If you want to get a residence and work permit in Denmark, you should be aware of the income restrictions established by the Danish government. The new job offer should be in the salary range that is considered usual in Denmark.

Denmark has released an updated version of the income statistics which contains information from the first quarter of 2025. The updated income statistics will be used in the case processing of applications submitted from 1 July 2025. The income statistics are updated every quarter and the next update will be effective from 1 October 2025.

To be granted a residence and work permit your salary and terms of employment must correspond to Danish standards. This means that you must receive a remuneration, which corresponds to the standards of the type of employment in question in Denmark.

If you are applying for a work permit for sideline employment or a separate work permit as an accompanying family member, it is also a condition that your salary corresponds to Danish standards.

Your salary need to be at least DKK 74,958 per month. In most cases filed after 1 January 2021, the salary must be paid to a Danish bank account. For applications received from September 1, 2024, the salary must be stated in Danish kroner (DKK).

The revised income statistics applies to the following schemes:

Pay Limit Scheme
Supplementary Pay Limit Scheme
Fast track Scheme
Researcher’s Scheme
Positive List for People with a Higher Education
Positive List for Skilled Work
Special Individual Qualifications Scheme
Herdsmen and Farm Managers Scheme
Internship Scheme

If you apply for a residence and work permit after 30 June 2025, your application will be assessed based on the income statistics for Q1 2025. If you have applied between 1 April and 30 June 30 2025, your application will be assessed based on the income statistics for Q4 2024.

When assessing whether the salary corresponds to Danish standards, only liquid funds that are paid out are included in the assessment, i.e. the fixed and guaranteed salary, payments to labour market pension schemes, and holiday allowance.

The employer can provide staff benefits such as board and lodging as a supplement to the salary, but staff benefits cannot be included in the assessment of whether the salary and terms of employment correspond to Danish standards.

Uncertain salary income, such as commissions or bonuses, cannot normally be included in the calculation of your salary.

Cases where SIRI typically assess that the salary corresponds to Danish standards:

SIRI will usually assume that your salary corresponds to Danish standards, if it is stated in the application form and employment contract that:

Your employer is covered by a collective agreement through membership of an employers’ association.

Your employment is covered by a collective agreement. It must stated in the employment contract that your employment is covered by a collective agreement in the relevant sector/line of employment.

In such cases, SIRI will usually not make further assessment of whether the salary offered corresponds to Danish standards.

If not, SIRI will evaluate if the salary offered aligns with Danish standards, using income statistics from The Confederation of Danish Employers (DA) as a guideline. The offered salary must as a minimum be at the lower quartile level for the job function in question (six-digit DISCO code) and equivalent years of work experience in DA’s income statistics for the region in which you work.