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Title: Social Media Manager hourly rate in Denmark | Deftridge
Summary: Social Media Manager pay in Denmark: median wage €20 an hour, contractor rate at the country floor of €36. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Denmark · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Social Media Manager hourly rate in Denmark

The market median wage for a Social Media Manager in Denmark is **€20.12 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€36 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€36/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€20.12/hr** median wage

**€16-23** middle half of wages

**€780** a month at 5 hours a week

## Social Media Manager 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 | €14.63 | €320 | €30,400 |
| 25th | €16.48 | €360 | €34,300 |
| Median | €20.12 | €440 | €41,800 |
| 75th | €22.67 | €490 | €47,200 |
| 90th | €25.57 | €550 | €53,200 |

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 Social Media Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€36** country floor: no Denmark rate is published below it, and this role is at the floor

## What contractors receive

In Denmark the formula gives less than the country floor for every level and format, so the rate shown is the floor itself.

At the country floor €36 an hour for every level and format

The market median wage of €20.12 times the contractor premium is below the Denmark floor of €36. Deftridge does not publish a rate below the floor, so specialists and seniors, regular roles and one-off tasks all show the same number. Above the floor, the rate is agreed with the company inside its range. [How the floor works](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Social Media Manager pay in other countries

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | €22.04 | €36 |
| Germany | €24.01 | €35 |
| Luxembourg | €20.99 | €35 |
| Belgium | €22.29 | €32 |
| Netherlands | €16.17 | €27 |
| Austria | €15.68 | €26 |
| Finland | €14.97 | €25 |
| Sweden | €13.10 | €23 |
| France | €14.21 | €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.

[Social Media Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/social-media-manager/) · [Social Media Manager jobs in Denmark](https://deftridge.com/jobs/social-media-manager/denmark/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
