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Title: Project Manager hourly rate in the Netherlands | Deftridge
Summary: Project Manager pay in the Netherlands: median wage €33 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €50. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Netherlands · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Project Manager hourly rate in Netherlands

The market median wage for a Project Manager in the Netherlands is **€32.78 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€50 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€50/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€32.78/hr** median wage

**€23-39** middle half of wages

**€1,080** a month at 5 hours a week

## Project Manager 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 | €16.26 | €350 | €33,800 |
| 25th | €23.25 | €500 | €48,400 |
| Median | €32.78 | €710 | €68,200 |
| 75th | €38.86 | €840 | €80,800 |
| 90th | €47.53 | €1,030 | €98,900 |

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 Project Manager, 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 Project Manager 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 | €50 | €1,080 |
| Manager | €55 | €1,190 |

- Regular role **€50**

- One-off task **€55**

- Task bundle **€50**

## Project Manager pay in other countries

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | €53.08 | €75 |
| Ireland | €44.70 | €65 |
| Luxembourg | €42.55 | €60 |
| Denmark | €40.79 | €60 |
| Austria | €31.79 | €45 |
| Germany | €31.32 | €45 |
| Finland | €29.68 | €45 |
| Sweden | €26.57 | €40 |
| Italy | €25.71 | €35 |

## 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.

[Project Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/project-manager/) · [Project Manager jobs in Netherlands](https://deftridge.com/jobs/project-manager/netherlands/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
