Hire and pay employees in
the Netherlands, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in the Netherlands. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in the Netherlands is 2 days with Deel.

Währung

Euro (EUR)

Hauptstadt

Amsterdam

Official Language

Dutch

Gehaltsabrechnungszyklus

Monthly

Onboard, pay and manage employees in the Netherlands with Deel.

Usually, to hire in the Netherlands, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in the Netherlands quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for the Netherlands
built right in

Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in the Netherlands within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Public Health Care
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Dutch Health Insurance

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Minimum Wage Requirements

In the Netherlands, the minimum base salary for full-time employees over 21, not including the holiday allowances, is €2,437.07 per month or €14.06 per hour. Lower minimum base salaries apply to employees under the age of 21. The minimum wage is pro-rated for part-time employees. 

The minimum wage for Deel EOR employees over 21 includes the holiday allowance and amounts to €2,631.20 per month or €31,547.40 per year.

Individuelle Einkommenssteuer

The individual income tax ranges from 37.07% to 49.50%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. 

Gross Annual Income Applicable tax rate
Up to EUR 73,031 36.93 %
Over EUR 73,032 49.50 %

Personalkosten

The employer cost is generally estimated at approximately 34% of the employee salary, estimated on a salary of €66,956 gross, being the maximum salary for social security contributions. Anything below or under this salary will result in different percentages.

  • Unemployment Insurance*:
    • Indefinite contracts: 2.64%
    • Definite contracts: 7.64%
  • National Health Insurance (ZW)* - 6.57%
  • Disability Insurance* - 7.54%
  • Disability and Sickness Insurance (WGA and ZW)* - 0.40%
  • Childcare Benefits Contribution* - 0.50%
  • Mandatory Private Pension** - 15%
  • Mandatory Company Doctor - €8.00 (estimated)

One off costs:

  • Contract Labour Service - EUR 15
  • Workplace Accidents and Illness Insurance - EUR 112 

Holiday Allowance

The 8% holiday allowance is invoiced monthly separately from the salary. However, this cost is included in the employee's annual salary. 

*Capped at a maximum monthly salary of EUR 5,969.
**The maximum pensionable salary is capped at €137,800.00/year for 2025.

Die Kosten sind als Schätzungen angegeben und dienen ausschließlich allgemeinen Informationszwecken. Um Genaueres über die Kosten und Gebühren im Zusammenhang mit Arbeitsverträgen für dieses Land zu erfahren, bitten Sie unser Vertriebsteam um ein Angebot.

Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours

Overtime payment is not mandatory. 
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
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Hiring in the Netherlands, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in the Netherlands with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in the Netherlands and 150+ countries.

Gruppe (8)

Ab 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

34%

Geschätzte Arbeitgeberkosten

*of employee salary

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