Working as an engineer in Denmark
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Denmark: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
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
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Denmark: ≈ 5,783 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 engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Denmark.
- 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
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Denmark: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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