Working as a teacher in the Netherlands
What official sources say about working as a teacher 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 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.
- 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 teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in the Netherlands.
- 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
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher 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; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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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 citation
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