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# Working as an engineer in Denmark

In Denmark, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 5,783 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Engineer is a regulated profession in Denmark. Foreign qualifications go through: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Executive Order No. 598 of 30/05/2018 on the excercise of profession as oprerator manager based on foreign professional qualifications: https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=201752
Act No. 26 of 10/01/2019 on safety of electrical plants, electrical installations og electrical material: https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=206233. In Denmark, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 5,783 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Recognition of professional experience Annex IV - automatic recognition; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Executive Order No. 598 of 30/05/2018 on the excercise of profession as oprerator manager based on foreign professional qualifications: https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=201752
Act No. 26 of 10/01/2019 on safety of electrical plants, electrical installations og electrical material: https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=206233; No mandatory professional recognition for a generic engineering role. Foreign qualification assessment is optional; any regulated specialist title must use its own national route.
- Recognition authority: No general licensing authority for the broad engineer target. UFSN provides voluntary educational-level assessment; a regulated specialist title has its own authority.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

/regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6410; record id=660053; /regprof/general generic.title=Electrical engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=660053&lang=EN
UFSN education section lists Teacher of the Danish Folkeskole and Upper Secondary School Teacher as regulated professions. — https://ufsn.dk/english/education/recognition-and-transparency/regulated-professions/list-of-regulated-professions/
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=DK

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```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_engineer-in-denmark-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_08242a56680c,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Engineer in Denmark: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {eaa0d59e90967bd44630df734815e4f8},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/denmark/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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