Data and AI salaries in Denmark

lead (High quality data)

P25

DKK 892,260

Median

DKK 1,135,464

P75

DKK 1,453,956

per month

DKK 94,622

About DKK 94,622 per month at the median.

Published occupation: DST DISCO-08 '1223 Research and development managers'. Basis authority: DST table LONS20 component text 'Median, standardberegnet timefortjeneste' (DKK per standard hour); band converted to monthly at 160.33 hours (37 h week), the exact factor DST itself uses (its 'STANDARDBEREGNET MAANEDSFORTJENESTE' equals average standard hourly x 160.33). Gross pay incl. employer pension contribution. Population: all full-time fixed-salaried employees, all sectors, data year 2024 (Lonstrukturstatistikken, employer-reported register data, published Sep 2025), n = 2136. Same-cell alternatives: closest published DISCO code covering heads of data science and ML engineering. No data-specific executive code exists; for executive level see it-executive family.

senior (High quality data)

P25

DKK 608,088

Median

DKK 748,896

P75

DKK 925,056

per month

DKK 62,408

About DKK 62,408 per month at the median.

Published occupation: DST DISCO-08 '2521 Database designers and administrators'. Basis authority: DST table LONS20 component text 'Median, standardberegnet timefortjeneste' (DKK per standard hour); band converted to monthly at 160.33 hours (37 h week), the exact factor DST itself uses (its 'STANDARDBEREGNET MAANEDSFORTJENESTE' equals average standard hourly x 160.33). Gross pay incl. employer pension contribution. Population: all full-time fixed-salaried employees, all sectors, data year 2024 (Lonstrukturstatistikken, employer-reported register data, published Sep 2025), n = 1554. Same-cell alternatives: 2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians 58,415 to 71,142 to 88,137 DKK (n=1,769); 2519 Software and applications developers nec 50,268 to 61,394 to 74,148 (n=4,981); LoenRadar medians: data engineer 55,435, data scientist 55,105, data analyst 60,317 (self-reported, n per role under 200).