Salaries in the Netherlands
€3,622a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- €43,470
- Equals
- $4,044
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor€93,290
- CEO€92,570
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€90,720
- Senior government officials€89,940
- IT project manager€89,170
- Finance manager€87,330
- Insurance agent€86,620
- Operations manager€86,300
- Social media manager€85,970
- Head of marketing€85,400
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker€16,490
- Shelf stacker€21,260
- Kitchen assistant€21,280
- Cleaner€21,330
- Housekeeper€21,600
- Garment presser€22,030
- Fiacre driver€22,240
- Picker and packer€22,440
- Car cleaner€22,870
- Farm hands€23,250
By major occupation group
| Managers | €6,468 a month |
| Armed forces | €5,349 a month |
| Professionals | €4,794 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | €3,842 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | €3,475 a month |
| Clerical support workers | €3,102 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | €3,071 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | €2,986 a month |
| Service and sales workers | €2,616 a month |
| Elementary occupations | €2,034 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant€54,740
- Accounts assistant€37,940
- Accounts clerk€41,070
- Actor€38,320
- Actuary€59,530
- Agricultural technician€41,810
- Aid worker€38,000
- Air traffic controller€68,760
- Air traffic safety technician€48,980
- Aircraft technician€43,280
- Airline pilot€70,210
- Animal carer€28,700
- Announcer€50,350
- Anthropologist€50,040
- Apiarists and sericulturists€45,680
- Aquaculture support worker€45,680
- Architect€53,140
- Art director€54,110
- Artist€50,270
- Astrologer€31,900
- Astrophysicist€65,660
- Athlete€45,200
- Audio-visual technician€42,720
- Audiology technician€38,950
- Audit clerk€40,860
- Auto mechanic€33,970
- Avionics mechanic€40,530
- Ballet dancer€44,910
- Bartender€27,400
- Basketmaker€29,050
- Beautician€27,020
- Benefits officer€44,870
- Bicycle mechanic€32,930
- Bike assembler€31,850
- Bindery worker€28,540
- Blacksmith€34,420
- Blaster€40,850
- Boiler operator€47,710
- Bricklayer€36,730
- Broadcast engineer€63,440
- Builder€37,140
- Bus driver€37,260
- Butcher€29,740
- Buyer€44,430
- Cabinetmaker€32,110
- Call centre agent€32,230
- Candle factory worker€32,590
- Car assembler€36,370
- Car cleaner€22,870
- Car electrician€40,990
- Car painter€34,040
- Career coach€51,260
- Caretaker€32,510
- Carpenter€35,280
- Carpet worker€29,540
- Cashier€25,660
- CEO€92,570
- Cheese maker€37,970
- Chef€37,830
- Chemical engineer€61,160
- Chemical engineering technician€51,060
- Chemical operator€52,250
- Chemical products plant and machine operators€41,220
- Chemist€55,240
- Chief engineer€54,900
- Childcare centre manager€56,590
- Civil engineer€59,400
- Civils worker€30,880
- Cleaner€21,330
- Cleaners€24,890
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified€35,710
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified€34,340
- Clinical research assistant€36,490
- Cnc operator€36,350
- Coffee taster€32,410
- Commodity trader€51,690
- Community health worker€43,650
- Companion€30,460
- Concrete finisher€37,530
- Construction foreman€53,760
- Construction manager€68,200
- Construction worker€26,880
- Cook€28,850
- Corporate trainer€51,810
- Correctional officer€40,240
- Corrugator operator€36,290
- Courier€24,210
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified€28,810
- Crane operators€43,510
- Crop producer€41,910
- Crop team leader€42,020
- Croupier€32,340
- Cure operator€35,030
- Customer service clerk€34,510
- Customs agent€41,470
- Customs officer€46,140
- Dance teacher€28,600
- Data administrator€58,570
- Data centre operator€52,220
- Data entry clerk€33,710
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified€60,780
- Day care worker€29,410
- Debt collector€39,940
- Deep-sea fisherman€43,310
- Dental hygienist€38,720
- Dentist€64,740
- Dietitian€47,960
- Doctor€77,430
- Door to door seller€31,530
- Draughtsperson€46,330
- Driving instructor€37,090
- Earthmoving and related plant operators€40,650
- Economist€62,080
- Education officer€51,430
- Electric powerline worker€45,410
- Electrical assembler€32,250
- Electrical engineer€64,850
- Electrical technician€50,360
- Electrician€38,560
- Electronic engineer€62,870
- Electronics engineering technician€46,970
- Elementary school teacher€51,660
- Embalmer€33,720
- Embroiderer€29,650
- Employment agent€45,130
- Energy manager€79,930
- Environment engineer€56,770
- Environmental protection professionals€51,930
- Esol teacher€44,230
- Event coordinator€41,400
- Executive assistant€43,800
- Fabric cutter€27,770
- Fabric dyer€32,560
- Façade cleaner€27,580
- Facility manager€79,840
- Factory labourer€25,500
- Farm equipment operator€35,770
- Farm hand€24,590
- Farm hands€23,250
- Fast food worker€16,490
- Fiacre driver€22,240
- File clerk€37,750
- Fill operator€29,660
- Finance adviser€56,580
- Finance manager€87,330
- Financial analyst€59,980
- Financier€60,080
- Fire alarm technician€39,340
- Firefighter€44,480
- Fisheries boatman€43,310
- Fishery production manager€59,050
- Fitness club manager€59,780
- Flight attendant€34,620
- Food and related products machine operators€33,030
- Food service worker€25,360
- Food stall holder€28,330
- Forest ranger€43,750
- Forest worker€26,340
- Forester€64,220
- Forestry advisor€54,750
- Forestry technician€42,710
- Forklift operator€34,170
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers€30,890
- Fur animal rearer€46,430
- Garage manager€68,650
- Gardener€24,560
- Garment presser€22,030
- Gas station salesperson€25,580
- General manager€75,070
- Geologist€61,240
- Glassblower€30,800
- Glassmaker€36,220
- Glazier€34,220
- Gluing operator€30,120
- Grader€33,480
- Grinder€33,450
- Guide€30,470
- Gym worker€23,470
- Hairdresser€26,980
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers€23,880
- Head of marketing€85,400
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified€47,610
- Health records clerk€42,660
- Health screener€39,960
- Heat treat operator€36,860
- Hide machine operator€32,770
- High school teacher€54,870
- Historian€52,340
- Horticulturist€40,860
- Hotel manager€59,290
- Hotel receptionist€30,960
- House manager€32,170
- Household manager€31,220
- Housekeeper€21,600
- HR manager€79,650
- Hunter€43,700
- Hvac mechanic€38,780
- Industrial engineer€61,260
- Industrial painter€32,640
- Information clerk€35,680
- Insulator€35,660
- Insurance agent€86,620
- Insurance seller€47,480
- IT presales technician€60,030
- IT project manager€89,170
- IT technician€45,480
- IT trainer€50,290
- Jeweller€30,860
- Journalist€50,920
- Judge€72,500
- Kitchen assistant€21,280
- Laboratory technologist€42,700
- Landscape architect€53,520
- Laser technician€50,860
- Laundry worker€28,180
- Lawyer€67,810
- Legal aide€44,230
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified€58,410
- Legal secretary€38,510
- Legislators€36,530
- Librarian€50,630
- Library assistant€34,850
- Livestock and dairy producers€43,640
- Livestock farm labourers€23,760
- Loan officer€46,870
- Logistics manager€72,260
- Loss adjuster€48,820
- Machine oiler€40,610
- Mail carrier€37,300
- Management consultant€60,280
- Manufacturing director€77,170
- Market trader€31,660
- Marketing specialist€54,230
- Mechanical engineer€62,350
- Mechanical engineering technician€51,870
- Medical assistant€35,260
- Medical herbalist€40,740
- Medical laboratory technician€42,540
- Medical transcriber€38,720
- Medical writer€48,690
- Metal caster€39,270
- Metal filer€36,020
- Metal furnace operator€48,150
- Metal molder€33,820
- Metal worker€35,060
- Metallurgist€48,710
- Metalworker€36,700
- Meteorologist€60,510
- Meter reader€24,940
- Midwife€55,820
- Midwife assistant€45,160
- Military officer€69,390
- Mine engineer€65,770
- Mine supervisor€54,540
- Miners€44,610
- Mining assistant€31,140
- Mixed farmer€42,870
- Motorcyle courier€32,630
- Museum curator€49,050
- Museum technician€39,170
- Music teacher€45,710
- Musician€45,430
- Network engineer€48,060
- Networks engineer€60,620
- Nursing assistant€31,770
- Nursing associate professionals€42,310
- Nursing home manager€71,120
- Odd job persons€25,870
- Office clerk€37,200
- Office manager€46,650
- Operations manager€86,300
- Optician€37,430
- Optometrist€53,260
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals€43,780
- Paper maker€37,460
- Paramedic€49,240
- Paramedical practitioners€60,630
- Passport officer€45,640
- Pastry cook€28,420
- Patent agent€52,500
- Pawnbroker€30,390
- Payroll clerk€41,170
- Performer€35,960
- Personal care attendant€30,960
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified€31,710
- Personnel clerks€39,430
- Pest control technician€31,830
- Petty officer€57,430
- Pharmacist€58,990
- Photo retoucher€31,260
- Photographer€38,690
- Physical therapist€48,480
- Piano tuner€35,790
- Picker and packer€22,440
- Plasterer€33,810
- Plumber€37,820
- Police detective€60,650
- Police officer€45,180
- Policy analyst€54,010
- Potter€31,560
- Poultry sexer€40,200
- Power plant operator€53,790
- Prepress technician€32,600
- Preschool teacher€43,560
- Preschool teaching assistant€29,550
- Primary school manager€78,060
- Print operator€31,710
- Prison teacher€46,800
- Process operator€59,220
- Product designer€50,170
- Product manager€84,870
- Production line coordinator€41,960
- Production supervisor€51,020
- Professor€56,060
- Project manager€77,800
- Promotions demonstrator€27,130
- Proofreader€39,510
- Psychologist€55,640
- Public health inspector€54,880
- Public relations professionals€50,770
- Pulp control worker€41,440
- Quality inspector€48,180
- Radiologic technologist€50,020
- Rail conductor€32,500
- Real estate agent€46,050
- Receptionist€31,000
- Registered nurse€56,350
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified€43,390
- Religious professionals€44,190
- Religious worker€38,880
- Rental sales worker€31,230
- Restaurant manager€51,880
- Retail sales associate€30,730
- Retail store supervisor€34,900
- Riding instructor€33,610
- Rig driller€44,730
- Rigger€40,250
- Roofer€28,470
- Runway model€27,710
- Sales engineer€58,400
- Sales representative€48,380
- Sawmill operator€35,000
- Scribes and related workers€38,090
- Secretary€38,250
- Security guard€33,610
- Senior government officials€89,940
- Set designer€39,380
- Sewing machine operator€28,350
- Sex worker€27,770
- Shelf stacker€21,260
- Ship pilot€51,510
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers€38,510
- Shoemaker€28,970
- Shop keeper€41,870
- Sign installer€32,330
- Signalman€44,980
- Slitter operator€34,760
- Social care worker€40,860
- Social media manager€85,970
- Social services manager€69,030
- Social worker€49,540
- Software developer€62,590
- Software programmer€57,790
- Software tester€59,730
- Soldier€61,630
- Sorter€26,280
- Special needs teacher€52,200
- Specialist doctor€93,290
- Speech therapist€50,000
- Sport coach€32,720
- Statistician€50,400
- Steel erector€38,050
- Stock coordinator€36,220
- Stone fabricator€36,970
- Stone planer€37,250
- Stonemason€35,930
- Store manager€65,060
- Street and related service workers€24,900
- Street sweeper€25,780
- Street vendor€24,820
- Subsistence crop farmers€37,460
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers€41,590
- Subsistence livestock farmers€37,880
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€37,510
- Survey enumerator€35,430
- Surveyor€55,250
- Switchboard operator€38,260
- Systems administrator€58,380
- Systems analyst€63,460
- Tailor€25,670
- Tanner€31,130
- Tax officer€48,210
- Taxi driver€31,150
- Technical aide€48,060
- Telecom administrator€50,460
- Teller€39,390
- Tent builder€36,040
- Test engineer€61,390
- Textile braider€31,480
- Textile machine operator€30,590
- Therapy assistant€33,470
- Tile installer€33,790
- Tobacco dryer€31,980
- Trades union official€81,230
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€90,720
- Traditional therapist€42,570
- Train driver€51,530
- Translator€46,910
- Transport clerks€41,540
- Travel agent€35,170
- Tree doctor€39,620
- Truck driver€37,930
- Typist€35,500
- Underwater welder€39,170
- Upholsterer€29,880
- Urban planner€56,330
- UX designer€46,820
- Vet technician€34,720
- Veterinarian€57,510
- Vocational teacher€50,790
- Waiter€26,170
- Warehouse worker€26,310
- Waste collector€26,210
- Watch maker€35,120
- Water and firewood collectors€24,540
- Water plant operator€46,210
- Water-based fisheries worker€23,560
- Web developer€57,840
- Web technician€52,250
- Welder€35,730
- Wind technician€42,060
- Winder operator€30,880
- Window washer€24,540
- Wood treater€32,940
- Woodworker€31,000
- Zoologist€56,540
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate