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Title: Chief of Staff hourly rate in the Netherlands | Deftridge
Summary: Chief of Staff pay in the Netherlands: median wage €54 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €115. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Netherlands · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Chief of Staff hourly rate in Netherlands

The market median wage for a Chief of Staff in the Netherlands is **€53.69 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€115 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€115/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€53.69/hr** median wage

**€33-68** middle half of wages

**€2,490** a month at 5 hours a week

## Chief of Staff wage percentiles in Netherlands

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €22.92 | €500 | €47,700 |
| 25th | €33.26 | €720 | €69,200 |
| Median | €53.69 | €1,160 | €111,700 |
| 75th | €68.11 | €1,480 | €141,700 |
| 90th | €85.22 | €1,850 | €177,300 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Netherlands in numbers

What sets the Netherlands apart for a Chief of Staff, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€27** country floor: no Netherlands rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Chief of Staff in the Netherlands by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | €95 | €2,060 |
| Director | €115 | €2,490 |

- Regular role **€115**

- One-off task **€130**

- Task bundle **€115**

## Chief of Staff pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Chief of Staff, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €76.60 | €160 |
| Denmark | €72.53 | €150 |
| Belgium | €69.47 | €145 |
| Ireland | €60.82 | €130 |
| Finland | €60.62 | €125 |
| Austria | €58.34 | €125 |
| Italy | €58.18 | €120 |
| Sweden | €47.33 | €100 |
| Cyprus | €46.07 | €95 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Chief of Staff rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/chief-of-staff/) · [Chief of Staff jobs in Netherlands](https://deftridge.com/jobs/chief-of-staff/netherlands/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
