABLE 23: Percent

EXTRA HOLIDAYS 0 days 14% CLAUSES Non-competition clause 12%
Those who have more than 1-4 days 5% The scope and type of clauses Customer clause 4%
5 weeks annual holiday as 5 days 74% that restrict employees from Employee clause 3%
provided by holiday regulations. 6-9 days 5% freely changing jobs. Private Job clause 1%
Private sector 2018 (full- 10 days or longer 2% sector 2018 (including execu- Other limitations 1%
time employees including Total 100% tives). No clauses 82%
executives).

TABLE 20: Percent

PAID HOLIDAYS Christmas Day 82%
Holidays other than extra holi- TABLE 24: Percent
New Year’s Eve Day 74%
days (see table 19). Private sector CLAUSES AND POSITION Executive (CEO / Chief Executive) 42%
Friday after the ascension of Christ 22% The scope of clauses that restrict
September 2018 (fulltime em- Functional Director 30%
Constitution Day 52% employees from freely changing
ployees including executives). Department Head/
20%
1st of May 9% jobs divided into type of positi- Department Manager
No extra holidays 14% on. Private sector 2018 (including Project Manager 15%
executives). Chief Consultant/Senior Consultant 19%
Specialist 17%
Engineer/Academic employee/
TABLE 21: Percent Consultant 17%
LUNCHTIME Yes 11% All 18%
Proportion of members who No 87%
have paid lunchtime.
Don’t know 2%
Private sector 2018, excluding
Total 100%
part-time employees , including
executives.

Average change
Percent in monthly TABLE 25: Percent
TABLE 22: salary (DKK) ANNUAL TRAVEL DAYS 0 days 30%
CHANGE OF JOB Higher salary 14% 6.290 Private sector employees 2018 1-5 days 26%
The scope and result of job Unchanged 3% 0 (full-time positions including 6-10 days 15%
change within the last 12 Lower salary 2% -7.368 chief executives). A travel day 11 to 20 days 12%
months. Private sector 2018 is a working day, where you do 21 to 50 days 9%
No job change 81%
(full-time employees. including not sleep at home.
Alle 100% 3.812 51 to 100 days 2%
executives). Job changes include
More than 100 days 1%
moving from another company
Don’t know / not stated 4%
or to a significantly new job fun-
Total 100%
ction in the same company.
28 PUBLIC SECTOR

PUBLIC SECTOR
Salary and employment

Salary statistics for members in the public sector are divided

into central government staff and municipal/regional emplo-
yees.

DATA BASIS
For central government employees, the salary statistics are
based on registerbased information from government salary
databases. IDA’s Salary Statistics are based on data from 6,878
central government employees, representing 82 percent of
the members who are registered with government employ-
ment. Overtime.

For municipal/regional employees, the salary statistics in this Amount not Value of extra holidays or days off.
booklet are based on entries in the municipal/regional salary
included in
negotiation databases available through Municipal and Re-
gional Pay Data (www.krl.dk). IDA Salary Statistics are based gross salary Value of taxable benefits.
on information from 3,410 IDA members employed in muni-
cipalities and regions, which represents approximately 77 per Income from sideline jobs.
cent of the members who are registered with municipal or
regional employment.
Fixed monthly scale salary/base pay.
On MyIDA there is now a new version of the salary calculator
which includes both public and private employees. Permanent and temporary/centrali-
Gross salary sed and decentralised supplements.

Private and employer pension

contributions.
 PUBLIC SECTOR 29

SALARY TERMS BASE SALARY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

As a salary term in the following salary tables, gross salary is used Public sector salary is determined on the basis of the collective-
to represent the sum of: ly negotiated base salary and pension for the various seniority
levels and occupational groups.
• The collectively agreed monthly scale salary/base pay
Base salary is the minimum salary that a publicly employed
• Permanent and temporary/centralised and decentralised sup- engineer (graduate) is guaranteed. In addition to the base salary
plements negotiations are made for personal allowances, which can be
provided for special skills or experience.
• Private pension contributions and employer’s pension contri-
butions Researchers and educators at universities, university colleges,
vocational schools, etc. get special allowances related to the
For government employment, gross salary is equivalent to the position in question. All details of the amounts of base salary and
term: “total salary, standard” which is used on, e.g., the state’s fixed allowances can be viewed on our webpage.
salary database Lønoverblik.dk. For employees in municipals and
regions the salary term is equal to base salary, allowance and
pension contribution as presented at krl.dk
Base salary including private and employer pension contributions
Salary for part-time employees is not part of IDA’s Salary Statis-
tics for the public sector. Pay scale/position National Municipalities Regions
Grade 4 29.922 31.932 31.837
Grade 5 32.248 34.009 33.908
Grade 6 34.370 35.728 35.621
Grade 8 36.460 39.030 38.914
TABLE 26: Specialist consultants, lower 47.300 49.001 48.855
BASE SALARY Chief consultants, lower 50.912 52.667 52.510
AND SALARY LEVELS Manager, salary scale 35 / scale interval 49 46.264 49.292 49.452
Amount according to collec- Manager, salary scale 36 / scale interval 50 49.490 52.936 53.117
tive agreement, effective 1 Manager, salary scale 37 / scale interval 51 54.662 58.503 58.704
October 2018. For managers Manager, salary scale 38 / scale interval 52 62.196 66.780 66.809
the salary scale amount is Manager, salary scale 39 / scale interval 53 68.289 73.271 73.530
for the state while salary lev- Manager, salary scale 40 / scale interval 54 76.410 82.083 82.376
el relates to municipalities Manager, salary scale 41 / scale interval 55 86.163 92.487 92.814
and regions. Manager, salary scale 42 / scale interval 55+ 97.100 104.154 104.520
Manager, salary scale 42+ 103.502
Source: IDA Public pay scales, 1. october 2018. In municipalities and regions,
scale interval 49, 51 and 52 is inclusive base salary supplement.
30 PUBLIC SECTOR

TABLE 27: Regular employee, Other at

Graduation general employee Special Advisor Chief Consultant Manager All*
CENTRAL GOVERN- salary scale 36
Year
MENT OCCUPATION Number Average Number Average Number Average Number Average Number Average Number Average
LEVEL Before 1979 78 54,347 11 54,718 15 61,145 4 26 72,413 139 58,766
Gross salary by 1979-1980 65 53,107 4 12 62,902 7 69,237 18 81,273 114 59,311
occupation level and 1981-1982 108 52,783 11 53,723 12 58,049 8 64,781 17 75,951 164 56,143
graduation year. 1983-1984 103 53,429 13 53,061 16 59,326 9 63,582 22 74,913 173 57,058
Monthly salary May
1985-1986 148 52,625 23 54,487 15 59,942 10 67,278 29 77,394 236 56,887
2018, central govern-
1987-1988 162 52,136 24 54,850 25 59,411 12 68,264 32 78,331 268 56,730
ment employee.
1989 84 51,353 18 53,790 11 60,354 7 73,701 15 80,206 142 56,810
1990 99 51,376 14 53,853 17 59,613 7 61,409 15 75,273 157 55,203
*All is not alone
1991 96 52,934 18 54,460 13 63,615 9 62,616 26 76,748 179 57,605
the sum of the five
groups in the table, 1992 73 51,827 18 53,227 3 5 60,596 11 76,891 121 54,661
but also other, eg. 1993 101 50,872 13 54,784 14 59,416 6 64,485 15 79,330 159 55,082
others in salary scale 1994 86 51,586 13 53,035 9 58,503 5 64,025 10 75,468 127 54,912
35, but not Ph.D. 1995 86 52,474 21 52,654 16 59,434 5 66,257 10 70,519 146 54,886
1996 76 51,584 22 53,792 7 61,061 5 63,877 14 75,137 136 55,437
Managers are 1997 66 51,838 13 54,622 8 60,065 4 8 73,755 107 55,078
employed at salary 1998 74 51,350 12 52,196 7 59,398 8 69,554 9 70,088 114 54,717
scale 37 or higher. 1999 87 51,477 15 54,278 6 60,452 6 63,519 3 122 53,407
2000 82 50,453 16 52,842 6 59,075 3 7 73,852 126 52,362
2001 76 51,243 12 54,407 5 56,997 5 60,717 2 108 52,727
2002 90 49,821 12 52,836 6 57,818 4 4 126 51,774
2003 120 50,085 13 52,960 4 58,432 1 2 152 51,013
2004 100 48,756 9 51,516 10 59,316 3 1 130 50,477
2005 131 48,575 21 52,301 5 56,115 1 3 167 49,724
2006 122 47,877 15 51,312 1 1 1 151 48,662
2007 144 47,009 16 51,688 5 58,785 2 2 175 48,151
2008 153 46,301 15 51,922 4 1 1 183 47,112
2009 158 45,265 15 53,045 2 1 0 184 46,311
2010 164 44,842 17 51,295 6 54,091 1 1 196 45,962
2011 165 44,246 17 51,548 1 1 1 195 45,358
2012 202 43,214 11 50,316 3 1 0 222 43,811
2013 204 42,951 10 49,393 0 1 1 223 43,475
2014 203 40,724 0 1 1 0 212 40,896
2015 173 38,882 3 0 0 0 187 39,189
2016 236 36,031 4 0 0 0 246 36,405
2017 277 35,269 0 0 0 0 280 35,235
2018 38 34,011 0 0 0 0 39 34,073
All 4,430 46,595 469 53,045 265 59,575 144 64,783 306 75,901 5,906 49,780
 PUBLIC SECTOR 31

TABLE 28: Pension

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Graduation Year Number Base Gross 25 50 75 90
salary Allowance contribu­
tions salary percentile percentile percentile percentile
GENERAL EMPLOYEES
Gross salary and allowances Before 1979 78 31,125 15,210 8,013 54,347 50,302 54,190 57,598 62,880
by graduation year group. 1979-1980 65 31,037 14,241 7,828 53,107 49,839 52,560 56,158 60,364
1981-1982 108 31,009 14,002 7,772 52,783 48,831 52,857 56,510 60,028
Monthly salary May 2018, 1983-1984 103 30,919 14,621 7,888 53,429 49,808 53,171 56,210 62,379
general employee, excluding 1985-1986 148 31,050 13,820 7,755 52,625 49,299 51,720 55,199 60,364
Chief and Special Consultants, 1987-1988 162 31,090 13,357 7,689 52,136 48,788 51,351 54,738 59,052
managers and PhD students. 1989 84 30,983 12,780 7,590 51,353 48,831 51,337 54,217 56,888
1990 99 31,011 12,795 7,570 51,376 48,808 50,605 54,863 57,442
Percentiles calculated on 1991 96 31,012 14,102 7,820 52,934 49,373 52,588 55,730 60,016
gross salary. 1992 73 30,884 13,324 7,619 51,827 48,024 50,897 55,103 58,242
1993 101 30,947 12,426 7,498 50,872 47,577 50,135 53,621 57,959
1994 86 31,153 12,861 7,572 51,586 47,463 50,406 54,728 60,166
1995 86 31,028 13,703 7,743 52,474 49,236 52,504 55,740 57,713
1996 76 30,935 13,082 7,566 51,584 48,741 50,751 53,958 58,677
1997 66 30,983 13,252 7,604 51,838 47,859 51,039 54,846 57,755
1998 74 30,891 12,912 7,547 51,350 47,198 51,459 55,145 59,327
1999 87 30,889 13,024 7,563 51,477 47,488 50,991 55,367 58,569
2000 82 30,939 12,094 7,436 50,453 47,463 49,453 54,077 57,755
2001 76 30,865 12,838 7,540 51,243 47,696 50,842 54,971 59,005
2002 90 30,883 11,635 7,310 49,821 46,471 49,011 51,911 56,630
2003 120 30,983 11,723 7,379 50,085 47,132 49,728 53,209 56,057
2004 100 30,893 10,665 7,198 48,756 45,291 48,023 51,784 55,194
2005 131 30,948 10,504 7,123 48,575 45,751 48,037 51,061 52,701
2006 122 30,924 9,878 7,074 47,877 44,723 47,445 50,427 53,767
2007 144 30,828 9,249 6,931 47,009 44,551 46,584 48,760 51,988
2008 153 30,893 8,541 6,866 46,301 43,162 46,177 48,225 51,450
2009 158 30,915 7,647 6,703 45,265 41,719 45,165 47,837 49,926
2010 164 30,982 7,221 6,639 44,842 41,596 43,762 47,245 50,319
2011 165 30,706 6,969 6,571 44,246 41,596 43,559 45,916 48,330
2012 202 30,785 6,027 6,402 43,214 41,596 42,263 44,405 47,682
2013 204 30,538 6,068 6,345 42,951 41,178 41,596 43,684 48,427
2014 203 29,502 5,195 6,026 40,724 38,545 40,187 41,781 44,263
2015 173 27,933 5,160 5,789 38,882 36,031 38,253 41,596 43,684
2016 236 26,419 4,277 5,335 36,031 33,827 34,749 37,847 41,596
2017 277 26,230 3,817 5,227 35,269 33,827 33,827 35,825 40,754
2018 38 25,540 3,394 5,076 34,011 33,827 33,827 33,827 35,414
All 4,430 30,156 9,560 6,879 46,595 41,596 46,856 51,408 55,809
32 PUBLIC SECTOR

TABLE 29: Pension

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Salary grade Number Base Allowance contribu­
Gross 25 50 75 90
salary tions salary percentile percentile percentile percentile
GENERAL EMPLOYEES,
SALARY GRADE Grade 4 492 25,426 3,760 5,090 34,276 33,702 33,827 34,608 36,318
Gross salary and allowances by Grade 5 182 27,403 6,204 5,820 39,412 36,309 37,842 40,865 45,427
salary grade. Monthly salary May Grade 6 205 29,210 5,147 5,962 40,318 38,890 39,516 41,005 43,826
2018, central government em- Grade 8 3,518 30,983 10,823 7,235 49,041 44,300 48,611 52,598 56,711
ployee, excluding PhD students. All 4,397 30,130 9,577 6,877 46,583 41,596 46,826 51,408 55,794
Percentiles calculated on gross
salary.

TABLE 30: Pension

GOVERNMENT: SPECIALISTS, Salary level Number Base Allow­ contribu­
Gross 25 50 75 90
salary ance tions
salary percentile percentile percentile percentile
CHIEF CONSULTANTS AND
MANAGERS Special consultant 469 40,384 4,840 7,821 53,045 49,951 52,652 55,133 58,454
Gross salary and allowance by Others at salary scale 35 114 40,196 6,459 8,017 54,672 51,264 53,979 56,746 60,755
position type. Monthly salary Chief consultant 265 43,552 7,307 8,717 59,575 55,560 58,918 62,935 65,546
May 2018, central government Others at salary scale 36 144 42,770 12,639 9,374 64,783 59,547 63,937 68,398 74,419
employee. Percentiles calculated Chief 306 47,423 17,594 10,884 75,901 68,004 72,253 80,878 89,995
on gross salary. Alle 1,298 42,938 9,358 8,915 61,212 53,082 58,087 66,291 75,706

TABLE 31: Pension

PhD STUDENTS Salary grade Number Base Allow­ contribu­ Gross 25 50 75 90
salary ance tions
salary percentile percentile percentile percentile
Gross salary and allowances by
salary grade. Monthly salary in Grade 4 501 25,426 1,362 3,880 30,668 30,620 30,620 30,642 30,642
May 2018, Salaried PhD students Grade 5 289 27,403 1,437 4,182 33,018 32,884 32,906 32,906 32,906
in the central government. Grade 6 97 29,206 1,623 4,469 35,298 34,949 34,949 34,971 37,277
Percentiles calculated on gross Grade 8 85 30,983 1,945 4,795 37,711 36,984 37,006 37,006 39,333
salary. All 972 26,877 1,461 4,108 32,445 30,620 30,642 32,906 36,199
 PUBLIC SECTOR 33

TABLE 32: Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Ministry Qty, salary ance contributions salary centile centile centile centile
MINISTERIAL AREA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 7 29,395 11,654 6,761 47,809 36,318 44,905 53,679 72,970
GENERAL EMPLOYEES Ministry of Finance 21 30,163 10,404 6,850 47,417 42,671 49,222 52,828 53,350
Gross salary and allowances Ministry of Industry, Business
by salary level. and Financial Affairs 90 29,510 9,835 6,729 46,059 39,728 47,512 50,991 56,159
Ministry of Taxation 56 28,623 6,407 5,781 40,811 35,888 41,210 44,580 47,634
Monthly salary May 2018, Ministry for Economic Affairs 11 29,827 8,481 6,365 44,673 42,097 44,410 49,759 52,425
central government employee, and the Interior
excluding PhD students, chief Ministry of Justice 16 28,700 9,757 6,389 44,846 36,322 44,187 47,387 64,023
and special consultants and Ministry of Defence 313 30,510 10,915 7,145 48,570 45,437 49,489 52,494 55,367
managers. Percentiles calculated Ministry of Immigration and Integration 6 29,460 8,112 6,228 43,799 42,728 44,978 46,670 49,932
on gross salary. Ministry for Children and Social Affairs 1
Ministry of Health 68 29,003 7,627 6,367 42,998 34,224 44,368 48,851 54,100
Ministry of Employment 53 30,219 8,986 6,731 45,936 43,569 45,991 49,101 51,262
Ministry of Higher Education
2,405 30,282 9,720 6,956 46,958 41,596 46,471 52,431 57,528
and Science
Ministry of Education 612 30,189 9,011 6,811 46,011 42,415 46,846 49,574 52,045

O
Ministry of Culture 35 30,354 7,893 6,696 44,943 41,053 45,646 49,091 51,847
Ministry of Environment and Food 251 29,560 8,060 6,441 44,057 38,056 45,068 49,352 52,197
Ministry of Transport, Building
312 30,093 9,797 6,921 46,812 41,382 48,230 52,468 54,185
and Housing
Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate 143 29,868 9,023 6,656 45,548 40,333 46,471 50,385 54,448
Outside the ministries 30 30,983 18,531 8,442 57,955 55,448 57,984 60,302 62,803
All 4,430 30,156 9,560 6,879 46,595 41,596 46,856 51,408 55,809
34 PUBLIC SECTOR

TABLE 33: Place of employment Number Base salary Allowance Pension contributions Gross salary
MUNICIPAL/REGIONAL Region North Jutland 100.7 31,872 8,147 7,618 47,637
EMPLOYEES ENGINEERS Region Mid Jutland 131.4 31,403 7,059 7,222 45,684
Gross salary, allowances, pension Region Southern Denmark 119.6 31,854 11,144 8,094 51,092
contributions by region and Capital Region 231.0 31,276 9,012 7,578 47,866
municipality. August 2018. Region Zealand 56.8 31,805 12,614 8,400 52,819
Regions, total 639.4 31,551 9,193 7,680 48,425
Decentralised and central
allowances as well as nuisance Municipalities:
bonus. Esbjerg 40.8 31,945 8,530 7,493 47,968
Fredericia 25.5 31,989 8,453 7,552 47,994
The table does not include spe-
Frederikssund 19.9 31,599 8,039 6,997 46,635
cial/chief consultants and ma-
Faaborg-Midtfyn 18.0 31,574 5,168 6,863 43,605
nagers. Engineers are BSc Eng,.,
Gentofte 18.9 32,619 10,748 7,910 51,277
MSc Eng, BSc of Engineering,
and Bachelor of Engineering. Gladsaxe 24.5 32,265 10,018 7,878 50,161
Helsingør 19.7 32,286 13,050 8,274 53,610
The table shows only the 30 Herning 31.7 31,784 7,232 7,323 46,339
largest municipalities (based on Hjørring 21.5 31,940 8,740 7,567 48,248
the number of engineers). Horsens 34.1 32,322 7,956 7,474 47,752
Kolding 31.3 32,018 6,984 7,270 46,272
This table is based on the salary København 223.6 31,587 8,333 7,443 47,362
database SIRKA. Køge 24.4 32,262 9,166 7,811 49,239
Lyngby-Taarbæk 28.6 31,638 8,158 7,421 47,217
Middelfart 19.8 31,880 8,794 7,541 48,215
Odense 84.3 32,084 6,609 7,233 45,926
Randers 33.5 32,024 6,467 7,161 45,653
Ringkøbing-Skjern 19.8 31,280 5,168 6,683 43,131
Roskilde 26.5 31,724 7,997 7,399 47,120
Silkeborg 34.6 31,734 5,610 6,861 44,204
Skive 18.6 32,042 7,215 7,136 46,394
Svendborg 19.0 32,253 8,766 7,438 48,457
Sønderborg 23.2 32,244 7,642 7,330 47,216
Tønder 19.5 31,656 9,801 7,724 49,181
Vejen 18.6 32,073 7,149 7,292 46,514
Vejle 34.4 31,954 7,955 7,453 47,362
Viborg 30.1 32,455 7,851 7,181 47,487
Aabenraa 19.4 31,724 5,755 7,056 44,535
Aalborg 130.9 32,108 8,519 7,566 48,193
Aarhus 182.4 32,000 8,501 7,529 48,030
Municipalities total 2.151.1 31,908 8,221 7,419 47,548
 PUBLIC SECTOR 35

TABLE 34: Graduation Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 50 75 90

MUNICIPALITY Number
year salary ance contribution salary percentile percentile percentile percentile
– GENERAL EMPLOYEES Before 1979 28 32,520 12,818 7,926 53,264 48,062 52,225 56,776
Gross salary and allowances by 1979-1980 36 33,197 11,162 8,310 52,668 47,862 50,139 54,730
graduation year. 1981-1982 31 32,619 11,103 8,200 51,922 48,832 52,256 53,552
1983-1984 40 32,619 10,276 8,014 50,909 48,226 51,423 52,980
Monthly salary May 2018, general 1985-1986 52 32,619 10,513 8,032 51,164 48,554 50,430 52,761 57,531
employees in municipality.
1987-1988 86 32,670 11,542 8,189 52,401 48,510 50,863 54,099 57,571
1989 60 32,549 10,675 8,033 51,257 47,424 50,671 54,830 59,581
Percentiles calculated on gross
1990 66 32,619 10,457 8,035 51,111 47,483 50,668 53,127 57,846
salary.
1991 58 32,664 9,750 7,903 50,317 47,306 50,072 51,915 56,497
KRL (Municipal and Region- 1992 50 32,486 9,414 7,804 49,704 47,342 49,282 51,590 54,245
al Pay Data) has following 1993 70 32,654 9,971 7,919 50,544 48,242 50,162 51,937 56,564
discretion requirements for 1994 57 32,672 9,483 7,822 49,977 47,275 49,718 50,644 55,692
IDA: For groups with less than 5 1995 60 32,619 9,744 7,861 50,224 47,411 49,249 50,941 57,095
members an average must not 1996 32 32,619 10,372 7,942 50,933 47,705 50,269 52,464
be shown. If less than 10 the 1997 50 33,651 9,910 8,069 51,631 46,860 49,758 52,752 59,535
median must not be shown. If 1998 37 32,619 10,000 7,962 50,582 46,514 48,698 51,732
less than 20 then 25 percentiles 1999 34 32,749 10,162 7,989 50,899 46,982 50,022 53,866
and 75 percentiles must not be 2000 34 32,496 8,959 7,690 49,145 45,611 49,046 52,752
shown. If less than 50 the 90 2001 43 32,619 9,189 7,800 49,608 45,798 48,098 51,664
percentiles must not be shown. 2002 34 32,619 8,676 7,626 48,921 45,892 47,188 52,685
2003 53 32,676 9,117 7,630 49,423 45,759 48,481 51,624 55,203
2004 55 32,619 8,634 7,563 48,815 45,590 48,335 51,490 52,909
2005 57 33,367 7,344 7,533 48,245 44,845 46,497 49,696 52,416
2006 65 32,463 7,359 7,366 47,188 43,959 46,466 49,128 52,967
2007 76 32,585 7,355 7,417 47,358 44,309 46,526 49,430 52,148
2008 66 32,778 6,668 7,366 46,811 43,879 46,480 48,591 51,587
2009 72 32,264 6,685 7,166 46,115 43,845 46,039 47,933 50,444
2010 72 32,412 5,174 7,004 44,590 42,242 44,456 46,736 48,473
2011 61 32,568 4,892 6,934 44,394 42,161 44,080 45,691 48,456
2012 81 32,120 4,843 6,902 43,865 41,865 43,274 45,437 48,443
2013 86 31,212 4,510 6,641 42,363 39,816 42,973 45,143 47,202
2014 78 29,905 4,056 6,315 40,276 37,868 39,272 43,058 46,323
2015 102 28,190 3,338 5,880 37,409 35,156 36,861 38,606 42,472
2016 129 27,057 2,684 5,564 35,306 32,968 34,981 36,781 38,824
2017 87 26,687 2,180 5,396 34,264 32,968 33,814 35,290 37,117
2018 15 26.687 2.554 5.510 34.751 34.444
I alt 2.113 31.636 7.478 7.262 46.376 42.191 46.765 50.591 54.114
36 PUBLIC SECTOR

TABLE 35: Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­
MUNICIPALITIES: WORK Work area Number salary ance contribution salary centile centile centile centile
AREA, GENERAL EMPLOYEES Urban development 235 31,691 7,941 7,358 46,990 43,274 47,275 50,993 54,247
Gross salary and allowances by Utility companies 118 32,163 11,758 8,141 52,063 47,280 50,302 55,312 63,611
salary level. Monthly salary May Transport and Infrastructure 222 31,946 8,737 7,534 48,217 44,277 48,778 51,812 56,266
2018, municipality employees,
Education, culture, social, health 60 29,922 5,562 6,595 42,078 35,290 40,587 48,067 51,698
excluding managers. Percentiles and employment, and other
calculated on gross salary.
Joint administration 1,085 31,671 7,219 7,213 46,103 41,999 46,338 50,416 53,947
Environment and nature protection 406 31,431 6,248 7,029 44,708 40,978 45,750 48,845 51,915
All 2,126 31,634 7,477 7,261 46,373 42,188 46,761 50,604 54,174

TABLE 36: Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­
Salary grade Number
MUNICIPALITIES: WORK salary ance contribution salary centile centile centile centile
AREA, GENERAL EMPLOYEES Grade 4 259 26,720 2,500 5,484 34,705 32,780 34,176 35,814 37,850
SALARY GRADE Grade 5 122 28,472 4,026 6,052 38,550 35,827 37,868 39,372 43,345
Gross salary and allowances Grade 6 85 29,859 4,239 6,272 40,369 38,090 40,157 42,654 44,158
by salary grade. Monthly salary Grade 8 1,650 32,722 8,667 7,679 49,068 45,423 48,390 51,530 55,422
May 2018, municipality employ- All 2,116 31,627 7,467 7,260 46,354 42,161 46,756 50,591 54,148
ees. Percentiles calculated
on gross salary.

TABLE 37: Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­
MUNICIPALITIES: Position Number
salary ance contribution salary centile centile centile centile
EMPLOYEES BY POSITION Engineer 1,722 32,011 8,081 7,437 47,529 43,929 47,726 51,126 54,793
Gross salary and allowances by Chief, Cph 15 46,320 12,050 11,645 70,015 73,583
position. Monthly salary May Cheif consultant 65 44,197 7,124 9,487 60,808 56,731 58,865 64,553 68,476
2018, Employees in Regions.
Special consultant 62 40,952 4,217 8,353 53,523 50,247 51,723 55,286 58,982
Percentiles calculated on gross
Other 404 30,027 4,904 6,514 41,446 35,290 41,409 45,862 50,338
salary.
Manager, Centre manager etc, 10 65,286 18,552 13,355 97,193 88,682
Team manager, Group leader, etc, 120 47,311 14,170 11,597 73,078 66,185 71,023 76,824 85,093
All 2,403 33,273 7,842 7,639 48,754 43,100 47,772 52,135 60,001
 PUBLIC SECTOR 37

TABLE 38: Base Pension Gross 25 50 75 90

REGION: Graduation year Number salary Allowance contribution salary percentile percentile percentile percentile
GENERAL EMPLOYEES Before 1979 12 32,804 15,339 8,257 56,399 55,584
Gross salary and allowances by 1979-1980 7 32,552 12,474 8,501 53,527
graduation year. Monthly salary 1981-1982 6 32,552 15,470 9,055 57,076
May 2018. Percentiles calculated 1983-1984 15 32,552 15,078 8,982 56,611 52,460
on gross salary. 1985-1986 16 32,827 14,171 8,853 55,851 54,514
1987-1988 20 32,552 14,127 8,783 55,462 50,536 52,524 61,556
1989 10 32,552 14,483 8,872 55,907 55,298
1990 11 32,552 12,213 8,453 53,218 51,601
1991 14 32,552 16,188 9,171 57,910 55,403
1992 15 32,552 13,084 8,614 54,250 51,092
1993 15 32,793 12,056 8,380 53,229 49,702
1994 12 32,288 14,026 8,723 55,037 55,432
1995 12 32,552 12,541 8,201 53,294 52,903
1996 26 32,552 12,061 8,428 53,041 47,886 51,398 58,805
1997 20 32,743 13,940 8,823 55,506 50,556 54,403 57,981
1998 11 32,552 13,004 8,599 54,155 51,739
1999 13 32,552 12,336 8,312 53,200 50,703
2000 19 32,616 13,744 8,725 55,085 49,197
2001 14 32,552 10,310 8,102 50,964 51,628
2002 15 32,552 12,574 8,520 53,646 53,976
2003 28 32,402 9,996 7,977 50,376 46,799 48,704 54,751
2004 20 32,588 10,693 8,150 51,430 47,477 48,898 56,055
2005 30 32,552 11,086 8,244 51,882 46,746 49,214 58,537
2006 22 32,552 9,649 7,925 50,127 46,484 48,443 54,085
2007 26 32,552 9,955 7,899 50,406 45,659 49,724 53,022
2008 41 32,306 8,549 7,708 48,563 45,390 47,672 50,394
2009 44 32,552 8,460 7,712 48,724 45,382 47,403 51,733
2010 37 32,544 6,729 7,407 46,680 42,145 45,271 51,628
2011 27 32,402 6,127 7,272 45,802 42,573 45,445 48,744
2012 37 32,439 4,835 7,067 44,341 42,601 44,251 46,799
2013 44 31,017 5,058 6,791 42,866 38,751 43,392 46,860
2014 43 30,217 4,155 6,513 40,885 35,488 38,751 43,919
2015 58 28,202 2,804 5,900 36,906 33,791 35,790 39,855 41,471
2016 69 27,128 2,754 5,696 35,577 32,237 35,763 37,842 40,620
2017 50 26,815 2,908 5,665 35,388 31,739 35,267 37,775 39,352
2018 9 26,633 2,691 5,603 34,927
All 868 31,234 8,443 7,473 47,150 39,855 47,222 52,155 59,476
38 PUBLIC SECTOR

TABLE 39 : Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­

REGIONS: WORK AREA, Arbejdsområde Number salary ance contribution salary centile centile centile centile
GENERAL EMPLOYEES Health and Specialist area,
Gross salary and allowances by incl, specialist education 693 31,096 8,555 7,464 47,115 38,751 47,068 53,037 60,361
salary level. Monthly salary May Regional development 95 31,857 7,020 7,349 46,226 43,714 46,599 50,126 53,618
2018 Employees in Region, ex- Joint purpose and administration 83 31,689 9,309 7,724 48,722 44,734 49,590 51,644 56,659
cluding managers. Percentiles All 871 31,236 8,459 7,477 47,171 39,855 47,242 52,273 59,476
calculated on gross salary.

TABLE 40: Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­
REGIONS: GENERAL EMPLOYEES Salary grade Number salary ance contribution salary centile centile centile centile
BY SALARY GRADE Grade 4 128 26,637 2,769 5,613 35,019 31,739 35,267 37,455 39,131
Gross salary and allowances by Grade 5 74 28,365 3,052 5,971 37,388 33,791 37,815 39,820 41,934
salary grade. Monthly salary May Grade 6 39 29,798 4,156 6,437 40,391 35,488 40,129 43,591
2018, Employees in Regions. Grade 8 629 32,591 10,522 8,097 51,210 46,128 49,482 55,312 61,152
Percentiles calculated
All 870 31,231 8,461 7,476 47,167 39,855 47,222 52,273 59,476
on gross salary.

TABLE 41: Base Allow­ Pension Gross 25 per­ 50 per­ 75 per­ 90 per­
REGIONS: EMPLOYEES Position Number
salary ance contribution salary centile centile centile centile
BY POSITION Engineer 494 31,698 9,392 7,740 48,830 43,805 48,591 52,942 59,577
Gross salary and allowances by Cheif consultant 39 43,926 6,821 9,498 60,245 55,335 58,395 62,258
position. Monthly salary May Special consultant 60 40,869 4,231 8,535 53,635 51,225 53,190 55,297 57,904
2018, Employees in Regions. Other 377 30,629 7,237 7,132 44,998 36,474 44,049 50,958 59,476
Percentiles calculated on gross Team manager, Group leader, etc, 37 46,284 17,740 13,001 77,025 68,797 73,912 80,382
salary.
All 1,007 32,854 8,485 7,821 49,160 41,471 48,373 54,746 62,228
 SELF-EMPLOYED 39

SELF-EMPLOYED
– income and remuneration statistics

BASIS CONCEPTS
A total of 646 responses are included in the statistics for the Results of the statistics are calculated as:
self-employed. This corresponds to 25 percent of the surveyed
self-employed members of IDA. Annual Income: Gross income from self-employment in 2017 in-
cluding any bonus and pension contributions.
Data for IDA Salary and remuneration statistics cover income
and remuneration factors for self-employed members in the Turnover: The company’s total turnover in 2017.
calendar year 2017.
Result: The company’s result before taxes in 2017.
The statistics for the self-employed include engineers and peop-
le with engineering employment, who wholly or partly own their
own business or through capital contributions gain a significant
share of their revenue as a share of company profits.
40 SELF-EMPLOYED

TABLE 42:
ANNUAL INCOME, RESULT
AND TURNOVER
Self-employed 2017.
Personal income in 2016
Company performance 2016
Company total turnover in 2016
Number
495
467
441
752,218
1,436,771
7,121,498
480,000
142,279
782,725
640,000
466,507
1,200,000
892,800
990,000
3,002,057
O
Average 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile
1,200,000
1,700,000
9,000,000

TABLE 43: Number Percent Average 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile

INDUSTRY Construction, Plant 23 5% 832,172 540,860 750,000 1,000,000 1,450,000
Annual income in 2017, by Consulting Engineering services 122 25% 742,228 450,000 650,000 900,000 1,200,000
industry, self-employed. Energy, Utilities, Climate, Environment 28 6% 682,849 300,000 600,000 956,500 1,104,000
Transportation, Infrastructure 5 1% 770,271 720,000 800,000 832,000 899,355
Industry, production 26 5% 755,104 570,000 690,350 981,464 1,100,000
IT, Telecom and Electrical Engineering 151 31% 703,265 500,000 610,000 800,000 1,080,000
Biotechnology, medicine, health 10 2% 684,950 480,000 554,915 900,000 1,259,837
Trade 10 2% 1,228,248 507,460 925,010 1,300,000 3,150,000
Business service and finance 3 1%
Management, consultancy work
64 13% 787,807 550,000 766,203 955,000 1,209,000
or instruction
Other industry 13 3% 478,779 234,289 550,000 650,000 721,000
Not stated 40 8% 883,605 425,000 606,500 800,000 1,600,000
All 495 100% 752,218 480,000 640,000 892,800 1,200,000

TABLE 44: Number Percent Average 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile

TYPE OF COMPANY Privately owned company 178 36% 638,852 400,000 570,426 800,000 1,139,551
Annual income in 2017, by type Limited liability company 211 43% 741,277 500,000 650,000 850,000 1,070,000
of company, self-employed. Limited company 67 14% 1,057,413 618,000 890,000 1,200,000 1,800,000
Other or not stated 39 8% 804,520 510,000 610,000 836,000 1,200,000
All 495 100% 752,218 480,000 640,000 892,800 1,200,000
O
TABLE 45:
EMPLOYEES
Annual income in 2017 by
number of full-time employees
in the company, self-employed.
0 employees
1-4 employees
5-10 employees
11-50 employees
51 employees or more
Not stated
Number Percent
261
102
54
32
6
40
53%
21%
11%
6%
1%
8%
663,422
675,933
908,306
1,114,406
1,699,337
883,605
466,507
461,000
600,000
714,000
896,019
425,000
600,000
600,000
740,000
966,000
1,650,000
606,500
SELF-EMPLOYED 41

Average 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile

800,527
840,000
1,044,000
1,178,000
2,200,000
800,000
1,100,000
1,080,000
1,370,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
1,600,000
All 495 100% 752,218 480,000 640,000 892,800 1,200,000

TABLE 46: Number Percent Average 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile

OWNERSHIP SHARE Below 25 pct. 16 3% 750,000 475,000 609,000 775,000 1,800,000
Annual income in 2017 by 25-49 pct. 52 11% 1,064,864 505,000 720,000 1,058,000 2,200,000
ownership share of the 50-99 pct. 77 16% 757,099 495,000 700,000 980,000 1,200,000
company, self-employed. 100 pct. 349 71% 706,390 480,000 630,000 850,000 1,142,778
All 495 100% 752,218 480,000 640,000 892,800 1,200,000

Note: All contains unknown.

TABLE 47: Number Percent Average 25 percentile 50 percentile 75 percentile 90 percentile

REGION Capital Region 251 51% 765,605 480,000 650,000 900,000 1,300,000
Annual income in 2017, by Region Zealand 61 12% 759,844 450,000 680,000 950,000 1,209,000
type of company, self-employed. Region Southern Denmark 62 13% 773,149 479,600 626,396 850,000 1,200,000
Region Mid Jutland 91 18% 754,117 500,000 650,000 900,000 1,072,000
Region Northern Jutland 29 6% 578,303 417,000 595,000 700,000 960,000
All 495 100% 752,218 480,000 640,000 892,800 1,200,000
Note: All contains unknown.
42 SELF-EMPLOYED

PERFORMANCE Percent self-employed

Company performance 25 23.8%
in 2017 (before tax), self-­

Company performance 2016.

employed.
20 18.8%

Amount in 1,000 DKK.

15
13.3%

10
8.6%
7.5% 6.9%
5.6%
5 4.5%
3.0% 2.6%
1.7% 1.3% 1.1%
0.0% 0.6% 0.4% 0.4%
0
< -1,000 -1,000 -500 0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,750 2,000 2,250 2,500 2,750 3,000 3,000+

Biotechnology, medicine, health 424,719

Other industry 457,898

Company performance 2016, DKK

Management, consultancy work or instruction 593,136

IT, Telecom and Electrical Engineering 638,440

Transportation, Infrastructure 812,031

Consulting Engineering services 977,263

Energy, Utilities, Climate, Environment 990,142

Industry, production 1,481,890

Forretnings- og finansvirksomhed 1,528,580

Trade 1,572,786
PERFORMANCE
AND INDUSTRY Construction, Plant 13,916,034
Company performance
in 2017 (before tax) by All 1,436,771
industry, self-employed. 0 3,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 12,000,000 15,000,000
 SELF-EMPLOYED 43

TABLE 48: TABLE 50:

TURNOVER Avarage HOURLY PRICE Percent
AND INDUSTRY Biotechnology, medicine, health 1,929,461 Hourly price at which Below 400 kr. 2
Company turnover Construction, Plant 67,205,175 own hours are normally 400-599 kr. 7
in 2017 (before tax) Energy, Utilities, Climate, Environment 2,516,643 billed, self-employed. 600-799 kr. 30
by industry, Trade 22,646,080 800-999 kr. 31
self-employed. IIndustry, production 10,896,798 1.000 kr. + 29
IT, Telecom and Electrical Engineering 2,525,212 Not stated 1
Management, consultancy 2,028,657 Total 100
work or instruction Average 975 kr.
Consulting Engineering services 5,671,380 Has fixed hourly price 54 pct.
Transportation, Infrastructure 2,016,534
Other industry 1,120,268
Not stated 1,862,000
All 7,121,498

TABLE 49: TABLE 51:

FEE WORK Percent FEE LIST Percent
Share of earnings derived 0% 15 The average share of the Below 750 kr. 33
from fees earned by own 1-24 % 8 time which is invoiced at 750 - 999 kr. 43
work in 2017, self-emplo- 25-49 % 6 this price pr. hour. 1.000 - 1.249 kr. 15
yed. 50-74 % 4 1.250 - 1.499 kr. 4
75-99 % 11 1.500 kr. or more 4
100% 57 Total 100
Total 100 Share with a fee list 22 pct.
44 GENERELT

TIPS FOR Salary negotiation

When negotiating salary everything counts. It is about being THE STATE OF THE COMPANY
creative and resourceful. Therefore, do not only focus on raising Be realistic and consider the situation of the company/business
your salary. Consider also other benefits to supplement your in general.
basic salary. • Consider the raises your colleagues have received.

Here are some suggestions to inspire you for your next salary • Are the company’s profits better than expected?
negotiations.
• Is the company’s pipeline larger than expected?
USE IDA’S SALARY STATISTICS • Have you worked overtime lately?
• Get an idea of what your “worth” is compared to others in the
same line of business. • Have you been under additional work related stress lately?

• Use the interactive Salary Calculator at english.ida.dk to find THINK CREATIVELY

the salary level for your profile.
• Browse through the additional statistics
• As a graduate, in addition to IDA’s salary statistics you can use
IDA’s guiding minimal salaries.
• Remember, the salary statistics are from May/September
2018. If you negotiate salary later you must take into account
that the salaries have gone up since. In the statistics you can
see the annual raises for the different year groups and how to
estimate the salary to the relevant date.
The best solutions for negotiations often come from creative
thinking. If your manager says he cannot afford salary raises, you
might pursue other options:
• Extra days of holiday.
• Paid vacation from start of employment. As newly graduated
you are not entitled to paid vacation. Note that if you change
employer you have not earned the right to paid vacation at
your new job.
• Additional bonuses.

• Your employer may claim that you cannot rely on a salary • Stocks/Options.
statistic made by a professional society whose interest is to • Company paid PC/Internet/Phone/Newspaper etc.
keep salaries up. Tell him/her that IDA’s salary statistics on our
members’ salaries the last many years have been roughly on • Health insurance.
the same level as those of the employers’. In the public sector • Additional training/education.
IDA gets the salary information from the public salary data-
bases. • Pension contributions.

SHOW THAT YOU WANT THE COMPANY
• Make you manager aware of your accomplishments in the last
year.
• Make the company’s strategy your strategy.
• Mention factors such as flexibility, initiative, quality, quantity etc.
CHANGES IN THE JOB
• Have changed job responsibilities?
• More responsibility?
• More independent work?
• Taken over responsibility for co-workers?
SHOW YOUR SUCCESSES
• What have you achieved?
• Have you attracted new business to your company?
• Have you spearheaded large successful projects?
• Have you achieved your goals indicated by management?
• Have you achieved more than expected?
• Have you helped get the company a positive reputation, e.g. in
the media?
CHANGES SINCE THE LAST SALARY NEGOTIATION
• Have your working conditions deteriorated, e.g. more on-call
services, additional working hours, additional clauses to your
contract, longer term of notice etc.?
• Have you completed additional training/education?
• How have your salary developed the last two years compared
to the price index/similar engineers or your colleagues?
GENERELT 45
PREPARATION – PREPARATION – PREPARATION
Prepare a presentation in bullet point form. Bring e.g. a copy for
your manager, so he can see your argumentation.
• Build your argumentation on the CSF method:
- Claim
- Substantiate with examples
- Future relevance
• Use a few good and prioritised arguments rather than many.
• Bring the salary statistics – if relevant. The more details, the
better.
• Be prepared for rejection – and what to do afterwards.
• Prepare for your manager’s argumentation and counter argu-
ments.
• Always think of alternative solutions.
• Inden samtalen bør du overveje din lavest acceptable løn/løn-
stigning.
THE NEGOTIATIONS
Try to create a positive mood in which you take responsibility
and initiative. Remember, it’s about your salary.
• Be constructive.
• Listen carefully during the negotiations.
• Get your manager’s reasons for his/her argumentation.
• Ask what you can change to get a higher salary raise.
• Work out a memo right after the meeting to use at next year’s
negotiations.
46 GENERELT

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IDA SALARY CALCULATOR

The Salary Calculator is an interactive tool that you can use on-
line on our webpage.

The salary calculator provides a check of your personal salary,

with the salary level that matches your profile. IDA’s traditional
salary statistics calculate members’ average salary using select-
ed parameters - typically education and graduation year. If you
want to include more parameters, such as position level, loca-
tion and industry, the traditional average calculations become
uncertain.

The salary calculator, using a statistical model, can estimate the

average salary even when several parameters are considered. It
allows you to calculate a salary for a profile that better matches
the individual member.

The salary calculator is for the privately employed based on

members’ information about salaries from the annual IDA Salary
Statistics. For the publicly employed the salary information
comes from the public salary registers.

The salary calculator is being updated with this years salary data
at mid-December.

You can try the salary calculator at our webpage or on IDA’s app.
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December 2018 · ida.dk