highest average earnings in Denmark are found in the financial and insurance industry.
Employees in the private sector in Denmark generally earn a higher average monthly salary than employees belonging to the public sector. In 2021, men in the private sector earned around 47,800 Danish kroner on average, while women in the private sector earned 42,400 kroner on average. Men also earned a higher monthly salary than women in the public sector that year. The Average monthly salary in the public and private sector in Denmark in 2021, by gender (in DKK)
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Statistics Denmark. (November 29, 2022). Average monthly salary in the public and private sector in Denmark in 2021, by gender (in DKK) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166583/average-monthly-salary-in-the-public-and-private-sector-denmark-by-gender/
Statistics Denmark. "Average monthly salary in the public and private sector in Denmark in 2021, by gender (in DKK)." Chart. November 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166583/average-monthly-salary-in-the-public-and-private-sector-denmark-by-gender/
Statistics Denmark. (2022). Average monthly salary in the public and private sector in Denmark in 2021, by gender (in DKK). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166583/average-monthly-salary-in-the-public-and-private-sector-denmark-by-gender/
Statistics Denmark. "Average Monthly Salary in The Public and Private Sector in Denmark in 2021, by Gender (in Dkk)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166583/average-monthly-salary-in-the-public-and-private-sector-denmark-by-gender/
Statistics Denmark, Average monthly salary in the public and private sector in Denmark in 2021, by gender (in DKK) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166583/average-monthly-salary-in-the-public-and-private-sector-denmark-by-gender/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Average monthly salary in the public and private sector in Denmark in 2021, by gender (in DKK) [Graph], Statistics Denmark, November 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1166583/average-monthly-salary-in-the-public-and-private-sector-denmark-by-gender/