Working as a childcare worker in the Netherlands
What official sources say about working as a childcare worker 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 "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 3,272 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in the Netherlands. Foreign qualifications go through: EEA/Swiss-trained applicants apply to DUO for recognition for the named childcare roles; temporary/occasional service is notified separately. Diploma and eligibility in origin country are required. In the Netherlands, childcare workers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers"
- ≈ 3,272 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- EEA/Swiss-trained applicants apply to DUO for recognition for the named childcare roles; temporary/occasional service is notified separately. Diploma and eligibility in origin country are required.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers" in the Netherlands: ≈ 3,272 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 childcare workers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Childcare worker is a regulated profession in the Netherlands.
- Recognition route
- EEA/Swiss-trained applicants apply to DUO for recognition for the named childcare roles; temporary/occasional service is notified separately. Diploma and eligibility in origin country are required.
- Recognition authority
- DUO handles recognition/notification for the named EEA/Swiss childcare qualification routes; employers and GGD assess certain language conditions.
- Language requirement
- DUO identifies English/German/French language conditions for multilingual childcare roles; the employer and GGD assess whether the applicant meets them.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for childcare worker in Netherlands: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Childcare worker in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 0fc2eba2d8f50f4772d6a72e81c548c6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/netherlands/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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