Country
Denmark
Full labour cost: €51.70 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €38.31 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €36.45 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €29.28 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €24.40 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€51.70 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Denmark
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €3.90 | €0.51 | 7.6× |
| Answer a customer chat | €2.03 | €0.23 | 8.9× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €2.44 | €0.26 | 9.3× |
| Check an expense claim | €1.95 | €0.26 | 7.4× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €14.64 | €2.03 | 7.2× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €4.88 | €0.53 | 9.2× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €12.20 | €2.00 | 6.1× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €14.64 | €2.10 | 7× |
| Research one B2B lead | €12.15 | €1.99 | 6.1× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €6.08 | €0.64 | 9.5× |
| Screen one CV | €3.65 | €0.62 | 5.9× |
| Draft a social media post | €9.11 | €1.23 | 7.4× |
| Write a help-centre article | €24.30 | €3.68 | 6.6× |
| Write a product description | €12.77 | €1.93 | 6.6× |
| Translate one page | €31.93 | €6.41 | 5× |
| Write a job ad | €19.16 | €3.22 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €38.31 | €6.44 | 6× |
| Triage a bug report | €9.58 | €1.98 | 4.8× |
| Review a small pull request | €19.16 | €3.27 | 5.9× |
| Write a SQL report query | €19.16 | €3.24 | 5.9× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method