Netherlands
How much home does a salary buy in Rotterdam?
In Rotterdam, the average net yearly salary buys 9.5 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 6.3 full years of salary, rank 12 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€4,606CBS StatLine (Kadaster/BAG); derivation by Living Space Index · mean (ratio of means), derived from two official statistics (price ÷ floor area), 2025
Average net wage€3,652CBS 86381NED x OECD Taxing Wages · mean, city, 2025
Years of pay for 60 m²6.3
m² per year of pay9.5 m²
C Data quality: Weaker basis, use with care · Price and wage: 2025 · Rank in Europe: 12 of 53
Prices and wages in Rotterdam, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €4,045 | €2,927 | 6.9 |
| 2022. | €4,421 | €3,054 | 7.2 |
| 2023. | €4,263 | €3,274 | 6.5 |
| 2024. | €4,476 | €3,489 | 6.4 |
| 2025. | €4,606 | €3,652 | 6.3 |
| 2026. | €4,745 (part of the year) | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Rotterdam, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €3,652 | 6.3 salaries |
| Nurse | €3,447 | 6.7 salaries |
| Teacher | €4,707 | 4.9 salaries |
| IT specialist | €5,160 | 4.5 salaries |
| Shop worker | €2,356 | 9.8 salaries |
| Builder | €3,809 | 6.0 salaries |
Other cities
| Athens Greece | 9 of 53 | 6.1 salaries |
| Bucharest Romania | 10 of 53 | 6.1 salaries |
| Rome Italy | 11 of 53 | 6.3 salaries |
| Vienna Austria | 13 of 53 | 6.6 salaries |
| Skopje North Macedonia | 14 of 53 | 7.4 salaries |
| Lyon France | 15 of 53 | 7.4 salaries |