From 2012 to 2022, the average monthly earnings in the Danish capital Copenhagen increased from 43,300 Danish Kroner to nearly 52,000 Danish kroner, showing an increase of nearly 20 percent over that period. By comparison, people with a bachelor's degree in Denmark had an average monthly salary of 47,700 Danish kroner in 2022.

People who held a doctorate (PhD) degree earned the highest average monthly salary in Denmark, reaching 67,000 Danish kroner in 2022. People with a master degree had the second highest earning education level in 2022 with almost 61,000 Danish kroner. Meanwhile, people with a primary education had the lowest average earnings in Denmark with around 34,000 Danish kroner per month.

Employees in the financial and insurance industry received the highest average salary in Denmark in 2022. The average monthly salary in that industry amounted 65,000 Danish kroner that year. Employees in the information and communication industries earned on average 56,000 kroner per month, which was the second highest in Denmark. The lowest average salary was in the trade and transport industry, where it was around 41,500 Danish kroner per month.

Chief executives, senior officials, and legislators, is the occupational group in Denmark with the highest average monthly salaries. In 2022, people with this occupation earned 111,500 Danish kroner per month on average. Administrative and commercial managers, who had the second highest average salary, earned around 35,000 kroner less than the former group. Production and specialized services managers followed in third. By comparison, the average monthly earnings in the country was 45,000 Danish kroner in 2021.

In 2023, the amount of gross disposable income in Denmark increased by 9,000 Danish Kroner (+4.35 percent) compared to 2022. With 216,000 Danish Kroner, the amount thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the amount in this industry continuously increased over the last years.Find more statistics on gross disposable income in Denmark with key insights such as Gross disposable household income per capita in Copenhagen.