The Hague - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the availability and cost of household help, and what types of help are typically employed by expatriates?
There are cleaning services around 15 euros/hour. Most other household help is rare, but there are 1-2 officers that have brought a nanny with them. I think recently somebody had an au pair. - May 2022
Household help can be about $15-18 dollars/ hour. Many people hire a cleaning person weekly/biweekly. Full-time childcare with a nanny or au pair is expensive compared to other posts. There are laws about how many hours per day they can work and how many days. - Feb 2021
You can get part-time domestic help for $15-$18/HR. It's not cheap but there are agencies that provide cleaners and individuals that will come to your house weekly. - Jan 2019
Very high cost due to strict EU labor laws. - Feb 2015
Available but expensive. - Apr 2014
Cleaning is expensive 10 - 15 euros per hour. Some have live ins from other countries, but the base pay is over 1.5K per month, mandated from the Dutch government. - Jul 2011
This depends - the going rate is euro 12-15 per hour which currently is USD 20 per hour. That said, we are currently paying someone euro 9 per hour for 40 hrs per week and she requested that salary and she is doing a remarkable job.you just have to shop around. Hiring non-EU citizens is difficult due to sponsorship. We hired an EU citizen and it was quite easy. What we are paying her is still expensive euro 9 per hour for 40 hrs a week equates to USD 2,200 per month. - Nov 2010
Approx 10 - 15 euros per hour. - Jul 2010
