In Netherlands, published rates for a reporter start at €2,790.99 a month on staff.
What reporter work in Netherlands pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Month
What reporter job ads in Netherlands offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 13 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Scale 3 (lowest journalist scale), from 1 Jan 2026 | €2,790.99–€3,552.02 a month | $164.05 | NVJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2026 |
| On staff | Junior staff journalists (under 5 years' experience): average gross monthly pay, early 2025 | €3,400 a month | $175.86 | NVJ · Survey · 1 Jan 2025 |
| On staff | Scale 6 (reporter, photojournalist), from 1 Jan 2026 | €3,489.48–€5,282.85 a month | $226.88 | NVJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2026 |
| On staff | Scale 8 (star reporter, foreign correspondent), from 1 Jan 2026 | €5,115.64–€7,060.20 a month | $314.90 | NVJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2026 |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
6 3.489,48 5.282,85DocumentDutch publishing collective agreement, daily newspaper journalists salary scales 2025-2027 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2026
3 2.790,99 3.552,02DocumentDutch publishing collective agreement, daily newspaper journalists salary scales 2025-2027 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2026
8 5.115,64 7.060,20DocumentDutch publishing collective agreement, daily newspaper journalists salary scales 2025-2027 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2026
Journalisten met minder dan vijf jaar werkervaring – juniors – verdienden begin 2025 per maand gemiddeld 3400 euro brutoDocumentNVJ labour market monitor 2025: freelance earnings per billable hour and junior staff pay · Survey StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2025
6 3.594,16 5.441,34DocumentDutch publishing collective agreement, daily newspaper journalists salary scales 2025-2027 · Collective agreement StatusAgreed, starts later · 1 Jan 2027
6 3.387,84 5.128,98DocumentDutch publishing collective agreement, daily newspaper journalists salary scales 2025-2027 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Oct 2025
Schrijvende freelancers hebben gemiddeld een declarabel uur-inkomen van 36,28 euroDocumentNVJ labour market monitor 2025: freelance earnings per billable hour and junior staff pay · Survey StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2024
Questions people ask
In Netherlands, published rates for a reporter start at €2,790.99 a month on staff.
NVJ, in 2 documents.
€4,175 a month in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half €3,875–€4,575 · 9 ads.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count