Working as a childcare worker in Denmark
What official sources say about working as a childcare worker in Denmark: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Denmark, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 3,342 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Denmark. In Denmark, childcare workers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers"
- ≈ 3,342 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers" in Denmark: ≈ 3,342 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of childcare workers alone.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for childcare worker in Denmark: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Childcare worker in Denmark: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b1f87c32afd423ebb5f6d378b2adddce]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/denmark/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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