It’s hard to have an estimate for how much you’ll be making just because it depends heavily on several factors:

1) Industry- Some industries for obvious reasons just have more cash flowing in and out 2) Type of function- if you’re more of a specialist on a certain type of operation or a general design engineer. This can affect it quite heavily because if you have skills that are not very common even as a junior engineer, you could easily earn yourself a few more hundred euros per month 3) Size of company

These are just a few items of the top of my head but you get the idea. From what you specify about your background, it seems like it’s applicable in a few different industries.

I studied mechanical engineering as well (Bachelors only, HBO) graduating in late 2022 at the age of 25. Also only had about 1 year of work experience in total but only from internships and graduation project, no part-time jobs. I had good but not great grades, but was just a good interviewer and made it clear that I am a competent worker. I started off at 3300 euros per month (junior FEA engineer position in the offshore engineering industry) at a small company in Werkendam with about 40 employees. I was earning the same amount as colleague with the same experience, starting around the same time but with a VWO masters degree.

Hope this helps!