HR and People salaries in Netherlands
The median executive HR and People salary in Netherlands is €83,700 per year, with the market band from €61,900 to €108,900 (opendata.cbs.nl, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €61,900
- Median
- €83,700
- P75
- €108,900
- per month
- €6,975
About €6,975 per month at the median.
Proxy: CBS SBC 0521 'Managers zakelijke en administratieve dienstverlening' (incl. HR directors), 2024 definitive, n approx 76,000. Hourly 34.8/47.0/61.2 x1,780h. Aggregate shared with finance executive; disclosed SBC limitation.
lead (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €55,700
- Median
- €67,600
- per month
- €5,633
About €5,633 per month at the median.
Lead proxied by p50-p75 band of CBS 0415 (2024): hourly 31.3-38.0, so EUR 55,700-67,600 (senior HR advisor/HR-business-partner band). Upper bound above p75 not published.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- €42,700
- Median
- €55,700
- P75
- €67,600
- per month
- €4,642
About €4,642 per month at the median.
CBS 86355NED, SBC 0415 'Specialisten personeels- en loopbaanbeleid' (HR and career-advice specialists), 2024 definitive, n approx 104,000. Hourly 24.0/31.3/38.0 x1,780h. Distribution includes all seniorities. 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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