Employment; jobs, wages, working hours, SIC2008; key figures

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Characteristics job / employee / company Industrial classes / branches (SIC2008) Employment Jobs (x 1 000) Employment Labour volume (x 1 000)
Type of employment contract: full-time A-U All economic activities 4,012 4,012
A-F Agriculture and industry 940 940
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 58 58
B-F Industry and energy 882 882
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 608 608
B Mining and quarrying 6 6
C Manufacturing 548 548
D Electricity and gas supply 26 26
E Water supply and waste management 28 28
F Construction 274 274
G-N Commercial services 2,141 2,141
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 966 966
G Wholesale and retail trade 598 598
H Transportation and storage 254 254
I Accommodation and food serving 114 114
J Information and communication 224 224
K Financial institutions 157 157
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 41 41
M-N Business services 753 753
M Other specialised business services 363 363
N Renting and other business support 389 389
O-U Noncommercial services 931 931
O-Q Government and care 846 846
O Public administration and services 392 392
P Education 192 192
Q Health and social work activities 262 262
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 85 85
R Culture, sports and recreation 43 43
S Other service activities 41 41
Type of employment contract: part-time A-U All economic activities 5,034 2,865
A-F Agriculture and industry 421 269
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 53 24
B-F Industry and energy 368 246
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 276 187
B Mining and quarrying 2 1
C Manufacturing 248 167
D Electricity and gas supply 14 10
E Water supply and waste management 12 9
F Construction 92 59
G-N Commercial services 2,483 1,277
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 1,419 653
G Wholesale and retail trade 882 421
H Transportation and storage 155 88
I Accommodation and food serving 382 144
J Information and communication 108 74
K Financial institutions 82 56
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 37 23
M-N Business services 837 470
M Other specialised business services 260 163
N Renting and other business support 577 307
O-U Noncommercial services 2,131 1,318
O-Q Government and care 1,923 1,211
O Public administration and services 231 166
P Education 409 254
Q Health and social work activities 1,283 792
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 207 107
R Culture, sports and recreation 118 54
S Other service activities 89 53
0 to 9 employed persons A-U All economic activities 1,305 880
A-F Agriculture and industry 197 151
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 42 27
B-F Industry and energy 155 124
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 72 55
B Mining and quarrying 0 0
C Manufacturing 67 52
D Electricity and gas supply 3 1
E Water supply and waste management 2 2
F Construction 83 69
G-N Commercial services 877 592
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 466 281
G Wholesale and retail trade 268 185
H Transportation and storage 35 25
I Accommodation and food serving 163 71
J Information and communication 60 49
K Financial institutions 44 32
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 30 22
M-N Business services 277 208
M Other specialised business services 212 162
N Renting and other business support 65 46
O-U Noncommercial services 231 137
O-Q Government and care 135 83
O Public administration and services 0 0
P Education 22 13
Q Health and social work activities 113 70
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 95 53
R Culture, sports and recreation 43 22
S Other service activities 53 31
10 to 99 employed persons A-U All economic activities 2,086 1,587
A-F Agriculture and industry 438 382
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 50 39
B-F Industry and energy 387 344
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 253 221
B Mining and quarrying 2 2
C Manufacturing 239 208
D Electricity and gas supply 3 2
E Water supply and waste management 8 8
F Construction 135 123
G-N Commercial services 1,299 968
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 778 539
G Wholesale and retail trade 452 337
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table comprises yearly figures on the main aspects of employment, wages and working hours in the Netherlands. The information in this table is classified according to Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC 2008) and can be broken down into:
- employee characteristics (age and sex)
- job characteristics (type of employment contract and working hours)
- company characteristics (size of the firm and collective wage agreements)

Data available from: 2009.

Status of the figures:
Figures for the years 2009 to 2024 are final.

Changes as of 10 October 2025:
Provisional figures for 2024 are replaced by final figures.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional figures for 2025 will be published in May 2026.

Description topics

Employment
Jobs
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit, specifying that labour will be carried out in return for remuneration (financial or otherwise). An employed person may have more than one job at a time. In that case the person has a main job and a secondary job. Each job counts separately. For the calculation of the average number of jobs in a certain period the starting date and end date of a job is taking into account. The weekly working hours are left out of account. Two successive jobs both with a 6-month working period will always count as one job in the average number of jobs, regardless of whether these jobs are full-time or part-time.
Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours worked or full-time equivalents. Part-time jobs are counted proportionally (excluding overtime, after deduction of the reduction in working hours).
Calculation of the average labour volume for a certain period is based on the starting date and end date of a job and the weekly working hours. Two successive jobs both with a 6-month working period will count as 1 working year in the yearly average labour volume if both jobs are full-time. If they are part-time jobs they will count for less than a year.