Salaries in Belgium
€3,800a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- €45,600
- Equals
- $4,242
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO€109,400
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€107,200
- Senior government officials€106,300
- IT project manager€105,400
- Finance manager€103,200
- Insurance agent€102,400
- Operations manager€102,000
- Social media manager€101,600
- Head of marketing€101,000
- Product manager€100,300
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker€22,310
- Shelf stacker€28,760
- Kitchen assistant€28,790
- Cleaner€28,850
- Housekeeper€29,220
- Dance teacher€29,730
- Garment presser€29,800
- Fiacre driver€30,080
- Picker and packer€30,350
- Car cleaner€30,940
By major occupation group
| Managers | €7,645 a month |
| Armed forces | €7,107 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | €5,777 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | €5,204 a month |
| Professionals | €4,983 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | €4,399 a month |
| Service and sales workers | €4,284 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | €4,052 a month |
| Clerical support workers | €3,469 a month |
| Elementary occupations | €2,751 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant€56,890
- Accounts assistant€42,440
- Accounts clerk€43,310
- Actor€39,830
- Actuary€61,870
- Agricultural technician€44,090
- Aid worker€62,240
- Air traffic controller€72,510
- Air traffic safety technician€51,650
- Aircraft technician€83,740
- Airline pilot€74,040
- Animal carer€47,000
- Announcer€52,330
- Anthropologist€52,010
- Apiarists and sericulturists€57,820
- Aquaculture support worker€57,820
- Architect€55,230
- Art director€56,230
- Artist€52,250
- Astrologer€52,240
- Astrophysicist€68,250
- Athlete€47,660
- Audio-visual technician€45,050
- Audiology technician€41,070
- Audit clerk€45,700
- Auto mechanic€65,720
- Avionics mechanic€78,420
- Ballet dancer€46,680
- Bartender€44,880
- Basketmaker€56,200
- Beautician€44,260
- Benefits officer€47,320
- Bicycle mechanic€63,700
- Bike assembler€53,980
- Bindery worker€55,210
- Blacksmith€66,600
- Blaster€79,030
- Boiler operator€80,850
- Bricklayer€71,060
- Broadcast engineer€65,940
- Builder€71,860
- Bus driver€63,150
- Butcher€57,540
- Buyer€46,860
- Cabinetmaker€62,130
- Call centre agent€52,790
- Candle factory worker€63,050
- Car assembler€61,650
- Car cleaner€30,940
- Car electrician€79,300
- Car painter€65,850
- Career coach€53,280
- Caretaker€53,240
- Carpenter€68,250
- Carpet worker€57,160
- Cashier€42,020
- CEO€109,400
- Cheese maker€73,460
- Chef€39,890
- Chemical engineer€63,570
- Chemical engineering technician€53,850
- Chemical operator€55,100
- Chemical products plant and machine operators€69,870
- Chemist€57,410
- Chief engineer€57,900
- Childcare centre manager€66,890
- Civil engineer€61,730
- Civils worker€41,770
- Cleaner€28,850
- Cleaners€33,670
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified€39,930
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified€38,410
- Clinical research assistant€38,480
- Cnc operator€70,340
- Coffee taster€62,710
- Commodity trader€54,510
- Community health worker€46,030
- Companion€49,890
- Concrete finisher€72,610
- Construction foreman€56,700
- Construction manager€80,620
- Construction worker€36,360
- Cook€47,250
- Corporate trainer€53,850
- Correctional officer€65,910
- Corrugator operator€61,500
- Courier€32,750
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified€55,750
- Crane operators€73,740
- Crop producer€53,050
- Crop team leader€53,180
- Croupier€36,170
- Cure operator€59,370
- Customer service clerk€38,590
- Customs agent€43,730
- Customs officer€48,660
- Dance teacher€29,730
- Data administrator€60,880
- Data centre operator€55,070
- Data entry clerk€37,700
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified€63,170
- Day care worker€48,180
- Debt collector€44,670
- Deep-sea fisherman€54,820
- Dental hygienist€40,830
- Dentist€67,290
- Dietitian€49,840
- Doctor€80,470
- Door to door seller€51,650
- Draughtsperson€48,850
- Driving instructor€60,750
- Earthmoving and related plant operators€68,890
- Economist€64,530
- Education officer€53,460
- Electric powerline worker€87,850
- Electrical assembler€54,660
- Electrical engineer€67,400
- Electrical technician€53,100
- Electrician€74,610
- Electronic engineer€65,340
- Electronics engineering technician€49,530
- Elementary school teacher€53,700
- Embalmer€55,230
- Embroiderer€57,360
- Employment agent€47,590
- Energy manager€94,490
- Environment engineer€59,000
- Environmental protection professionals€53,980
- Esol teacher€45,970
- Event coordinator€43,660
- Executive assistant€46,190
- Fabric cutter€53,740
- Fabric dyer€55,180
- Façade cleaner€53,360
- Facility manager€94,370
- Factory labourer€34,490
- Farm equipment operator€60,620
- Farm hand€33,260
- Farm hands€31,450
- Fast food worker€22,310
- Fiacre driver€30,080
- File clerk€42,220
- Fill operator€50,260
- Finance adviser€59,670
- Finance manager€103,200
- Financial analyst€62,340
- Financier€62,450
- Fire alarm technician€76,110
- Firefighter€72,850
- Fisheries boatman€54,820
- Fishery production manager€69,800
- Fitness club manager€70,660
- Flight attendant€56,690
- Food and related products machine operators€55,980
- Food service worker€41,530
- Food stall holder€46,390
- Forest ranger€55,380
- Forest worker€35,630
- Forester€75,920
- Forestry advisor€56,900
- Forestry technician€45,040
- Forklift operator€57,910
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers€59,760
- Fur animal rearer€58,770
- Garage manager€81,140
- Gardener€33,210
- Garment presser€29,800
- Gas station salesperson€41,900
- General manager€88,730
- Geologist€63,650
- Glassblower€59,590
- Glassmaker€61,380
- Glazier€66,200
- Gluing operator€51,040
- Grader€64,780
- Grinder€64,720
- Guide€49,910
- Gym worker€31,750
- Hairdresser€44,190
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers€32,300
- Head of marketing€101,000
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified€49,480
- Health records clerk€44,990
- Health screener€42,140
- Heat treat operator€62,470
- Hide machine operator€55,530
- High school teacher€57,020
- Historian€54,400
- Horticulturist€51,720
- Hotel manager€70,080
- Hotel receptionist€34,630
- House manager€52,690
- Household manager€51,130
- Housekeeper€29,220
- HR manager€94,150
- Hunter€55,310
- Hvac mechanic€75,020
- Industrial engineer€63,670
- Industrial painter€63,140
- Information clerk€39,910
- Insulator€69,000
- Insurance agent€102,400
- Insurance seller€50,070
- IT presales technician€62,390
- IT project manager€105,400
- IT technician€47,960
- IT trainer€52,270
- Jeweller€59,710
- Journalist€52,920
- Judge€75,350
- Kitchen assistant€28,790
- Laboratory technologist€45,030
- Landscape architect€55,630
- Laser technician€53,640
- Laundry worker€47,760
- Lawyer€70,480
- Legal aide€46,650
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified€60,710
- Legal secretary€40,610
- Legislators€43,180
- Librarian€52,620
- Library assistant€38,970
- Livestock and dairy producers€55,240
- Livestock farm labourers€32,140
- Loan officer€49,420
- Logistics manager€85,420
- Loss adjuster€51,480
- Machine oiler€78,560
- Mail carrier€41,710
- Management consultant€62,650
- Manufacturing director€91,220
- Market trader€51,860
- Marketing specialist€56,360
- Mechanical engineer€64,800
- Mechanical engineering technician€54,700
- Medical assistant€37,180
- Medical herbalist€42,960
- Medical laboratory technician€44,860
- Medical transcriber€40,830
- Medical writer€50,610
- Metal caster€66,550
- Metal filer€61,050
- Metal furnace operator€50,780
- Metal molder€65,430
- Metal worker€67,820
- Metallurgist€51,370
- Metalworker€71,000
- Meteorologist€62,890
- Meter reader€33,740
- Midwife€58,020
- Midwife assistant€47,620
- Military officer€92,190
- Mine engineer€68,360
- Mine supervisor€57,520
- Miners€75,600
- Mining assistant€42,120
- Mixed farmer€54,260
- Motorcyle courier€55,300
- Museum curator€50,980
- Museum technician€41,310
- Music teacher€47,500
- Musician€47,210
- Network engineer€50,680
- Networks engineer€63,010
- Nursing assistant€52,030
- Nursing associate professionals€44,620
- Nursing home manager€84,070
- Odd job persons€34,990
- Office clerk€41,610
- Office manager€49,190
- Operations manager€102,000
- Optician€39,470
- Optometrist€55,350
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals€46,170
- Paper maker€63,490
- Paramedic€51,930
- Paramedical practitioners€63,020
- Passport officer€48,130
- Pastry cook€54,980
- Patent agent€55,360
- Pawnbroker€33,990
- Payroll clerk€46,040
- Performer€37,370
- Personal care attendant€50,710
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified€51,930
- Personnel clerks€44,100
- Pest control technician€61,570
- Petty officer€76,300
- Pharmacist€61,310
- Photo retoucher€52,980
- Photographer€40,800
- Physical therapist€50,380
- Piano tuner€69,240
- Picker and packer€30,350
- Plasterer€65,410
- Plumber€73,170
- Police detective€63,960
- Police officer€74,000
- Policy analyst€56,140
- Potter€61,060
- Poultry sexer€50,880
- Power plant operator€56,720
- Prepress technician€63,070
- Preschool teacher€45,280
- Preschool teaching assistant€48,400
- Primary school manager€92,280
- Print operator€61,360
- Prison teacher€48,640
- Process operator€62,450
- Product designer€52,140
- Product manager€100,300
- Production line coordinator€46,930
- Production supervisor€53,800
- Professor€58,270
- Project manager€91,970
- Promotions demonstrator€44,440
- Proofreader€44,180
- Psychologist€57,820
- Public health inspector€57,040
- Public relations professionals€52,770
- Pulp control worker€43,700
- Quality inspector€50,810
- Radiologic technologist€52,750
- Rail conductor€53,220
- Real estate agent€48,570
- Receptionist€34,670
- Registered nurse€58,560
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified€45,760
- Religious professionals€45,920
- Religious worker€41,000
- Rental sales worker€51,150
- Restaurant manager€61,320
- Retail sales associate€50,330
- Retail store supervisor€57,160
- Riding instructor€35,440
- Rig driller€75,810
- Rigger€77,860
- Roofer€55,080
- Runway model€45,390
- Sales engineer€60,690
- Sales representative€51,020
- Sawmill operator€59,320
- Scribes and related workers€42,600
- Secretary€42,780
- Security guard€55,060
- Senior government officials€106,300
- Set designer€41,520
- Sewing machine operator€48,050
- Sex worker€45,490
- Shelf stacker€28,760
- Ship pilot€54,320
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers€65,260
- Shoemaker€56,050
- Shop keeper€68,570
- Sign installer€62,550
- Signalman€76,230
- Slitter operator€58,910
- Social care worker€43,090
- Social media manager€101,600
- Social services manager€81,590
- Social worker€51,480
- Software developer€65,050
- Software programmer€60,060
- Software tester€62,080
- Soldier€81,880
- Sorter€35,550
- Special needs teacher€54,260
- Specialist doctor€96,960
- Speech therapist€51,970
- Sport coach€34,500
- Statistician€53,150
- Steel erector€73,610
- Stock coordinator€40,510
- Stone fabricator€62,650
- Stone planer€63,130
- Stonemason€69,510
- Store manager€76,910
- Street and related service workers€33,670
- Street sweeper€34,870
- Street vendor€33,570
- Subsistence crop farmers€47,420
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers€52,640
- Subsistence livestock farmers€47,950
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€47,470
- Survey enumerator€39,620
- Surveyor€57,430
- Switchboard operator€42,790
- Systems administrator€60,670
- Systems analyst€65,950
- Tailor€49,660
- Tanner€60,220
- Tax officer€50,840
- Taxi driver€52,790
- Technical aide€50,680
- Telecom administrator€53,210
- Teller€44,060
- Tent builder€69,720
- Test engineer€63,810
- Textile braider€53,350
- Textile machine operator€51,850
- Therapy assistant€35,300
- Tile installer€65,360
- Tobacco dryer€61,880
- Trades union official€96,020
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€107,200
- Traditional therapist€44,240
- Train driver€87,340
- Translator€48,760
- Transport clerks€46,460
- Travel agent€39,330
- Tree doctor€50,140
- Truck driver€64,290
- Typist€39,700
- Underwater welder€75,790
- Upholsterer€57,810
- Urban planner€58,540
- UX designer€48,660
- Vet technician€36,620
- Veterinarian€59,780
- Vocational teacher€52,790
- Waiter€42,860
- Warehouse worker€35,590
- Waste collector€35,460
- Watch maker€67,960
- Water and firewood collectors€33,200
- Water plant operator€48,730
- Water-based fisheries worker€31,870
- Web developer€60,110
- Web technician€55,100
- Welder€69,130
- Wind technician€44,360
- Winder operator€52,340
- Window washer€33,190
- Wood treater€63,740
- Woodworker€59,970
- Zoologist€58,760
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate