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Title: Paralegal hourly rate in Denmark, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Paralegal pay in Denmark: median wage €29 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €40. Wage percentiles from the 10th to the 90th and the rate by level.

Denmark · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Paralegal hourly rate in Denmark

The market median wage for a Paralegal in Denmark is **€28.73 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€40 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€40/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€28.73/hr** median wage

**€22-36** middle half of wages

**€870** a month at 5 hours a week

## Paralegal wage percentiles in Denmark

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €19.65 | €430 | €40,900 |
| 25th | €22.35 | €480 | €46,500 |
| Median | €28.73 | €620 | €59,800 |
| 75th | €35.60 | €770 | €74,000 |
| 90th | €42.92 | €930 | €89,300 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Denmark in numbers

What sets Denmark apart for a Paralegal, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€36** country floor: no Denmark rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Paralegal in Denmark by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | €36 | €780 |
| Senior | €40 | €870 |

- Regular role **€40**

- One-off task **€45**

- Task bundle **€45**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the Denmark floor of €36 applies instead.

## Paralegal pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Paralegal, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | €24.73 | €36 |
| Luxembourg | €25.39 | €35 |
| Belgium | €22.23 | €32 |
| Germany | €19.91 | €32 |
| Netherlands | €19.52 | €30 |
| Austria | €19.28 | €30 |
| Sweden | €17.75 | €25 |
| Finland | €17.55 | €25 |
| France | €13.98 | €21 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Paralegal rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/paralegal/) · [Paralegal jobs in Denmark](https://deftridge.com/jobs/paralegal/denmark/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
