Denmark
How much home does a salary buy in Copenhagen?
In Copenhagen, the average net yearly salary buys 6.4 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 9.3 full years of salary, rank 28 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€8,383Boligmarkedsstatistikken, table BM010 - Finans Danmark (industry association, NON-OFFICIAL; realised sale prices) · mean, transaction prices, 2025 (unweighted mean of quarterly values 2025K1-K4)
Average net wage€4,494Danmarks Statistik LONS30 + NASD22; OECD Taxing Wages; ECB · mean, region, 2025
Years of pay for 60 m²9.3
m² per year of pay6.4 m²
B Data quality: Official, one limitation · Price and wage: 2025 · Rank in Europe: 28 of 53
Prices and wages in Copenhagen, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €6,663 | €3,814 | 8.7 |
| 2022. | €6,681 | €3,923 | 8.5 |
| 2023. | €6,527 | €4,057 | 8.0 |
| 2024. | €7,009 | €4,281 | 8.2 |
| 2025. | €8,383 | €4,494 | 9.3 |
| 2026. | €9,916 (part of the year) | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Copenhagen, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €4,494 | 9.3 salaries |
| Nurse | €4,094 | 10.2 salaries |
| Teacher | €4,818 | 8.7 salaries |
| IT specialist | €6,269 | 6.7 salaries |
| Shop worker | €2,773 | 15.1 salaries |
| Builder | €4,472 | 9.4 salaries |
Other cities
| Zagreb Croatia | 25 of 53 | 8.8 salaries |
| Warsaw Poland | 26 of 53 | 8.9 salaries |
| Porto Portugal | 27 of 53 | 9.1 salaries |
| London United Kingdom | 29 of 53 | 9.5 salaries |
| Geneva Switzerland | 30 of 53 | 9.6 salaries |
| Rijeka Croatia | 31 of 53 | 9.6 salaries |