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# Working as a teacher in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Teacher is a regulated profession in the Netherlands. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply to DUO for recognition of the foreign teaching qualification for the same Dutch teaching authorization; EEA/Swiss and non-EEA routes differ, and temporary service is a separate notification. In the Netherlands, teachers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Apply to DUO for recognition of the foreign teaching qualification for the same Dutch teaching authorization; EEA/Swiss and non-EEA routes differ, and temporary service is a separate notification.
- Recognition authority: Education Executive Agency (DUO) handles foreign qualification recognition for named primary, secondary, special-needs, vocational and adult-teacher posts.
- Language requirement: For non-EEA primary/special-needs teacher recognition, Dutch B2 is required for regular Dutch-language primary education; English B2 is an alternative only for international-oriented primary education. Other teaching posts have separate rules.
- 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). Teacher in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 955c5a9fc51aea2612a1aa2394427e3b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/netherlands/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_teacher-in-the-netherlands-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_66c0719b2e0b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Teacher in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {955c5a9fc51aea2612a1aa2394427e3b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/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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