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

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Characteristics job / employee / company Employment Jobs (x 1 000) Employment Labour volume (x 1 000) Wage per job Hourly wage (euro) Wage per job Monthly wages Monthly wage including overtime (euro) Wage per job Monthly wages Monthly wage excluding overtime (euro) Wage per job Yearly wage Yearly wage including bonuses (euro) Wage per job Yearly wage Yearly wage excluding special payments (euro) Wage per job Yearly wage Bonuses and allowances (euro) Wage per job Yearly wage Additional tax liability for company car (euro) Working hours Per job per week including overtime (hour)
Total 39 36 28.23 4,039 3,889 55,970 48,460 7,500 680 37.7
Sex: Male 32 30 28.24 4,214 4,034 58,360 50,570 7,780 750 39.3
Sex: Female 8 6 28.18 3,333 3,309 46,380 39,990 6,390 420 31.3
Age: Younger than 15 years 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Age: 15 to 19 years 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Age: 20 to 24 years 2 1 18.45 2,584 2,436 34,760 31,000 3,760 280 36.2
Age: 25 to 29 years 3 3 23.08 3,411 3,269 46,630 40,930 5,700 440 38.6
Age: 30 to 34 years 4 4 25.73 3,775 3,631 52,150 45,300 6,860 540 38.4
Age: 35 to 39 years 4 4 27.43 4,000 3,846 55,260 48,000 7,260 720 38.2
Age: 40 to 44 years 4 4 28.70 4,158 4,004 57,530 49,890 7,640 720 38.1
Age: 45 to 49 years 4 4 29.48 4,287 4,127 59,470 51,450 8,020 840 38.3
Age: 50 to 54 years 5 5 30.28 4,404 4,227 60,890 52,840 8,050 820 38.4
Age: 55 to 59 years 6 5 31.23 4,506 4,350 62,520 54,070 8,450 810 38.2
Age: 60 to 64 years 5 4 30.50 4,296 4,166 60,060 51,560 8,500 650 37.4
Age: 65 to 74 years 1 1 30.21 3,733 3,637 54,020 44,800 9,220 600 32.8
Age: 75 years or older 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Type of employment contract: full-time 28 28 28.11 4,430 4,239 61,340 53,160 8,180 840 41.5
Type of employment contract: part-time 12 9 28.63 3,125 3,073 43,440 37,500 5,940 330 28.9
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 1 0 23.76 691 581 9,940 8,290 1,650 220 7.4
Working hours: 12 to19 hours a week 1 0 24.74 1,575 1,527 22,400 18,910 3,490 230 16.7
Working hours: 20 to 29 hours a week 2 1 25.70 2,257 2,232 31,070 27,080 3,990 170 23.2
Working hours: 25 to 29 hours a week 1 1 28.36 3,033 2,993 42,190 36,400 5,800 260 28.3
Working hours: 30 to 34 hours a week 5 4 29.16 3,616 3,569 50,080 43,390 6,690 320 32.9
Working hours: 35 hours a week or more 30 30 28.23 4,413 4,231 61,140 52,950 8,190 820 41.1
0 to 9 employed persons 2 2 28.28 3,703 3,642 47,640 44,440 3,200 1,510 34.2
10 to 99 employed persons 8 8 26.16 3,824 3,606 51,280 45,890 5,390 860 38.0
100 or more employed persons 29 27 28.82 4,122 3,987 57,850 49,460 8,390 580 37.8
Cao-sector: private companies 36 33 27.75 3,995 3,838 55,250 47,940 7,310 740 38.0
Cao-sector: subsidised corporations 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cao-sector: government 3 3 34.42 4,570 4,521 64,750 54,840 9,900 30 34.5
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.
Wage per job
Hourly wage
The hourly wage are calculated by the sum of gross wage of all the jobs of employees of the related population divide by the sum of the corresponding working hours. These wages and hours are summed by subpopulation and period.

The agreed gross wage is the taxable salary excluding bonuses/allowances, overtime pay and additional tax for the company car.
The working hours are the hours paid for a job excluding overtime hours, holiday leave and public holidays. Leave in compensation for shorter working hours (ADV) is not recognized as working hours, so this is not included in the calculation.

Bonuses and allowances are occasional payments that are part of the gross wages such as holiday allowance, profit sharing and performance bonuses.
Monthly wages
The monthly wage is the agreed gross salary, excluding bonuses/allowances, but including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax and paid overtime. The private tax benefits of a company car are not included. There is a difference between monthly wage including paid overtime and excluding paid overtime.
The average monthly wage in a year is determined by dividing the yearly wage sum by 12 times the average number of jobs in that year.

Monthly wage including overtime
The monthly wage including paid overtime.
Monthly wage excluding overtime
The monthly wage excluding paid overtime.
Yearly wage
Agreed gross salary including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax and paid overtime. The private tax benefits of a company car are not included. The average yearly wage is determined by dividing the yearly wage sum by the average number of jobs in a year.
Yearly wage including bonuses
The yearly wage including bonuses and allowances, such as holiday allowance, profit sharing, performance bonuses etc.
Yearly wage excluding special payments
The yearly wage excluding bonuses and allowances, such as holiday allowance, profit sharing, performance bonuses etc.
Bonuses and allowances
Occasional payments that are part of the gross wages such as holiday allowance, profit sharing, performance bonuses etc.
These do not include contributions to wage savings schemes, compensation for dismissal, compensation for medical expenses and wages paid for overtime.
Additional tax liability for company car
Fixed value of private use of a company car minus extra payment by the employee for this use.

Working hours
The number of hours someone works in a normal or average working week. There is a distinction between weekly working hours and yearly working hours.
Weekly working hours are calculated by the average hours paid for a job divided by 52. The hours paid include hours leave, paid overtime hours and paid sick and study leave, but exclude reduction of working hours.
Also the weekly working hours without overtime is been determined. The yearly working hours of a job is the average hours paid for a job a year excluded overtime hours and leave hours through holiday, reduction of
working hours and general recognized feast-days.
For the yearly working hours of a year of employment this yearly average is determined for a year of employment instead for a job.
Per job per week including overtime
Weekly working hours are calculated by the average hours paid for a job per year divided by 52. The hours paid include hours leave, paid overtime, and paid sick and study leave, but exclude reduction of working hours.