Netherlands
Explore Netherlands's leave and income replacement benefits, along with up-to-date information on average wages and the gender pay gap. See how these entitlements and wages work in practice with a detailed example.
Entitlements
Maternity leave and pay
Paid maternity leave
Rate of maternity pay
16 weeks (6 before, 10 after) maternity leave can be supplemented with parental leave. Source This is assuming the 16 weeks paid at 100% of previous gross salary. The limit is maximumdagloon of a daily €304.25. Source
No shared leave, however both parents are entitled to birth and parental leave separately. Source
Paternity leave and pay
Paid paternity leave
Rate of paternity pay
Parental leave and pay
Paid parental leave
Rate of parental pay
Parental leave per parent
26 weeks of parental leave is available for both parents for each child up to the point the child turns 8 years old. 9 of these weeks can are paid. Source 9 of the 26 parental leave weeks are paid at the rate of 70% of gross wages as long as they are taken before the child is 1 years old. The limit is maximumdagloon of a daily €304.25. Source
Statistics
Average gross yearly wage
Tax rate
Gender wage gap
Thethe average gross yearly wage is €58,248.00. Source At this salary, the effective tax rate (including income tax and social security contributions, but excluding any benefits) is 27.19%. SourceHence, the average yearly take home (net) wage is €42,410.37.
The measured gender wage gap is 10.1%. Hence, with 52 week years, the net weekly wages are:
- For a woman: €772.21.
- For a man: €858.96.
Practical example
For the birth parent
Max protected leave available
Income replacement
The birth parent has 16 weeks of maternity (compensated at full salary level) leave and 9 weeks of paid parental leave (70% of salary level) for a total of 25 weeks of paid leave. Assuming the birth parent takes all the parental leave they are entitled to, they can have a toal of 42 weeks of leave in the birth year. While compensation is gross, the tax system is designed to provide income level based on net salary.
For the non-birth parent
Max protected leave available
Income replacement
The non-birth parent has 6 weeks of paternity leave and 9 weeks of paid parental leave both at 70% of salary level for a total of 15 weeks of paid leave. Assuming the birth parent takes all the parental leave they are entitled to, they can have a toal of 32 weeks of leave in the birth year. While compensation is gross, the tax system is designed to provide income level based on net salary.