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# Take-home pay in the Netherlands

The national median gross salary in the Netherlands is €3,667 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €44,004 a year, a single person without children pays €2,846 in income tax and €4,634 in employee social contributions and keeps €36,523 a year: €3,044 a month, 83.0% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €69,028 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €34,514 | €2,876 | €2,554 | 88.8% |
| 67% | €46,249 | €3,854 | €3,147 | 81.7% |
| 100% | €69,028 | €5,752 | €4,149 | 72.1% |
| 133% | €91,808 | €7,651 | €5,102 | 66.7% |
| 167% | €115,278 | €9,606 | €6,030 | 62.8% |
| 200% | €138,057 | €11,505 | €6,939 | 60.3% |
| 250% | €172,571 | €14,381 | €8,391 | 58.4% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €34,514 | €2,876 | €3,707 | 128.9% |
| 67% | €46,249 | €3,854 | €4,236 | 109.9% |
| 100% | €69,028 | €5,752 | €5,111 | 88.9% |
| 133% | €91,808 | €7,651 | €5,937 | 77.6% |
| 167% | €115,278 | €9,606 | €6,735 | 70.1% |
| 200% | €138,057 | €11,505 | €7,517 | 65.3% |
| 250% | €172,571 | €14,381 | €8,874 | 61.7% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €34,514 | €2,876 | €3,206 | 111.5% |
| 67% | €46,249 | €3,854 | €3,758 | 97.5% |
| 100% | €69,028 | €5,752 | €4,634 | 80.6% |
| 133% | €91,808 | €7,651 | €5,460 | 71.4% |
| 167% | €115,278 | €9,606 | €6,264 | 65.2% |
| 200% | €138,057 | €11,505 | €7,172 | 62.3% |
| 250% | €172,571 | €14,381 | €8,625 | 60.0% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by Belastingdienst.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €38,883 | 35.75% | box 1 taxable income; employee below state pension age |
| €38,883 – €78,426 | 37.56% | box 1 taxable income; employee below state pension age |
| above €78,426 | 49.5% | box 1 taxable income; employee below state pension age |
| up to €38,883 | 17.85% | box 1 taxable income; employee state pension age and above, born 1946 or later |
| €38,883 – €78,426 | 37.56% | box 1 taxable income; employee state pension age and above |
| above €78,426 | 49.5% | box 1 taxable income; employee state pension age and above |

- Standard VAT rate: 21%; reduced 9%, 0%

## Minimum wage

€14.99 an hour (2026-07-01); €31,179 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in the Netherlands (€34,514 to €172,571 a year), so its take-home pay is not estimated here.

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. Belastingdienst, Income tax schedule 2026. https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontenten/belastingdienst/business/payroll_taxes/you_are_not_established_in_the_netherlands_are_you_required_to_withhold_payroll_taxes/when_you_are_going_to_withhold_payroll_taxes/calculating_payroll_taxes/rates/rates-2026/table-1-brackets-wage-tax-national-insurance-contributions-2026
3. Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly), Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses_monthly?format=JSON&lang=EN&freq=A&indic_se=MED_E_EUR&worktime=FT&age=TOTAL&sex=T&isco08=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&time=2022&geo=NL

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/netherlands/
- JSON (the model for Netherlands): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/nl.json