Wages, workforce and how tight the labour market is in each region, from CBS figures.
Median hourly wage
€33.40
The middle half of employees earns €26.10 to €43.90 gross an hour (Netherlands, 2025).
Electrical engineers in the Netherlands
35,000
People working in 2025, +119% since 2018.
Electrical engineers working in the Netherlands
People working in the occupation, per year.
CBS publishes no vacancy figures for this occupation, its segment or its class.
Open vacancies per 100 unemployed people (Q3 2026) and the estimated number of electrical engineers in each region.
| Region | Hiring | Vacancies per 100 unemployed | Estimated electrical engineers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | Easier than average | 84 | ≈ 1,700 |
| Rotterdam | Easier than average | 79 | ≈ 1,200 |
| The Hague | Easier than average | 79 | ≈ 1,000 |
| Utrecht | Harder than average | 101 | ≈ 800 |
| Groningen | Much easier than average | 72 | ≈ 1,100 |
| Friesland | Easier than average | 85 | ≈ 1,300 |
| Drenthe | Harder than average | 103 | ≈ 900 |
| Overijssel | Much harder than average | 114 | ≈ 2,500 |
| Flevoland | Much easier than average | 68 | ≈ 900 |
| Gelderland | About average | 93 | ≈ 4,100 |
| Utrecht (province) | Harder than average | 101 | ≈ 2,800 |
| North Holland | Easier than average | 84 | ≈ 5,600 |
| South Holland | Easier than average | 79 | ≈ 7,300 |
| Zeeland | Much harder than average | 111 | ≈ 800 |
| North Brabant | Much harder than average | 107 | ≈ 5,700 |
| Limburg | About average | 95 | ≈ 2,000 |
Figures from CBS (Statistics Netherlands) StatLine, published under CC BY 4.0, refreshed when CBS publishes:
The verdict compares the region's open vacancies per 100 unemployed people with the Dutch figure for the same quarter. CBS publishes vacancies per province, so a city uses its province. The estimate for a region spreads the national number of people in the occupation like the region's workforce in its occupation class. Figures CBS does not publish, because too few people were surveyed, are left out.
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