Working as a nurse in the Netherlands
What official sources say about working as a nurse 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 "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 5,226 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Nurse is a regulated profession in the Netherlands. Foreign qualifications go through: Foreign healthcare qualifications follow origin-dependent BIG procedures; only qualifying EU/EEA/Swiss general-care nurse diplomas use automatic recognition with direct enrolment. Midwife and associate-role codes are distinct. In the Netherlands, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals"
- ≈ 5,226 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Foreign healthcare qualifications follow origin-dependent BIG procedures; only qualifying EU/EEA/Swiss general-care nurse diplomas use automatic recognition with direct enrolment. Midwife and associate-role codes are distinct.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in the Netherlands: ≈ 5,226 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 nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in the Netherlands.
- Recognition route
- Foreign healthcare qualifications follow origin-dependent BIG procedures; only qualifying EU/EEA/Swiss general-care nurse diplomas use automatic recognition with direct enrolment. Midwife and associate-role codes are distinct. Specialist Nurse. General care nurse.
- Recognition authority
- BIG-register / CIBG for protected nurse and midwife titles; associate-nursing unit groups may fall outside that register.
- Language requirement
- Foreign BIG applicants generally provide Dutch and English proof. Dutch level follows professional education level: B1 for MBO-level nursing routes, B2 for HBO-level; Dutch B1/B2 certificates must be NT2, test all four skills, and be no older than two years.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Netherlands: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in the Netherlands: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 6d76232aab80d4b4d091795e4e239103]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/netherlands/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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