[DK] Structure of Earnings

Full name of the series in original language

Lønstruktur

Abstract

The purpose of the structural statistic earnings is to provide detailed information about employees' earnings analysed by occupation (job), industry, level of education, etc. for the entire labour market.

Earnings statistics for the private sector:
The earnings statistics for the private sector have been compiled since 1995. The earnings statistics replaced the previous statistics on wages compiled from 1916 to 1992 and the previous statistics on salaried employees compiled from 1981 to 1992.

Earnings statistics for the central government sector
The earnings statistics for the central government sector have been compiled since 1996. For central government employees, (annual) earnings statistics were compiled for the years 1966 to 1995. These statistics are not comparable with the present earnings statistics.

Earnings statistics for the local government sector:
The earnings statistics for the local government sector have been compiled since 1996. For employees in the local government sector, earnings statistics were published from 1976 to 1995. These statistics are not comparable with the present earnings statistics.

For the part of the statistics which covers the majority of the private sector, the primary data are reported are reported by business enterprises employing 10 or more full-time employees. Annual data about each individual employee's earnings and conditions of employment are reported for the calendar year under survey by these business enterprises.

The statistics include all employees in the entire labour market. The statistics cover all business enterprises in the public sector. For the private sector, all business enterprises, with the exception of agriculture and fisheries, employing 10 or more full-time employees are included in the statistics.

The statistics only cover employees with permanent employment comprising a lower limit for the scope of work. The delimitation is conducted in accordance with the rules contained in the Act on contracts of employment. This implies that the employee must have been employed for more than one month and the average weekly working time must exceed 8 hours.

Source: https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics…

Geographic coverage

Denmark

Time period

1995 => 2010

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

Access mode

Update date

15/09/2021