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Cost of Living and Purchasing Power in Netherlands

Netherlands · Average net salary: €3,382. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: €1,017.

Latest data date:
Netherlands

Average net salary

€3,382Monthly net income

1-bedroom rent (centre)

By cityCity rents are listed separately

Living costs

€1,017One person · excluding rent

Fuel (1 L)

€2.46Gasoline 95

iPhone affordability

9.6 daysWorking days at country salary

Overview

Netherlands · Average net salary: €3,382. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: €1,017. Consider salary, rent, everyday costs and product prices together with their scope. Sources and verification dates appear in the data section below.

18,448,775Country population 2026
2Cities in the dataset
EUR (€)Currency

Purchasing Power Overview

Sourced expenses as a share of monthly net salary. This is not a quality-of-life score.

Single-person costsFamily costsiPhoneMacBookFuel · 1 L
NetherlandsTurkeyShare of net salary · lower expense share · Outer ring 263%

Essential Expenses

Monthly living expenses and fuel per litre. Note the different units.

Living costs (excluding rent)€1,017
Family of four costs (excluding rent)€3,628
Petrol 95 (1 litre)€2.46
Diesel (1 litre)€2.45
LPG (1 litre)€0.93

Product Prices & Purchasing Power

Country prices and working time at the average net salary.

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Sourced data details

Population

18,448,775

2026

Source

Single person · monthly living costs, excluding rent

€1,017.30

2026-09-18

Source

Family of four · monthly living costs, excluding rent

€3,627.70

2026-09-18

Source

Gasoline 95 · litre

€2.46

2026-09-14

Source

Diesel · litre

€2.45

2026-09-14

Source

LPG · litre

€0.93

2026-09-14

Source

Hero image: Dmytro Balkhovitin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Product prices and purchasing power
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What do the data show?

Netherlands: average monthly net salary €3,382; monthly costs for one person excluding rent €1,017. Rent is shown separately in the city pages below.

Latest source-data date: . Each metric retains its own date and scope.

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