If you are job hunting in the Netherlands, listed salary ranges vary a lot depending on the role. Based on job postings on NewLuxJob, this article breaks down the advertised pay for specific roles across the Dutch market, using figures from NewLuxJob's own listings rather than a public statistics agency.
The overall picture
Across 5,208 job postings on NewLuxJob covering all roles in the Netherlands, the median advertised salary is 40,173 EUR. The middle half of listings falls between 32,400 and 51,000 EUR. That range gives a sense of how wide the market is before breaking it down by role.
Office and professional roles
Among office-based roles, Manager listings carry the highest median at 51,600 EUR, with the middle half spanning 42,000 to 67,236 EUR, from 609 postings. Consultant roles show a median of 48,219 EUR (middle half 40,788 to 60,000 EUR, from 110 postings), while Accountant Auditor postings list a median of 48,000 EUR (middle half 39,000 to 60,000 EUR, from 266 postings).
Finance roles have a median of 45,966 EUR, with a wide middle half of 37,500 to 65,652 EUR, from 129 postings. Sales postings show a median of 44,745 EUR (middle half 36,375 to 56,188 EUR, from 162 postings), and HR Recruiter roles list a median of 42,000 EUR (middle half 36,446 to 49,500 EUR, from 60 postings). At the lower end of this group, Customer Support roles have a median of 36,000 EUR, with the middle half between 31,800 and 40,800 EUR, from 218 postings.
Technical and engineering roles
Data Analyst postings show the highest median in this group at 54,000 EUR, though the middle half is wide, from 38,700 to 67,980 EUR, based on 65 postings. Engineer roles have a median of 49,200 EUR, with a middle half of 43,200 to 57,000 EUR, from 546 postings, making it one of the larger role categories in the data. Software Developer listings show a median of 48,000 EUR, with the middle half between 40,350 and 55,500 EUR, from 255 postings.
Trades, logistics and security roles
Electrician postings list a median of 40,650 EUR, with the middle half between 35,325 and 45,000 EUR, from 92 postings. Security roles share the same median of 40,650 EUR but a much wider middle half, from 31,979 to 51,600 EUR, across 128 postings. Welder Metalwork listings show a median of 39,000 EUR (middle half 34,650 to 42,000 EUR, from 92 postings).
Driver Logistics is one of the largest categories in the data, with 761 postings, a median of 33,000 EUR, and a middle half of 27,997 to 38,400 EUR. Production Operator roles list a median of 31,800 EUR, with the middle half between 26,354 and 36,600 EUR, from 140 postings.
Hospitality and cleaning roles
Waiter Hospitality postings show a median of 28,510 EUR, with a tighter middle half of 26,670 to 31,792 EUR, from 102 postings. Cleaning roles have the lowest median of any category covered here, 27,359 EUR, with the middle half between 26,124 and 29,517 EUR, from 144 postings.
These figures reflect what is advertised in job postings on NewLuxJob for the roles and postings counts listed above, not every role in the Dutch labor market.
Source, updated daily: https://newluxjob.com/en/blog/what-jobs-in-the-netherlands-actually-pay-role-by-role
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