Employee cost calculator for Dutch hospitality.

Employee cost calculator for Dutch hospitality.

See what your team costs in 2027 under the horeca CAO. Add each job, and the calculator adds vacation pay, pension and employer premiums. You also see how much more you'll pay from January 1.

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Your team

Add each job on your team. If three people do the same job, set People to 3.

Premium settings

WW premium: low for permanent contracts, high for flex. Premiums are charged up to the maximum premium wage.

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Compare with your revenue

Optional. Add your revenue to see your labor cost percentage.

Using Tebi? Insights › Labor cost tracks this every week, imported from Eitje or entered by hand.

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Labor cost as % of revenue in 2027—

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Against your target—

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Total wage cost per month in 2027
€16,721
€200,650 per year
From January 1, 2027
+ €248 per month

That's €2,971 a year more than the same team in 2026 (€16,473 per month).

Provisional: the 2027 premiums are the ones announced on Prinsjesdag, and the new CAO table isn't agreed yet. Until then we use the current table, raised to the 2027 minimum wage where needed.

How it adds up

Per month, whole team, 2027

Gross wages€12,666
Vacation pay (8%)€1,013
Employer pension (PH&C)€545
Employee insurance premiums€1,639
Zvw employer levy (6.27%)€858
Total per month€16,721

An estimate, not a payslip. Check the final amounts with your payroll administrator.

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Download your PDF.

One page for your budget or your accountant: every job, its 2027 wage and the increase from January 1. Or send it on WhatsApp. The link opens the same team.

Your labor cost, next to your revenue.

This calculator plans next year. Tebi shows how each week actually went: Insights › Labor cost puts your labor cost next to your net revenue, day by day. Import it from Eitje, or add it by hand.

Tebi Labor cost report: weekly sales, labor cost and labor percentage per day

Horeca CAO wage table 2027 and function groups.

Horeca CAO wage table 2027 and function groups.

The hourly wage per function group for skilled staff aged 20 and older, and the jobs in each group. From January 1, 2027, no one 21 or older earns less than €15.29, which lifts groups I+II to V. Groups VI and up stay the same until a new CAO.

Group and typical jobsHourly wage from Jan 1, 2027
I+IIDishwasher, kitchen helper, delivery driver€15.29now €14.99
IIIServer, fast-service crew, cashier€15.29now €14.99
IVBartender, barista, cook€15.29now €14.99
VAll-round server, sommelier, independent cook€15.29now €15.21
VIHead server, catering cook€16.07unchanged until new CAO
VIISous-chef€17.61unchanged until new CAO
VIIIHead chef, front-of-house manager€19.29unchanged until new CAO
IXRevenue manager, purchaser€21.02unchanged until new CAO
XGeneral manager, F&B manager€22.91unchanged until new CAO
XIHR manager€24.98unchanged until new CAO

Typical jobs from KHN's job handbook (2024). The actual group depends on the work.
Sources: KHN (horeca CAO wage tables, job handbook), Rijksoverheid (minimum wage 2027), Belastingdienst (premiums). Checked November 10, 2026.

AgeMinimum per hour from Jan 1, 2027
21 and older€15.29
20€13.38
19€11.47
18€9.94
17€8.41
16€6.88
15€5.35

For unskilled staff. Skilled staff earn their function group's wage (see the table above).

Minimum wage in hospitality 2027 by age.

Minimum wage in hospitality 2027 by age.

From January 1, 2027, the minimum wage for staff 21 and older is €15.29 an hour, up from €14.99.

What changes on January 1, 2027?

What changes on January 1, 2027?

The minimum wage rises to €15.29.

The statutory minimum wage rises 2% to €15.29 an hour. Youth rates rise more: 87.5% at 20, 75% at 19 and 62.5% at 18. The separate BBL rates disappear.

Employer premiums go up.

Announced on Prinsjesdag: the Aof premium rises to 6.67% for small employers (from 6.27%) and 8.03% for large ones (from 7.63%). The Zvw levy goes to 6.27% (from 6.10%). The WW premium stays the same. Final figures follow in December.

A new CAO is being negotiated.

The horeca CAO runs until December 31, 2026. Until KHN and the unions agree a new one, current wages apply, raised to the minimum wage where needed. PH&C sets the 2027 pension premium in January.

FAQ

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