Netherlands: average monthly wage by cao-sector 2021

This statistic displays the average monthly wage in the Netherlands in 2021, by cao-sector (in euros). As of 2021, employees in the government sector received the higher monthly salaries than employees in the private and subsidized sectors. Employees in the government sector earned just under 3,400 euros per month on average, including overtime, whereas employees in subsidized corporations earned a monthly salary which was roughly one thousand euros lower.

Average monthly wage in the Netherlands in 2021, by cao-sector (in euros)

Characteristic	Including overtime	Excluding overtime
Private companies	2,757	2,716
Subsidized corporations	2,307	2,300
Government	3,390	3,383

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October 2022

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Netherlands

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds: "The monthly wage is the agreed gross salary, excluding bonuses/allowances, but including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax and paid overtime. The private tax benefits of a company car are not included. There is a difference between monthly wage including paid overtime and excluding paid overtime. The average monthly wage in a year is determined by dividing the yearly wage sum by 12 times the average number of jobs in that year."

* The source explains that "all enterprises and institutions active in the Netherlands are included in a collective labor agreement (CAO in Dutch) sector. The division into CAO sectors is based on the position of employees in the negotiations on working conditions. There are three collective labor agreement sectors: private enterprises, government and subsidized corporations."

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