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Title: Data Scientist hourly rate in the Netherlands | Deftridge
Summary: Data Scientist pay in the Netherlands: median wage €33 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €45. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Netherlands · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Data Scientist hourly rate in Netherlands

The market median wage for a Data Scientist in the Netherlands is **€32.62 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€45 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€45/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€32.62/hr** median wage

**€24-37** middle half of wages

**€980** a month at 5 hours a week

## Data Scientist 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 | €18.62 | €400 | €38,700 |
| 25th | €24.04 | €520 | €50,000 |
| Median | €32.62 | €710 | €67,800 |
| 75th | €36.84 | €800 | €76,600 |
| 90th | €46.33 | €1,000 | €96,400 |

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 Data Scientist, 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 Data Scientist 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | €45 | €980 |
| Manager | €55 | €1,190 |
| Director | €70 | €1,520 |

- Regular role **€45**

- One-off task **€55**

- Task bundle **€50**

- Expert hour **€60**

## Data Scientist pay in other countries

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | €45.77 | €65 |
| Ireland | €45.27 | €65 |
| Germany | €43.66 | €65 |
| Luxembourg | €43.11 | €65 |
| Denmark | €41.32 | €60 |
| France | €32.64 | €45 |
| Austria | €32.20 | €45 |
| Finland | €31.56 | €45 |
| Sweden | €26.92 | €40 |

## 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.

[Data Scientist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/data-scientist/) · [Data Scientist jobs in Netherlands](https://deftridge.com/jobs/data-scientist/netherlands/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
