{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"nl-average-salary","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/nl-average-salary","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/nl-average-salary/","title":"Average Annual Salary in Netherlands (2025)","description":"Average annual wages in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2025, expressed in constant 2025 USD at purchasing power parity. At $80,136 in 2025, the Netherlands sits approximately 24% above the OECD average of $64,809. Source: OECD Average Annual Wages dataset.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Wages & Earnings","Netherlands","Macroeconomics","Purchasing Power Parity"],"publisher":"OECD — Centre for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Netherlands","temporal_coverage":"1990/2025","unit":"Avg. 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The figure covers mean gross wages for a full-time, full-year equivalent employee across the total economy, compiled by the OECD from national accounts and labour force surveys (series AV_AN_WAGE, measure WG, unit USD_PPP). The 2025 reading is up 1.8% from $78,683 in 2024."},{"question":"How does the Netherlands average wage compare to the OECD average?","answer":"The Netherlands' 2025 average of $80,136 is approximately 24% above the OECD-wide average of $64,809. Within Europe, the Netherlands typically ranks among the highest-paying OECD economies, sitting above Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, though below Luxembourg, Iceland, and Switzerland."},{"question":"Why have real wages in the Netherlands declined since 2016?","answer":"The Netherlands reached a 35-year high of $83,103 in 2016 and has since followed a mostly declining real wage path, interrupted by gains in 2020, 2024, and 2025. The sharpest single-year drop came in 2022, when real wages fell 5.1% from $80,401 to $76,315, as Dutch headline inflation peaked above 14% in late 2022; 2023 brought only a marginal further dip of 0.4%, to $76,028. Collective bargaining agreements in the Netherlands typically lag inflation by 12–18 months, and the resulting purchasing-power gap only began closing meaningfully from 2024, with wages up 3.5% that year and a further 1.8% in 2025 — though still below the 2016 peak."},{"question":"What drove the sharp wage increase in 2009?","answer":"The Netherlands average wage rose 3.5% in 2009, from $79,097 to $81,826, despite the global financial crisis. This is primarily a composition effect: job losses during the crisis were concentrated among lower-wage sectors, raising the statistical mean for the remaining employed workforce. The underlying wage bill did not increase by the same magnitude — it reflects the changed mix of workers captured in the OECD's full-time equivalent series."},{"question":"How has the Netherlands average salary changed over the past decade?","answer":"Between 2015 and 2025, the Netherlands average annual wage fell from $82,711 to $80,136 in constant 2025 USD — a real decline of approximately 3.1% over ten years. This contrasts with the longer-term view from 1990 ($72,715 to $80,136, a +10.2% gain over 35 years), suggesting that the Netherlands entered a period of real wage compression from the mid-2010s onward, driven largely by inflation running ahead of collective bargaining outcomes in 2021–2023, with only a partial recovery through 2024–2025."}]}