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Title: Privacy & GDPR Counsel hourly rate in Austria | Deftridge
Summary: Privacy & GDPR Counsel pay in Austria: median wage €30 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €50. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Austria · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Privacy & GDPR Counsel hourly rate in Austria

The market median wage for a Privacy & GDPR Counsel in Austria is **€30.11 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€50 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€50/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€30.11/hr** median wage

**€22-39** middle half of wages

**€1,080** a month at 5 hours a week

## Privacy & GDPR Counsel wage percentiles in Austria

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 | €14.35 | €310 | €29,800 |
| 25th | €21.65 | €470 | €45,000 |
| Median | €30.11 | €650 | €62,600 |
| 75th | €38.91 | €840 | €80,900 |
| 90th | €68.59 | €1,490 | €142,700 |

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

## Austria in numbers

What sets Austria apart for a Privacy & GDPR Counsel, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€26** country floor: no Austria rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Privacy & GDPR Counsel in Austria 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | €50 | €1,080 |
| Manager | €60 | €1,300 |
| Director | €70 | €1,520 |

- Regular role **€45**

- One-off task **€50**

- Task bundle **€45**

## Privacy & GDPR Counsel pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Privacy & GDPR Counsel, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | €42.79 | €70 |
| Ireland | €42.32 | €70 |
| Germany | €40.90 | €65 |
| Luxembourg | €40.30 | €65 |
| Denmark | €38.64 | €65 |
| Netherlands | €31.05 | €50 |
| Finland | €28.75 | €45 |
| France | €25.37 | €40 |
| Sweden | €25.16 | €40 |

## 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.

[Privacy & GDPR Counsel rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/privacy-counsel/) · [Privacy & GDPR Counsel jobs in Austria](https://deftridge.com/jobs/privacy-counsel/austria/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
