General Management and Executive Leadership salaries in Netherlands
The median executive General Management and Executive Leadership salary in Netherlands is €128,600 per year, with the market band from €111,400 to €148,100 (caorijk.nl, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €111,400
- Median
- €128,600
- P75
- €148,100
- per month
- €10,717
About €10,717 per month at the median.
CAO Rijk schaal 18 (top national-government management: directors-general, agency heads) per 1-7-2026: EUR 9,286.47-12,345.58/month x12; mid-trede EUR 10,716.21/mo. Excl. 8% holiday allowance and year-end payment. CBS 0511 'Algemeen directeuren' is suppressed in all published years, so no all-sector percentile distribution exists; private-sector executives typically exceed this band.
Sources for these numbers
- https://www.caorijk.nl/cao-rijk/1.-algemeen/hoofdstuk-6/6-3-de-salarisschalen-en-maandbedragen-per-1-juli-2026
- https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/odata/86355NED/TypedDataSet
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