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Netherlands · CAO Rijk — Salarisschalen · FY 2026

GOV-MINISTER Schaal Salary

Minister (Cabinet member). Source: Wet rechtspositie ministers en staatssecretarissen, effective 2024-07-01.

2026 salary range
€167,596€167,596
Annual base in EUR (). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepPhase / PadrãoAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1Minister (Cabinet member)€167,596€13,966€81
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.

Beyond base: annual adjustments

Base tables understate real take-home. Netherlands federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the GOV-MINISTER base shown above.

Mandatory adjustmentFormulaAdded to minAdded to max
Vakantiegeld (holiday allowance)
Paid in May, 8% of the prior 12 months' gross salary. Standard across the Dutch public and private sectors.
8% of base+€13,408+€13,408
13th month (eindejaarsuitkering)
Paid in November as the year-end allowance (8.33% = one month of base). Rijksambtenaren receive this under CAO Rijk.
8.33% of base+€13,961+€13,961
GOV-MINISTER total with mandatory adjustments€194,964€194,964

Frequently asked

How much does a GOV-MINISTER make in the Netherlands federal government?

A GOV-MINISTER in the Netherlands federal civil service earns between €167,596 and €167,596 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK).

Is the GOV-MINISTER schaal the same in every agency?

The base pay scale is set centrally by Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK) and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK) at https://www.caorijk.nl/. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.

Source: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK) · Last verified 2026-04-17. · Verified by AUTO-FETCH on 2026-04-24.