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Dutch employees rank high in meeting the needs of a competitive economy. In many positions, the Netherlands has very competitive employer labor costs.

 

EMPLOYER LABOR COSTS
Generic Positions 2003/2004
Positions/Countries Belgium Czech Republic France Germany Ireland Netherlands United Kingdom
Chief Accountant 102,581 53,660 114,614 119,124 99,931 84,139 108,109
Manager Legal Department 109,458 57,862 95,647 115,916 106,051 103,737 108,345
Computer Operations Specialist 94,114 28,495 75,770 91,716 79,662 75,763 84,444
Administrative Supervisor 90,691 29,191 70,152 85,790 77,287 62,534 67,736
Accountant 68,785 23,904 53,360 71,662 59,783 56,264 67,848
Human Resource Administrator 58,444 15,414 45,175 53,802 36,308 38,071 40,310
Executive Secretary 64,898 19,243 49,222 65,343 38,522 46,190 43,291
User Support Specialist 58,190 14,672 41,516 56,155 37,554 40,159 42,938
Secretary 59,525 14,868 40,289 54,444 35,609 37,481 38,014
Office Administrator 58,838 11,931 38,385 42,367 26,410 36,955 31,408
Telephone Receptionist 51,807 9,818 31,417 45,226 29,036 31,112 28,634
Note: All the figures listed are based on the median Annual Base Salary + Employer Social Security Contribution + Employer Pension Premium, expressed in Euro.
Source: Watson Wyatt Worldwide (2004)

 

In addition to straight salary and benefits, the Netherlands is comparatively well positioned when it comes to other factors that impact an employer's costs.

For example, in terms of productivity, the Netherlands scores quite well.

 

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY PER HOUR WORK
ED(EU-15 = 100)
Year/Countries Spain Ireland Netherlands United Kingdom United States
2003 86.9 115.1 111.7 95.1 113.6
Source: Eurostat/OECD (2005)

 

Another measure of total cost for labor involves difficulty in hiring a new worker and the costs to fire a worker.

 

HIGHER VALUES INDICATE MORE-RIGID REGULATIONS/HIGHER COSTS
  Ireland Netherlands Spain United Kingdom
Difficulty of Hiring Index 28 28 67 11
Firing Costs (weeks) 52 16 68 25
Source: World Bank (2005)