Denmark
Latest Average Wage
+1.6% · 5 years
$78,090
Country Comparison
Denmark vs Austria
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Denmark
vs
Austria
$78,0902025
Latest Average Wage
Austria +0.3%
(vs Denmark)
$78,3012025
+1.6%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Austria +1.7 pts
(vs Denmark)
+3.3%2025
+6.9%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Denmark +1.4 pts
(vs Austria)
+5.5%2025
92.12024
Overall Price Level
Denmark +15.0 index points
(vs Austria)
77.12024
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
Austria
Latest Average Wage
+3.3% · 5 years
$78,301
Wage Milestones
Denmark
10 Years Ago
$73,026 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,090 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,090 (2025)
Austria
10 Years Ago
$74,198 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,301 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,301 (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
Denmark (DNK)Austria (AUT)
Overall
+15.0 index points
100
92.1vs77.1
Food
+8.2 index points
100
102vs93.8
Clothing
+23.8 index points
100
119vs95.2
Housing
+32.0 index points
100
94.3vs62.3
Health
+1.3 index points
100
64vs62.7
Transport
+15.0 index points
100
130vs115
Recreation
+18.2 index points
100
114vs95.8
Restaurants & Accommodation
+32.8 index points
100
123vs90.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Denmark's latest average wage is $78,090 for 2025, effectively level with Austria's $78,301 for 2025 — the relative difference, calculated from the two reported values, rounds to under half a percent. Per year, that works out to roughly $211 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Austria shows the stronger movement at +0.8%, against +0.3% for Denmark. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +3.3% 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: 123 for Denmark against 90.2 for Austria. That is a separation of 32.8 index points on the US=100 scale, with Denmark on the higher side and Austria 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: Denmark reads 64 and Austria 62.7 for 2024, just 1.3 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 8.2 index points apart. A gap this small leaves the category effectively tied on the shared US=100 scale.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Denmark and Austria report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $78,301 for 2025, against $78,090 for 2025. The difference is 0.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $211 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 Denmark recorded +6.9% and Austria +5.5%, 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. 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%. Austria sits at the highest point of its series — $78,301 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +5.5%. Austria's five-year change of +3.3% 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
Denmark's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 92.1, and Austria's reads 77.1, 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: Denmark reads 123 and Austria 90.2, 32.8 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (64 versus 62.7), only 1.3 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 5 of Denmark's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of Austria'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.
