Of the 10 Master in Management programs we track in Netherlands, only 1 publishes a salary comparable across schools ($81,475) — too few to call a national median, so the figures stand as they are. It is the Financial Times Masters in Management weighted salary — alumni pay reported roughly three years after graduation, adjusted for purchasing power and expressed in US dollars — not the salary a graduate starts on. For the starting number, the national data further down this page puts a first job at €3,613/mo (average starting salary).
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is not in the FT table and publishes its own figure (€50,157), on a different basis and in its own currency — so it sits outside the median above rather than inside it.
Salary by school
Salary is the FT weighted figure measured about three years after graduation (USD, PPP-adjusted) — not a starting salary. A school not in the FT table shows its own reported figure in its own currency, which is why it is named separately above. Click any school for its full salary and career-outcomes breakdown.
Where graduates work
| Industry | Typical share |
|---|---|
| Consulting | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Internet & web services | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Business services | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Multinationals & corporates | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Marketing & agencies | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Banking & insurance | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Consulting & advisory | at 1 of 10 schools |
| Corporates & multinationals | at 1 of 10 schools |
Top recruiters across Netherlands
Accenture · Deloitte · ABN AMRO · EY · IBM · ING · ING Insurance · KPMG · McKinsey & Company · Nike · Oracle · TomTom
What the national data shows
Dutch universities jointly run the Nationale Alumni Enquête, surveying every WO (research-university) master's graduate about 1.5 years out. Salary, contract and job-match below are for the economics-&-business field specifically; the employment rate is the all-fields master's figure.
Dutch pay is gross monthly (€3,613/mo ≈ €43k gross/year). The employment rate is the all-fields WO-master figure; salary, contract and job-match are economics-&-business specific, drawn from the same survey via Studiekeuze123.
Read the full breakdown: what a MiM pays in the Netherlands →Working in Netherlands after your MiM
Master in Management graduates from a Dutch institution can apply to the IND for the orientation year (zoekjaar) within three years of completing their degree. The permit lasts one year and cannot be extended, but during it your residence document is endorsed 'work freely permitted, no work permit required' — so you can take any job or internship while you search, and an employer needs no separate authorisation.
When you find a graduate role you switch to a follow-on permit, most often the highly skilled migrant (kennismigrant) permit, for which orientation-year holders benefit from a reduced salary threshold. The employer must be an IND-recognised sponsor.
Tuition vs. salary
Tuition across these programs runs from €2,694 to €36,450, against the $81,475 reported by the 1 programme that publishes a salary.
Tuition is shown in EUR and salary in US dollars (the FT's reporting currency), and the salary is measured about three years after graduation while the tuition is paid up front — so treat this as a rough orientation, not a precise return-on-investment ratio. Living costs, scholarships and exchange rates all move the real number.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average MiM salary in Netherlands?
Can I stay and work in Netherlands after a Master in Management?
What share of MiM graduates in Netherlands find work after graduation?
Sources
- Residence permit for orientation year ↗ — Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
- Nationale Alumni Enquête 2025 — start op de arbeidsmarkt ↗ — Universiteiten van Nederland / Centerdata
- Economics & Business (WO master) — arbeidsmarkt ↗ — Studiekeuze123 (Nationale Alumni Enquête data)
- Salary, employment and recruiter figures are drawn from each school's own reported outcomes — see the individual program pages linked above.