# Chemical Engineering jobs in Denmark for international graduates

Chemical Engineering jobs in Denmark: typical pay DKK 820,000, +25.4% job growth to 2035, Job-seeking permit 12 months. Official Danish sources.

Page: https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/denmark/chemical-engineering

## Job market at a glance

The jobs **Chemical Engineering** leads to, added together. Each label compares Chemical Engineering with the other Danish fields.

- **Average pay (calculated)**: DKK 820,000 (Strong)
- **Entry-level pay (calculated)**: DKK 699,200 (Strong)
- **Growth to 2035 (Cedefop)**: +25.4% (Strong)
- **Change since 2024**: +5.6% (Strong)
- **People in these jobs (full-time equivalents, Statistics Denmark)**: 9,119 (Moderate)
- **Jobs on Denmark's Positive List**: 67% (Strong)

People in these jobs: full-time equivalents (Statistics Denmark, earnings statistics 2025), covering the public sector and private firms with at least 10 full-time employees; Statistics Denmark notes it is not a count of everyone employed. Change: people employed in the broader occupation groups these jobs belong to (Eurostat Labour Force Survey, Denmark). Yearly pay is calculated by UNIFER from Statistics Denmark's median standardised hourly earnings × 160.33 hours × 12. It includes pension contributions and holiday allowance, as SIRI's pay limits do. Source: [Jobindsats.dk (STAR)](https://www.jobindsats.dk/databank/arbejdsmarked/status-pa-arbejdsmarkedet/virksomhedernes-behov-for-arbejdskraft/antal-ledige-stillinger-pa-jobnet/) for the job ads (vacancies newly posted on Jobnet), licensed [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Positive List: jobs for which Denmark grants a work permit to people with a higher education without a salary minimum (SIRI, national entries).

## Jobs this degree leads to

The jobs **Chemical Engineering** courses most often lead to in Denmark, and how each one is doing.

| Job | Share | Average pay | Entry pay | Growth to 2035 | New job ads a month vs last year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Chemical engineers | 30% | DKK 908,763 | DKK 770,777 | +25.4% | — |
| 2. Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified | 28% | DKK 812,546 | DKK 692,626 | +25.4% | — |
| 3. Industrial and production engineers | 26% | DKK 809,141 | DKK 686,584 | +25.4% | 18 -25% |
| 4. Environmental protection professionals | 13% | DKK 644,719 | DKK 570,300 | +25.4% | 7 -75.9% |
| 5. Chemists | 3% | DKK 829,881 | DKK 694,530 | +25.4% | 5 +66.7% |

Share: how common each job is among Chemical Engineering destinations. Entry pay: lower-quartile pay, a guide to starting salaries. New job ads a month: vacancies newly posted on Jobnet in the latest month (Jobindsats.dk, STAR), against the same month a year earlier. Small counts STAR does not publish are left out. Swipe the table sideways for more.

## What graduates like you earned

What graduates of Danish master's programmes in **Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering**, **Applied Chemistry**, **Chemistry Engineering** earned in their **second year after graduating**, weighted by the number of graduates of each.

- **Master's graduates, 2nd year after graduating median, 2022–2024 · 295 graduates · Uddannelseszoom 2026**: DKK 543,000
- **All master's holders in technical sciences median, full time, all ages, 2025**: DKK 783,400
- **Master's graduates born abroad, in work 15 months after graduating (class of 2022), of those still in Denmark**: 78%
- **Master's graduates of Danish origin, in work same group, for comparison**: 87%

Foreign-born master's graduates working full time in Denmark earned **91.8%** of what Danish-born graduates earned (2022). Graduates' pay: Uddannelseszoom 2026 (Ministry of Higher Education and Science, data from Statistics Denmark), median monthly earned income × 12, calculated by UNIFER; includes pension and is not converted to full time, so it reads lower than full-time figures. Master's holders': Statistics Denmark's median standardised hourly earnings × 160.33 × 12, calculated by UNIFER; includes pension contributions and holiday allowance. "Born abroad" is Statistics Denmark's immigrants, which includes, but is not only, international students; shares calculated by UNIFER.

## Staying to work after you graduate

How international students stay to work in Denmark after studying **Chemical Engineering**.

1 Finish your course

A master's or a PhD from a Danish university.

2 Job-seeking permit 12 months

to look for a job in Denmark after graduating, if you applied for your student permit on or after 1 October 2026 (3 years if you applied before). You can work up to 90 hours a month, and full time in June, July and August.

3 Work permit

**Positive List:** if your job is on Denmark's Positive List for people with a higher education, there is no salary minimum; the pay must meet Danish standards for the job.

**Pay Limit scheme:** any job paying at least **DKK 552,000** a year (pension contributions and holiday allowance count).

**Supplementary Pay Limit scheme:** at least **DKK 446,000** a year, while Denmark's unemployment stays at or below 3.75% and after the job has been advertised on Jobnet and EURES.

Denmark does not issue the EU Blue Card. Amounts are SIRI's 2026 levels.

- **Typical pay in Chemical Engineering jobs vs the Pay Limit**: DKK 820,000 typical pay minimum **DKK 552,000**
- **Chemical Engineering jobs on Denmark's Positive List**: 67%

## Chemical Engineering in other countries

Typical pay for the same jobs (in US dollars in brackets, at October 2026 exchange rates), projected growth, and post-study work after a master's.

- [Denmark DKK 820,000 ($122,800) Growth +25.4% (2022–35) · Job-seeking permit 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/denmark/chemical-engineering)
- [Germany €83,900 ($93,900) Growth +2% (2023–40) · 18 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/germany/chemical-engineering)
- [Sweden SEK 625,000 ($62,800) Growth +40.3% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/sweden/chemical-engineering)
- [United Kingdom £47,300 ($63,200) Growth +11.2% (2025–35) · Graduate visa 18 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/uk/chemical-engineering)
- [United States $131,300 Growth +4.9% (2025–35) · OPT 12 months, 36 with the STEM extension](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/us/chemical-engineering)
- [Canada CA$107,600 ($76,900) Growth +9.8% (2023–33) · PGWP up to 36 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/canada/chemical-engineering)

- [Australia AU$140,800 ($98,900) Growth +21.1% (2025–35) · 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/australia/chemical-engineering)
- [Ireland €49,100 ($55,000) Growth +5.1% (2025–28) · Stamp 1G 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/ireland/chemical-engineering)
- [Netherlands €64,600 ($72,300) Growth +5.1% (2025–30) · Orientation year 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/netherlands/chemical-engineering)
- [Finland €60,300 ($67,500) Growth +25.6% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/finland/chemical-engineering)
- [France €52,600 net ($58,900) Growth +32.3% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/france/chemical-engineering)
- [Poland PLN 115,400 ($29,400) Growth +33.9% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 9 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/poland/chemical-engineering)
- [Spain €41,900 ($46,900) Growth +29.1% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/spain/chemical-engineering)
- [Italy €24,700 net ($27,600) Growth +36.6% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work up to 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/italy/chemical-engineering)
- [Belgium €64,900 ($72,600) Growth +17.6% (2022–35) · Search year 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/belgium/chemical-engineering)
- [Switzerland CHF 104,800 ($127,100) Job search 6 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/switzerland/chemical-engineering)

## Danish universities teaching Chemical Engineering

2 Danish universities offer 2 postgraduate courses in Chemical Engineering. The highest ranked:

- [Technical University of Denmark QS #105 · 1 course](https://uniferedu.com/universities/technical-university-of-denmark)
- [Aalborg University QS #329 · 1 course](https://uniferedu.com/universities/aalborg-university)

[See all 2 courses in the Course Explorer →](https://uniferedu.com/explore?country=DK&sub_field=Chemical%20Engineering)

## Questions students ask

### How much do Chemical Engineering graduates earn in Denmark?

Graduates of Danish master's programmes in this field earned a median DKK 543,000 a year in their second year after graduating (Uddannelseszoom 2026); all master's holders in technical sciences earn DKK 783,400 (full time, all ages). 78% of master's graduates born abroad were in work 15 months after graduating, against 87% of graduates of Danish origin. Across all workers in these jobs, typical pay is DKK 820,000 and starting pay about DKK 699,200.

### Is Chemical Engineering in demand in Denmark?

About 9,119 full-time equivalents work in these jobs (Statistics Denmark). Employment in these jobs is projected to grow 25.4% from 2022 to 2035.

### Can I stay and work in Denmark after a Chemical Engineering master's?

Yes, for 12 months on a job-seeking permit if you applied for your student permit on or after 1 October 2026. To stay, a job on Denmark's Positive List needs no salary minimum (67% of these jobs are on it); otherwise the Pay Limit scheme needs DKK 552,000 a year.

## Where these numbers come from

Every figure comes from an official Danish source. Tap a source tag next to any number for its details.

- [Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, Denmark, 2022–2035](https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/tools/skills-intelligence/future-employment-growth)
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) · Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [StatBank LONS11 (earnings by highest education) and OVGARB10 (from education to employment); yearly pay calculated by UNIFER](https://www.statbank.dk/OVGARB10)
Statistics Denmark (DST) · CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Denmark) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [StatBank LONS20 — earnings by occupation (DISCO-08); yearly figure calculated by UNIFER](https://www.statbank.dk/LONS20)
Statistics Denmark (DST) · CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Denmark) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Employed persons by detailed occupation (ISCO-08 two-digit), Denmark — EU Labour Force Survey (lfsa_egai2d)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_egai2d/default/table?lang=en)
Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Jobindsats.dk — Antal ledige stillinger på Jobnet: newly posted vacancies by job title (STAR)](https://www.jobindsats.dk/databank/arbejdsmarked/status-pa-arbejdsmarkedet/virksomhedernes-behov-for-arbejdskraft/antal-ledige-stillinger-pa-jobnet/)
Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR), Jobindsats.dk · CC BY 4.0 (Jobindsats.dk, STAR) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Education at a Glance — relative earnings of foreign-born adults with master's or doctoral education, Denmark (DF_LSO_EARN_REL_NATIVE)](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/)
OECD · OECD data — reuse with attribution · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Danish post-study and work permit rules — SIRI pages (manually verified)](https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Work/Pay-limit-scheme/)
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) — transcribed and verified by UNIFER · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Positive List for People with a Higher Education — Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI)](https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Work/Positive-List-Higher-Education/)
Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Uddannelseszoom 2026 — pay by master's programme in the 2nd year after graduating (UFM, data from Statistics Denmark)](https://ufsn.dk/statistik/uddannelseszoom/)
Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet, UFM) · Reuse terms not stated (unverified); credited, for educational, non-commercial use · loaded 19 Oct 2026

Indicative figures from official Danish sources. They describe groups of graduates and workers, not what any individual will earn or be offered. Visa rules change, so check nyidanmark.dk before you decide.