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# Working as an electrician in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes electricians, earns ≈ 4,509 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Electrician is not a regulated profession in the Netherlands. Foreign qualifications go through: No profession-wide foreign-professional recognition application is required for the title where the Dutch RegProf catalogue does not list it. Optional IDW diploma valuation compares an academic credential but is not a practice licence. In the Netherlands, electricians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers": ≈ 4,509 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Not marked regulated
- Recognition route: No profession-wide foreign-professional recognition application is required for the title where the Dutch RegProf catalogue does not list it. Optional IDW diploma valuation compares an academic credential but is not a practice licence.
- Recognition authority: No profession-specific recognition authority applies to the broad title when it is not listed as regulated; an optional academic credential evaluation can be requested through IDW/Nuffic/SBB.
- Language requirement: No professional-recognition language threshold applies to this broad title where the Dutch catalogue does not list it; employer language and language rules for particular reserved activities are separate.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

Dutch catalogue results for the exact generic titles; national records cross-checked in the 188-row country-filtered register. See evidence.md for matching titles and scope. — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/professions?lang=EN&id_country=10&pagenum=1&maxrows=200
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Electrician in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 2d7f42efee0458cc847a06cbfacebc02]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/netherlands/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_electrician-in-the-netherlands-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_67130770f8ac,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Electrician in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {2d7f42efee0458cc847a06cbfacebc02},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/electrician/netherlands/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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