Asking Amsterdam: How much do you make?

How much do people earn in Amsterdam? Vacation days? Other benefits? Is it enough?

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😁 WHO AM I?
I'm David, a Californian living in Amsterdam. I make videos about life in the Netherlands, hiking/traveling, and the Camino de Santiago.

[hi.davidwen]

What are your thoughts on salaries/incomes in Amsterdam? And if you don't mind sharing...how much do YOU make?

[moraineramirez]

I work partime (30hrs) and my husband works fulltime. Our combined salary netto 6, 500. We are lucky to have a house in 2006 that cost only 230K mortgage. We live here in the south tho. We have one daughter and we still manage to go on a vacation twice a year (long distance trip Asia/US/South america). Every month we are able to save atleast 2K per month. Im grateful.

[Niei]

Being able to live a decent life all depends on your housing situation.
I only work 26 hours a week with a net income of €1700 a month. BUT I've bought an apartment 25 years ago which is almost paid off so I only have to pay €50 mortgage each month. My upstairs neighbour has an exact same apartment and pays €1000 rent each month. So her monthly net income needs to be €950 higher than mine, just so we end up with the same amount of money to spend on other things.

[kroepkroep]

Please note that you cannot rent a apparment of 1000€ (without gas and electric) with a net salary of 2.200 (2.600-+ before tax) . You'll need a minimum income of 3700 before tax. There is this thing called "Crooked rent" where people that have been renting for 15+ years still have a monthly rent of 650€. While the new neighbours next door pay 1500€. This is these houese are still in the hand of the goverment, and they can only increase rent by 10% if a new person moves in.

[tlwn]

The true answer is we lost Amsterdam to criminal landlords and rich expats. Amsterdam isn’t what defines the Netherlands, it’s the other cities that have pulled the brakes on time.

[womenfrom]

The bleu collar persons were mostly older people who have been able to buy houses some 20-40 yrs ago. Although we considered prices were high then, it was nothing compared to what they are now.
Therefore their mortgage is lower and the salary will provide them a comfortable living.
For example, I bought my 60 m2 apartment in 2001, the mortgage then was around €600 per month, (I think my salary was € 1800 pm.)
However over the years I have changed the mortgage and amended the monthly amount, so now I pay € 300, enabling me to pay off my mortgage with the difference plus some more as my salary is now € 3000 pm.

[wongjefx]

I dig the Skipper...she doesn't make the most money but values being outside in a nice location and meeting people. After you grind away in an office veal fattening pen cubicle or in your basement working remotely, you realize how important it is to be out for your physical and mental well-being.

[spanellaful]

The problem in Amsterdam is not the job/salary, but to find a house… once you have a place, it’s done

[twisted_void]

Respect to people willing to share their salaries on camera. Everyone should do that more often.

[secularpastor]

Working 55-65 hours and having only 2 weeks off and getting only 3.3k is a joke.

[brianquigley]

The bus driver can "afford" to live in Amsterdam... because of subsidized housing and other allowances. There is a two-tier income system in the Netherlands.

[kwasjemycat]

Im a industrial cleaner in the netherlands at the harbor in amsterdam and get 3200 euro netto a month but most important is i love my job

[speeeed]

I’m from Amsterdam, 19 yo and I make 1400 euros, part-time job (20-25 hours per week)

[Fatmacheto]

As a product manager in tech company I make 5K net monthly. My mortgage is 750 euros for a 500 sq/m house. My wife is a senior accountant making 3k net and we have one kid that goes to private kindergarten. And yeah, this is not in Netherlands and I pay 10% tax and yeah we save nothing as it goes to luxurious house renovations, expensive hobbies and exotic travels. We are lucky bastards and we will die poor full of memories!

[iliasontheinternet]

Great video once again. You can easily live in Amsterdam with a median salary just like that busdriver. It all depends on the housing situation. Older folks already own a home. If you make 2600 net, and 300 is going to your mortage, its very easy to live on whats left. I'm 26 and my mortgage is 1400. So I need to make atleast 1100 more net to have it as comfy as the busdriver.

Amsterdam is on its way to become the new London; a place only left for rich emigrants.

[k.s.u.]

Something to be aware of- there are A LOT of people renting in social sector, or paying mortgage from 20 years ago, inheriting apartments. So that bus driver can probably afford decent lifestyle (assuming he doesn’t pay rent). It is not the case for new comers. People with higher salary are hesitant to share because there is a lot of shaming and guilting going on towards high-income migrants. I myself have learnt to hide my income.

[janneauesmeijer]

Thankyou for this video! It really shows how much work you put in, I think it’s really interesting to see a the numbers and hear about so many different people🙏

[Ijzermepper]

As a specialised on site welder/ mechanic you could make around 120-150k annum in the Amsterdam area, working 50+hours a week and using your own equipment/welding rig

[osuyakelvin]

"It's enough"

Honesty 🎉

[nhtrungdaniel]

HR professional who lives and works in Amsterdam here (part of my job involves working with compensation data)… if I may, the annual salary numbers they mentioned often already include the 13th month payment and holiday allowance (so often the monthly gross base salary amount is what they said divided by 13.96). So the net monthly amounts you listed in the video may be slightly inflated.