Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) salaries in Netherlands
The median lead Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) salary in Netherlands is €74,900 per year, with the market band from €58,200 to €74,900 (opendata.cbs.nl, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
lead (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €58,200
- Median
- €74,900
- per month
- €6,242
About €6,242 per month at the median.
Lead proxied by p50-p75 band of CBS 0712 (2024): hourly 32.7-42.1, so EUR 58,200-74,900 (senior/principal engineer band). Upper bound above p75 not published.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- €44,300
- Median
- €58,200
- P75
- €74,900
- per month
- €4,850
About €4,850 per month at the median.
CBS 86355NED, SBC 0712 'Ingenieurs (geen elektrotechniek)' (civil/mechanical/chemical engineers), 2024 definitive, n approx 155,000. Hourly 24.9/32.7/42.1 x1,780h. Electrical engineers (0713): 2024 suppressed; 2025 provisional p25/p50/p75 = 26.1/33.4/43.9 (EUR 46,500/59,500/78,100). Excl. 8% holiday allowance and bonuses.
Sources for these numbers
- https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/odata/86355NED/TypedDataSet
- https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/86355NED/table
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