Between 2015 and 2019, the average wage in the private sector in the Netherlands increased year on year by between 1.2 and 2.4 percent. For the next year, an even greater growth of average wages is forecast. In 2020, wages in the private sector are expected to increase by just under three percent. A similar positive development is forecast for
contract wages in collective agreements in the country.
 Average wages in the Netherlands   
In 2017, the
average annual wage in the Netherlands was around 46,800 euros – a decrease in comparison to the previous two years. The average wage peaked in 2016, at just over 47,000 euros. In 2000, this was only 42,086 euros.
Highest salaries in the mining and quarrying industry  
Employees in the mining and quarrying sector on average had the
highest salaries in the Netherlands, earning about twice as much as the average salary in the country. By comparison, employees working in the accommodation and food serving industry on average earned only 13,700 euros per year.