Wages in Netherlands increased to 3875 EUR/Month in 2025 from 3708.33 EUR/Month in 2024. This dataset provides - Netherlands Average Hourly Wages Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Netherlands Household Income per Capita

• Netherlands Annual Household Income per Capita reached 47,104.621 USD in Dec 2023, compared with the previous value of 40,970.279 USD in Dec 2022.
• Netherlands Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2000 to Dec 2023, with an averaged value of 38,182.128 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 47,104.621 USD in Dec 2023 and a record low of 16,935.066 USD in Dec 2000.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Netherlands grew 2.270 % YoY in Oct 2025.

CEIC calculates Annual Household Income per Capita from Average Household Income and Average Household Size and converts it into USD. Statistics Netherlands provides Average Household Income in EUR and Average Household Size. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Annual Household Income per Capita prior to 2011 is based on old national methodology.

Data on the average annual wages in the Netherlands from 2000 to 2022 shows that over this period, the annual average increased reaching approximately 52,300 Euros in 2022 after peaking in 2020 at 55,500 Euros.

Netherlands Average Household Gross Income: Employment data was reported at 80.700 EUR th in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.500 EUR th for 2015. Netherlands Average Household Gross Income: Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 78.900 EUR th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2016, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80.700 EUR th in 2016 and a record low of 74.800 EUR th in 2011. Netherlands Average Household Gross Income: Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Netherlands. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.H009: Average Household Income.

This statistic displays the average monthly wage in the Netherlands in 2022, by age, in euros. As of 2022, employees aged between 50 and 54 years received the highest average monthly salary. Employees aged between 50 and 54 years received approximately 3,681 euros per month including overtime, whereas employees over the age of 75 received an average of roughly 1,282 euros per month including overtime.

In 2022, the average annual salary for employees in the Netherlands, excluding special payments, was 34,200 euros. Including bonuses, the yearly salary in the Netherlands was approximately 39,900 euros.

Salaries in the Netherlands, like elsewhere in the world, are dependent on many different factors. One of them is the field in which employees work, as is shown in this statistic on the annual wage by sector in the most recent year. Whereas employees in the accommodation and food serving industry received an average annual salary of approximately 15.1 euros, employees working in the mining and quarrying industry received on average a salary that was more than five times as high.

As of 2022, the average monthly wage including overtime stood at around 2,850 euros in the Netherlands, compared to 2,760 euros in the previous time period. Since 2010, the average monthly wage has increased in each recorded year.

This statistic displays the average monthly wage in the Netherlands in 2022, by gender, in euros. As of 2022, the average monthly wage both including and excluding overtime was higher for men than for women. In 2022, men in the Netherlands earned 3,409 euros per month on average, including overtime. The average monthly wage for women, including overtime, was just 2,259 euros in the same year.

Average Annual Wages in Netherlands increased to 75370.10 USD in 2024 from 74549.09 USD in 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Netherlands Average Annual Wages.

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 Highest salaries in the mining and quarrying industry  

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Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Private Household data was reported at 39.700 EUR th in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 38.600 EUR th for 2015. Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Private Household data is updated yearly, averaging 37.800 EUR th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2016, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.700 EUR th in 2016 and a record low of 36.600 EUR th in 2011. Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Private Household data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Netherlands. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.H009: Average Household Income.

Netherlands Average Household Gross Income: Transfer data was reported at 37.200 EUR th in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 36.400 EUR th for 2015. Netherlands Average Household Gross Income: Transfer data is updated yearly, averaging 35.950 EUR th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2016, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.700 EUR th in 2014 and a record low of 34.800 EUR th in 2011. Netherlands Average Household Gross Income: Transfer data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Netherlands. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.H009: Average Household Income.

Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Employment data was reported at 45.800 EUR th in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 44.400 EUR th for 2015. Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 42.850 EUR th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2016, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.800 EUR th in 2016 and a record low of 41.000 EUR th in 2011. Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Netherlands. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.H009: Average Household Income.

Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Own Company data was reported at 57.300 EUR th in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 56.100 EUR th for 2015. Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Own Company data is updated yearly, averaging 56.350 EUR th from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2016, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.700 EUR th in 2014 and a record low of 54.200 EUR th in 2013. Netherlands Average Household Disposable Income: Own Company data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Netherlands. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.H009: Average Household Income.

The statistic displays the average amount of disposable income per private household in the Netherlands annually from 2011 to 2021. It shows that between 2011 and 2021, the average disposable income in the Netherlands increased from roughly 36,600 euros in 2011 to 48,400 euros in 2021.

Number of households and average annual income by household characteristics and income level 1990 - 2000 Changed on August 03 2009. Frequency: Discontinued.

Netherlands NL: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 7.900 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.000 % for 2020. Netherlands NL: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 7.900 % from Dec 1983 (Median) to 2021, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.700 % in 2019 and a record low of 5.000 % in 1987. Netherlands NL: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Average disposable personal and household income by postcode area, 2006-2009 (Dutch only)

The Netherlands: Income from natural resources, percent of GDP: The latest value from 2021 is 0.34 percent, an increase from 0.08 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 6.83 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for the Netherlands from 1970 to 2021 is 0.67 percent. The minimum value, 0.06 percent, was reached in 1998 while the maximum of 1.95 percent was recorded in 1980.

This statistic displays the average monthly wage in the Netherlands in 2022, by sector (in euros). As of 2022, employees in the mining and quarrying sector earned the highest monthly wage, whereas employees in the accommodation and food serving sector earned the lowest. Employees in the mining industry earned around 5,800 euros per month on average in 2022, while employees in the accommodation and serving industry earned just around 2,000 euros per month.