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Netherlands · CAO Rijk — Salarisschalen · FY 2026

JUD-RB-RECHTER-SR Schaal Salary

Senior rechter in een Rechtbank (Senior District Court Judge, top scale). Source: Wet rechtspositie rechterlijke ambtenaren (schaal 11).

2026 salary range
€155,300€155,300
Annual base in EUR (). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepPhase / PadrãoAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1€155,300€12,942€75
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 JUD-RB-RECHTER-SR 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+€12,424+€12,424
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+€12,936+€12,936
JUD-RB-RECHTER-SR total with mandatory adjustments€180,660€180,660

Frequently asked

How much does a JUD-RB-RECHTER-SR make in the Netherlands federal government?

A JUD-RB-RECHTER-SR in the Netherlands federal civil service earns between €155,300 and €155,300 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK).

Is the JUD-RB-RECHTER-SR 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.