Accessibility and clarity

Release calendar

The publication date appears in the release calendar. The date is confirmed in the weeks before.

Release calendar access

The Release Calender can be accessed on our English website: Release Calender.

User access

Statistics are always published at 8:00 a.m. at the day announced in the release calendar. No one outside of Statistics Denmark can access the statistics before they are published.

News release

These statistics are published annually in a Danish press release.

Publications

These statistics are described in a comprehensive Danish publication on earnings and labor cost statistics from 2011.

On-line database

The statistics are published in the StatBank under the subject Labour and income in the following tables:

• LONS11: Earnings by education, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time
• LONS20: Earnings by occupation, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time
• LONS30: Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time
• LONS40: Earnings by industry (DB07), sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time
• LONS50: Earnings by age, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time

With the exception of LONS11, the four other tables are compiled from 2013 and onwards. These four tables are compliant with the newest internationally compatible EU accounting framework for National and Regional Accounts ESA2010. LONS11 is compiled in compliance with the International Standard Classification of Education ISCED with 2015 as the starting year.

Micro-data access

The data are available at the level of individuals and may be used in connection with compiling more detailed statistics or in coupling data from other statistics. The microdata for specific research, investigation and analysis tasks for authorised research/analysis environments can be provided via Statistics Denmark’s Research Service

Other

All EU-member states transmit data to Eurostat on this subject, who publishes the statistics Structure of Earnings Survey (SES).

Confidentiality - policy

Data Confidentiality Policy at Statistics Denmark.

Confidentiality - data treatment

When the structure of earnings 2011 was published Statistics Denmark implemented a new rule which did not allow the statistics about structure of earnings in the Danish Statbank regarding 2011 to be based on a data material with less than 50 fulltime employed and 3 enterprises. This was a tightening of the restrictions compared to the structure of earnings 2010, where the requirements were 50 employed. The tightening of restrictions was also imposed the years 2009 and 2010 in the Danish Statbank, data for a range and groups for these two years is thus no longer available. Furthermore the number of employed in the different cells must represent at least 3 enterprises before published, except for public enterprises.

The rules stated above still applies.

The above restrictions on published data does not apply the tasks regarding earnings statistics performed for external customers. However, a requirement of confidentiality apply. When performing external tasks Statistics Denmark does not show the contents in cells with less than 3 employed and 3 enterprises.

Documentation on methodology

The methodology for these statistics are described in a comprehensive Danish publication on earnings and labor cost statstics from 2011.

Quality documentation

Results from the quality evaluation of products and selected processes are available in detail for each statistics and in summary reports for the Working Group on Quality.