Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Country Comparison
Germany vs Denmark
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Germany
vs
Denmark
$76,2852025
Latest Average Wage
Denmark +2.4%
(vs Germany)
$78,0902025
+2.0%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Germany +0.4 pts
(vs Denmark)
+1.6%2025
+7.1%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Germany +0.1 pts
(vs Denmark)
+6.9%2025
71.52024
Overall Price Level
Denmark +20.6 index points
(vs Germany)
92.12024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Denmark
Latest Average Wage
+1.6% · 5 years
$78,090
Wage Milestones
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (2025)
Denmark
10 Years Ago
$73,026 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,090 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,090 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Germany (DEU)Denmark (DNK)
Overall
−20.6 index points
100
71.5vs92.1
Food
−13.3 index points
100
88.7vs102
Clothing
−28.6 index points
100
90.4vs119
Housing
−30.2 index points
100
64.1vs94.3
Health
−13.3 index points
100
50.7vs64
Transport
−16.0 index points
100
114vs130
Recreation
−27.4 index points
100
86.6vs114
Restaurants & Accommodation
−31.9 index points
100
91.1vs123
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Denmark's latest average wage is $78,090 for 2025, about 2.4% higher than Germany's $76,285 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. Per year, that works out to roughly $1,806 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Germany shows the stronger movement at +1.9%, against +0.3% for Denmark. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +2.0% against +1.6%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 91.1 for Germany against 123 for Denmark. That is a separation of 31.9 index points on the US=100 scale, with Denmark on the higher side and Germany on the lower one. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Health: Germany reads 50.7 and Denmark 64 for 2024, just 13.3 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 13.3 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Germany and Denmark report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $78,090 for 2025, against $76,285 for 2025. The difference is 2.4% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $1,806 a year, which is small next to either figure. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. Over ten years Germany recorded +7.1% and Denmark +6.9%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
Wage Direction
Both wage series rise over the five-year horizon, though not at the same pace. Germany sits at the highest point of its series — $76,285 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +7.1%. Denmark sits at the highest point of its series — $78,090 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +6.9%. Germany's five-year change of +2.0% outpaces Denmark's +1.6% in magnitude, so the common direction does not mean the two levels are holding a fixed distance. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Germany's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 71.5, and Denmark's reads 92.1, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Denmark sits higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories. Restaurants & Accommodation separates the two most: Germany reads 91.1 and Denmark 123, 31.9 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (50.7 versus 64), only 13.3 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 1 of Germany's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 5 of Denmark's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
