The number of people aged 15 and older working for minimum wage declined slightly in 2025 compared with a year earlier. Figures from Statistics Netherlands show there were 610,000 such employees, roughly 6,000 fewer than in 2024, representing 6.7 percent of the total workforce.In the previous year, the gross minimum hourly wage for workers aged 21 and above stood at 14.06 euros. This was roughly 6 percent higher than the year before and 33.2 percent higher than five years earlier.