Salary guide · NL
Software Engineer salary in Amsterdam: can you afford rent?
A Software Engineer in Amsterdam typically earns €62,000–€166,000/year, with a median around €99,000/year. Median 1-bedroom rent is €1,900/month.
Affordability verdict
At a typical Software Engineer salary of €99,000/year, spending on median Amsterdam rent (€1,900/mo) would take up 23% of gross income. That's within the recommended 30% threshold — a comfortable situation.
Software Engineer salary range in Amsterdam
€62,000
Entry level
lower quartile
€99,000
Typical
median estimate
€166,000
Experienced
upper quartile
Software engineers design, build, and maintain applications and systems software. Figures are gross annual salary estimates for Amsterdam.
How much rent can a Software Engineer afford?
Rent landscape in Amsterdam
€1,200
Budget
cheapest 10%
€1,900
Median
most common
€3,200
Premium
top 10%
1-bedroom equivalent. CBS Netherlands housing expenditure survey + Huurprijscheck data (2023) · 2023
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