Highlights
Highest typical pay
Medicine & Surgery€78,900Dentistry & Oral Health€78,700MBA & General Management€76,600Veterinary Science€76,500International Business€76,100All 143 fields
Typical pay for the jobs each field leads to, and projected job growth to 2030. Tap a field for the full picture.
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Engineering & technology16 fields
Aerospace Engineering€64,900Growth +4.3%Biomedical Engineering€65,500Growth +4.1%Chemical Engineering€64,600Growth +5.1%Civil & Structural Engineering€68,100Growth +4.8%Electrical & Electronic Engineering€64,300Growth -4%Energy & Power Engineering€64,700Growth -0.4%Engineering & Technology Management€72,400Growth +4.7%General Engineering€65,500Growth +5.4%Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering€68,900Growth +5.1%Mechanical Engineering€64,600Growth +6%Mining & Petroleum Engineering€64,700Growth +4.5%Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials€64,700Growth +4.8%Nuclear Engineering€63,900Growth +2.1%Robotics & Automation€65,400Growth +3.6%Telecommunication Engineering€65,100Growth -5%Transportation & Logistics Engineering€72,800Growth +6.4%Public health & allied health16 fields
Allied Health & Therapy (general)€61,000Growth +8.2%Anatomy & Physiology€68,300Growth +1.1%Audiology€62,100Growth +7.5%Global Health & International Development€73,600Growth +4.1%Health Informatics & Digital Health€70,500Growth +3%Mental Health & Counselling€63,600Growth +5.2%Nursing & Midwifery€66,200Growth +6.9%Nutrition & Dietetics€62,800Growth +6.3%Occupational Therapy€62,200Growth +7.3%Optometry & Vision Sciences€61,600Growth +7.8%Paramedic Science€62,900Growth +8.1%Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation€62,300Growth +7.3%Public Health & Epidemiology€71,100Growth +5.2%Radiography & Medical Imaging€56,600Growth +10.7%Speech & Language Therapy€62,500Growth +7.3%Sports Science & Exercise Science€45,700Growth +2%Business & management14 fields
Business Analytics€69,100Growth +3.8%Digital Business & E-Commerce€65,700Growth +2.8%Entrepreneurship & Innovation€73,600Growth +5.1%Fashion Business & Luxury Brand Management€65,900Growth +1.6%Healthcare Management & Hospital Administration€73,600Growth +4.2%Human Resource Management€73,100Growth +3%International Business€76,100Growth +3.9%Marketing & Communications€68,500Growth +2.8%MBA & General Management€76,600Growth +4.6%Media Management & Digital Transformation€66,600Growth +2.3%Real Estate & Property Management€64,000Growth +2.9%Sports Management€54,600Growth -0.5%Strategy & Consulting€73,600Growth +5.5%Supply Chain & Operations Management€71,900Growth +6.5%Arts, design & creative studies11 fields
Animation & Visual Effects€57,300Growth +2%Architecture & Built Environment€66,600Growth +4%Film & Media Production€57,400Growth +1.1%Fine Art & Visual Arts€58,600Growth +2.9%Graphic Design & Illustration€59,000Growth +2.9%History of Art€63,100Growth +4.9%Interior Design & Spatial Design€54,800Growth +4.9%Music€57,700Growth -1.5%Performing Arts & Drama€59,200Growth -2%Product & Industrial Design€59,600Growth +3.8%Textile, Costume & Apparel Design€57,000Growth +2.4%Computer science & data technology10 fields
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning€67,800Growth +3.3%Bioinformatics & Computational Biology€65,300Growth +1.1%Computer Networks & Systems€68,600Growth +3%Computer Science€67,800Growth +3.3%Cybersecurity€66,400Growth +3.1%Data Engineering & Cloud Computing€68,700Growth +2.7%Data Science & Analytics€68,900Growth +2.5%Human-Computer Interaction & UX€62,500Growth +3.4%Information Systems & Management€69,300Growth +3.7%Software Engineering€66,600Growth +3.6%Humanities & languages10 fields
Anthropology€69,300Growth +4.1%Archaeology€68,700Growth +5.1%Creative Writing€60,000Growth +7%History€67,900Growth +5.3%Journalism & Media Studies€60,900Growth +6.6%Linguistics€62,200Growth +4%Literature€63,300Growth +6.1%Modern Languages€63,400Growth +4.3%Philosophy & Ethics€71,800Growth +3.5%Theology & Religious Studies€67,700Growth +3.7%Education & teaching9 fields
Early Childhood Education€63,700Growth +2.2%Education Policy€71,200Growth +1%Education Studies€70,000Growth +0.2%Educational Leadership & Management€73,800Growth +1.1%Higher Education Management€74,500Growth +1.7%Library & Information Science€60,300Growth +6.6%Special & Inclusive Education€62,500Growth +1.4%Teacher Training & Pedagogy€68,800Growth +2%TESOL & Language Education€68,100Growth -0.9%Life sciences & biotechnology9 fields
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology€68,900Growth +0.3%Biological Sciences€67,700Growth +0.2%Biotechnology & Bioengineering€70,700Growth +1.8%Evolutionary & Developmental Biology€66,100Growth +0.1%Genetics & Genomics€68,500Growth +1.1%Marine Biology & Aquatic Sciences€65,700Growth +0.1%Microbiology & Immunology€67,400Growth +0.8%Neuroscience€67,200Growth +1.4%Plant & Animal Sciences€65,600Growth +0.1%Environment, sustainability & agriculture8 fields
Agriculture & Forestry€67,900Growth +0.3%Ecology & Earth Systems€65,500Growth +0.7%Environmental Management & Policy€66,200Growth +0.4%Environmental Sciences€64,900Growth +0.5%Food Science & Technology€65,700Growth +5.2%Renewable Energy & Clean Technology€65,100Growth +1.3%Sustainable Development & Climate Change€68,400Growth +1.8%Water & Environmental Engineering€64,800Growth +2.8%Medicine & clinical health7 fields
Biomedical Sciences€67,900Growth +1.4%Clinical Specialisations€67,900Growth +7.4%Dentistry & Oral Health€78,700Growth +8.1%Medical Research & Translational Medicine€71,600Growth +1.3%Medicine & Surgery€78,900Growth +8.5%Pharmacy & Pharmacology€74,300Growth +5.1%Veterinary Science€76,500Growth +6.9%Natural sciences7 fields
Chemistry€69,400Growth +2.5%Earth & Geological Sciences€65,500Growth +1.2%Materials Science€64,600Growth +5.6%Mathematics€67,100Growth +1.5%Oceanography & Marine Sciences€65,000Growth 0%Physics & Astronomy€68,100Growth +2.5%Statistics & Operations Research€66,100Growth +0.4%Social sciences7 fields
Criminology & Criminal Justice€68,300Growth +3.6%Development & Area Studies€75,800Growth +2.9%Gender, Diversity & Cultural Studies€69,400Growth +3.7%Geography€69,700Growth +2.5%Social Policy & Social Work€64,500Growth +4.1%Sociology€67,200Growth +3.4%Urban Planning & Policy€69,300Growth +2.9%Economics, finance & accounting6 fields
Accounting & Auditing€68,500Growth +4.6%Actuarial Science€69,000Growth +2.6%Corporate Finance & Financial Management€74,300Growth +4.4%Economics€70,400Growth +4%Fintech & Financial Technology€70,400Growth +3.9%Investment & Risk Management€72,000Growth +5%Law, politics & governance6 fields
Corporate & Commercial Law€68,400Growth +6.5%International Law & Human Rights€74,300Growth +5.4%International Relations & Diplomacy€73,500Growth +3.3%Law€72,300Growth +6.1%Political Science€72,900Growth +2.9%Public Policy & Administration€73,100Growth +2.6%Psychology5 fields
Clinical & Counselling Psychology€68,500Growth +4.8%Educational Psychology€68,600Growth +3.2%Forensic & Criminal Psychology€66,900Growth +4.8%Occupational & Organisational Psychology€70,500Growth +4%Psychology — General & Research€70,600Growth +4.4%Hospitality, tourism & service industry2 fields
Culinary Arts & Food Service Management€51,600Growth +0.8%Hospitality & Tourism Management€58,700Growth +0.9%Typical pay: Werknemers; uurloon en beroep (86355NED) — hourly pay by occupation, yearly figure calculated by UNIFER (Statistics Netherlands (CBS), CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Netherlands, CBS)). Growth: ROA Arbeidsmarktinformatiesysteem (AIS) tot 2030, edition 2026 — expected growth in employment by occupation (Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), Maastricht University, CC BY 4.0 (DataverseNL); ROA asks to be consulted on large-scale publication). Open job ads: UWV Dashboard Datasets — open online vacancies by occupation group (Beroepsgroep) (UWV (Employee Insurance Agency), Afdeling Arbeidsmarktinformatie en -advies, Reuse terms not published (unverified); used with credit for educational, non-commercial purposes). Updated 2 November 2026.