A total of 16 non-European Union countries have been earmarked by the Danish government to have Denmark’s lower salary threshold by 2025.
According to the Danish government, this initiative is expected to address labour shortages and boost the nation’s foreign workforce by lowering key salary thresholds under the Pay Limit Scheme.
This initiative, jointly agreed to by the Danish government, employers, and trade unions, reduces Denmark’s minimum salary threshold under the Pay Limit Scheme from 514,000 DKK (approximately €44,000) to 300,000 DKK (around €26,000) annually, opening doors to a wider range of professionals.
The new, lower salary threshold will apply exclusively to citizens of the following 16 non-EU countries:
Eligible Nations for the Revised Pay Limit Scheme:
• USA
• United Kingdom
• Singapore
• China
• Japan
• Australia
• Canada
• India
• Brazil
• Malaysia
• Montenegro
• Serbia
• North Macedonia
• Albania
• Ukraine
• Moldova
In addition to the primary Pay Limit Scheme, Denmark also operates a Supplementary Pay Limit Scheme, designed for sectors facing labour shortages.
This scheme currently sets the minimum salary at DKK 415,000 per year, but the new plan lowers it to DKK 300,000.
Pan-Atlantic Kompass also gathered that Denmark’s lower salary threshold for non-EU countries will officially take off on Monday, June 30, 2025.
