Hire and pay employees in
Denmark, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Denmark. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Denmark is 2 days with Deel.

Currency

Danish Krone (DKK)

Capital

Copenhagen

Official Language

Danish

Payroll Cycle

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Denmark with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Denmark, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Denmark quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Denmark
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Denmark within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Holiday Allowance
  • Labor Market Supplementary
  • Salary Guarantee Fund
  • Workers Compensation Insurance
  • Private pension, healthcare, dental, life, disability, and critical illness insurance - Soderberg & Partners
  • Private Healthcare - Allianz (optional)

Our quickstart guide to hiring in Denmark

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Minimum Wage Requirements

There are no provisions regarding the minimum salary stipulated in the law. 

Individual Income Tax

Income tax in Denmark is complex. The individual income tax ranges from 8% to 56.5%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates, such as the household status, the number of children, and the employee's location. Local, Church and state taxes may also apply.

Gross Annual Income Tax Rate (%)
Up to DKK 50,761 8%
Up to DKK 544,800 42.83%
Over DKK 544,800 56.5%

Payroll Cost

The employer cost is generally estimated at  ~1% + fixed fees

Monthly costs
- AES (labour market insurance) - DKK 33
- ATP (Labour Market Supplementary Pension) - DKK 198
- Financing contribution (FIB) - DKK 47.58
- Compulsory occupational injury insurance - 273.60 kr
- Maternity contribution - DKK 112.50
- AUB (Education contribution) - DKK 267.75
- AFU (Labor Market Fund for Secondary Persons) - DKK 0.58
- Administration of holiday fund - DKK 10.20
- Administration of frozen holiday pay - DKK 1.58
- Compulsory Occupational Injury Insurance - DKK 273.60

Annual and conditional costs
- 5th Week Vacation - Salary for up to 5 days of vacation for employees with unused vacation by the end of the spending year
- Vacation and Holiday Allowance - Salary for the unused vacation, up to 12.5% of the employee's annual base salary, accrued monthly.
- Ferietillæg: approximately 1% of the employee’s salary, varying depending on bonuses allowances, commissions, variable payments, and time off taken during the period, paid in two annual instalments in May and August.

- Great Prayer Day Compensation Supplement: 0.45% of the employee's gross annual salary, including any allowances, and company pension contributions.

Mandatory for terminated employees with unused vacation and paid to Feriekonto.

These costs are provided as estimates and are intended solely for general informational purposes. To fully comprehend all associated costs and fees related to the terms of any employment agreement for this country, please contact our Sales team for a quote.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Standard working hours are 7.4 working hours per day, 37 working hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
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Hiring in Denmark, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Denmark with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Denmark and 150+ countries.

Group (8)

Starting at 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

~1% + fixed fees

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