Jobs in Netherlands

The Netherlands already has the shortest average working week in the EU at 32.1 hours, driven by a deeply embedded part-time work culture. Nearly half of Dutch workers are part-time — the highest rate in the OECD. Around 46% of job postings include salary information, well above most EU neighbors. The Dutch government published what experts consider the closest clean transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive in March 2025, but then announced it would miss the June 2026 deadline, pushing implementation to January 2027. The European Commission formally objected to this delay in December 2025. For job seekers, the Dutch market offers a combination of salary visibility, strong worker protections, and a culture where work-life balance is expected rather than exceptional. Amsterdam and Rotterdam are major tech hubs where fair-work practices are increasingly the norm.