Denmark
Latest Average Wage
+1.6% · 5 years
$78,090
Country Comparison
Denmark vs Germany
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Denmark
vs
Germany
$78,0902025
Latest Average Wage
Denmark +2.4%
(vs Germany)
$76,2852025
+1.6%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Germany +0.4 pts
(vs Denmark)
+2.0%2025
+6.9%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Germany +0.1 pts
(vs Denmark)
+7.1%2025
92.12024
Overall Price Level
Denmark +20.6 index points
(vs Germany)
71.52024
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
Germany
Latest Average Wage
+2.0% · 5 years
$76,285
Wage Milestones
Denmark
10 Years Ago
$73,026 (2015)
Historical Peak
$78,090 (2025)
Latest Wage
$78,090 (2025)
Germany
10 Years Ago
$71,244 (2015)
Historical Peak
$76,285 (2025)
Latest Wage
$76,285 (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)Germany (DEU)
Overall
+20.6 index points
100
92.1vs71.5
Food
+13.3 index points
100
102vs88.7
Clothing
+28.6 index points
100
119vs90.4
Housing
+30.2 index points
100
94.3vs64.1
Health
+13.3 index points
100
64vs50.7
Transport
+16.0 index points
100
130vs114
Recreation
+27.4 index points
100
114vs86.6
Restaurants & Accommodation
+31.9 index points
100
123vs91.1
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 — computed straight from the two reported values. 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: 123 for Denmark against 91.1 for Germany. Denmark sits on the higher side of that 31.9-point spread; Germany reads 31.9 index points lower on the US=100 scale. 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 Germany 50.7 for 2024, just 13.3 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Food at 13.3 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Denmark and Germany 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 Denmark recorded +6.9% and Germany +7.1%, 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%. 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%. 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
Denmark's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 92.1, and Germany's reads 71.5, 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 Germany 91.1, 31.9 index points apart. The two sit closest in Health (64 versus 50.7), only 13.3 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 5 of Denmark's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of Germany'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.
