Working as an accountant in the Netherlands
What official sources say about working as an accountant in the Netherlands: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In the Netherlands, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes accountants, earns ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Accountant is a regulated profession in the Netherlands. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application. In the Netherlands, accountants 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
- General system of recognition - primary application
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in the Netherlands: ≈ 6,343 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of accountants alone.
Regulation and recognition
Accountant is a regulated profession in the Netherlands.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. Foreign accountants seeking RA/AA registration first obtain NBA assessment and a certificate of professional competence or complete the Dutch RA syllabus; Dutch-law and professional-conduct exams may be required.
- Recognition authority
- NBA assesses foreign accountant qualifications for protected RA/AA titles; AFM is additionally relevant for statutory external-auditor registration.
- Language requirement
- The foreign RA qualification route tests Dutch law and Dutch professional conduct. NBA states the exams may be oral in Dutch or English, but preparation materials are Dutch, so applicants need sufficient Dutch reading comprehension.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for accountant in Netherlands: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Accountant in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 91869935241e79f7ac320176ad732dca]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/netherlands/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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