111Open vacancies per 100 unemployed
The labour market in the province of Zeeland is much tighter than the Dutch average: there are 111 open vacancies for every 100 unemployed people in the province of Zeeland, against 91 nationally (Q3 2026).
Median hourly wage
€25.70
The middle half of employees earns €20.90 to €30.70 gross an hour (Netherlands, 2025). +6.2% on 2024.
Estimated in Zeeland
≈ 1,200
From the region's technical and ICT workforce (2025). CBS counts regional employment per occupation class only.
Machine mechanics in the Netherlands
56,000
People working in 2025, +19% since 2018.
Unemployment in Zeeland
3.3%
Q3 2026; the Netherlands: 4.1%.
Open vacancies in the province of Zeeland
At the end of each quarter, all sectors.
Machine mechanics working in the Netherlands
People working in the occupation, per year.
Employers opened 40 vacancies for every 100 people working as metalworkers and machine mechanics in 2025, against 14 across all occupations.
New vacancies count replacements for people who leave as well as new jobs, so a high number means many employers are recruiting at once, not necessarily a shortage.
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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