Netherlands · Fiscal year 2026
CAO Rijk — Salarisschalen
Official 2026 pay schedule for Netherlands federal government employees, sourced from Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK). Salaries shown are annual base in EUR (€) before allowances and locality adjustments.
Primary source: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK) →Last verified: 2026-04-17✓ Every cell on this page is human-verified against the primary source
Grades in the CAO Rijk — Salarisschalen
S — Schaal 1
18 levels
S1€28,041–€33,240S2€29,507–€34,984S3€31,052–€37,047S4€32,127–€38,954S5€33,240–€40,853S6€34,392–€42,768S7€36,198–€46,557S8€38,954–€52,087S9€41,819–€58,416S10€40,853–€64,678S11€48,289–€73,331S12€56,301–€82,892S13€62,555–€92,972S14€70,375–€102,605S15€79,685–€111,723S16€89,493–€121,607S17€99,382–€132,438S18€108,508–€144,252
Notes on the CAO Rijk — Salarisschalen
- Dutch central government employees are paid under the CAO Rijk (collective labor agreement) with 18 schalen and periodieken within each.
- Authoritative source: CAO Rijk (negotiated by BZK and public-sector unions), published on caorijk.nl.
Data source: Ministerie van BZK / CAO Rijk — Hoofdstuk 6 Salarisschalen (PRIMARY AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE)
Retrieved: 2026-04-17 · Status: AUTO-VERIFIED — 198/198 cells public-ready as of 2026-04-17. Last auto-fetch by nl:caorijk-v3.
CAO Rijk salarisschalen 1-18. Values auto-fetched from caorijk.nl (the authoritative publisher of the CAO Rijk). Dutch central government employees are paid under this table.