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Title: Fractional GC hourly rate in the Netherlands | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional General Counsel pay in the Netherlands: median wage €35 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €90. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Netherlands · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Fractional General Counsel hourly rate in Netherlands

The market median wage for a Fractional General Counsel in the Netherlands is **€34.78 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€90 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€90/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€34.78/hr** median wage

**€24-44** middle half of wages

**€1,950** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional General Counsel 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 | €15.65 | €340 | €32,600 |
| 25th | €24.26 | €530 | €50,500 |
| Median | €34.78 | €750 | €72,300 |
| 75th | €44.31 | €960 | €92,200 |
| 90th | €77.12 | €1,670 | €160,400 |

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 Fractional General Counsel, 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 Fractional General Counsel 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Director | €75 | €1,630 |
| Executive | €90 | €1,950 |

- Regular role **€90**

- One-off task **€100**

- Task bundle **€90**

- Expert hour **€115**

## Fractional General Counsel pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional General Counsel, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | €47.93 | €120 |
| Ireland | €47.41 | €120 |
| Luxembourg | €45.14 | €115 |
| Denmark | €43.28 | €110 |
| Germany | €41.48 | €105 |
| Austria | €33.73 | €85 |
| Finland | €32.21 | €80 |
| France | €28.45 | €70 |
| Sweden | €28.18 | €70 |

## 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.

[Fractional General Counsel rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-general-counsel/) · [Fractional General Counsel jobs in Netherlands](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-general-counsel/netherlands/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
