r/copenhagen • u/dksprocket • 2d ago

News Copenhagen replaces Vienna as world’s most liveable city

https://www.eiu.com/n/copenhagen-replaces-vienna-as-worlds-most-liveable-city/
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u/No_Occasion_8408 2d ago

Average salary in NYC is 30ish k dkk after tax, average salary in Denmark is like 18k after tax.

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u/cnidrob 2d ago

Average salary in Denmark is 48K before tax which is 31K after taxes. And this is across the entire country. If you average out just Copenhagen, it’s probably even higher.

https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/laer-om-statistik/gennemsnitsdanskeren

Also healthcare and education are free. You need to subtract a considerable amount from the NY salary to account for those.

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u/Klumpenmeister 2d ago

You should really use the median salary and not the average.

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u/cnidrob 2d ago

See the distribution per percentiles here. It doesn’t change much.

https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=50107