Salary calculator for upcoming graduates

By entering relevant information such as your education, desired industry and geographical location, you can get a realistic estimate of what you can expect to earn as a new graduate in the private sector.

Your future salary will vary depending on your education, when you expect to graduate, where you expect to work in the country and which industry you would like to work in.

The result is a calculated salary in the private sector for a profile with the characteristics you have selected in the salary calculator. Try it out and see what your expected starting salary is if you, for example, change geography or industry.

The Salary Calculator for soon-to-be graduates is updated every year. The figures are calculated based on IDA’s annual salary statistics, where we get information about our members’ salary levels and other benefits.

The Salary Calculator gives you a percentage distribution of an average starting salary as well as a detailed overview of benefits, unemployment, salary packages and other elements, so you can get an idea of ​​how your salary will develop over the course of your career. This can be important for your future career choices and planning your financial foundation.

When you need to negotiate salary, you can use the Salary Calculator to set a realistic and well-founded framework for the negotiation.

NOTE: This tool is only based on data from the private labor market, as different rules apply to the public labor market.

Your starting salary varies depending on your education, industry, geography and whether you are employed in the public or private sector. The salary calculator gives you a specific offer based on current salary data on the private labor market for IDA members, so you don’t have to guess or compare yourself with random numbers from the internet.

Statistics show that new graduates generally earn the recommended starting salaries that IDA recommends.

In the past three years, the average salary for a private-sector graduate has been above the year’s recommended minimum wage.

If you want to delve deeper into IDA’s salary statistics and see what members in your industry are getting right now, you can log in to your profile and find all the figures here: IDA’s Salary Calculator

The short answer is no.

The result is a qualified estimate – not a guarantee. Salaries depend on the size of the company, responsibility, skills and negotiation. But the calculator gives you a fact-based starting point, so you can argue objectively in a salary negotiation.

And our annual surveys of the salary level of IDA members show that new graduates generally receive the indicative starting salaries that IDA recommends.

Your salary is not just defined by the amount at the top of your payslip.

If you are unsure whether you are being placed on the right pay scale, it is relevant to look into why that is and what other benefits are included on your payslip.

Are there special terms, employee benefits, pension or development opportunities that affect the overall package?
In the salary calculator you can see an example of two salary packages where the gross salary differs depending on which benefits are included – and this can have a major impact on your overall payout and pension savings.

Yes, that’s a really good idea.

The salary calculator can be used already during your studies to set realistic expectations and possibly also guide your future job direction. By changing various factors – such as geography or industry – you can compare salaries and target your application to relevant positions and industries.

Good preparation is the key to a successful salary negotiation.

With IDA’s interactive salary negotiation course, you can try out salary negotiation before you go to the real interview. Here you get the opportunity to try it out, so you can go into the interview with insight and the expectation of achieving a salary that reflects your value.

You can find the course here: Salary negotiation for new graduates