Employment; sex; type of employment contract, size of company, SIC2008
| Sex of employee | Type of employment contract | Size of company | Industry classes / branches (SIC2008) | Periods | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | Total | Total | A-U All economic activities | 2023* | 27.10 | 3,042 | 3,012 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | A-F Agriculture and industry | 2023* | 27.85 | 3,771 | 3,708 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023* | 20.12 | 2,331 | 2,270 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | B-F Industry and energy | 2023* | 28.42 | 3,898 | 3,835 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2023* | 28.84 | 3,909 | 3,844 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | B Mining and quarrying | 2023* | 41.72 | 6,098 | 6,022 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | C Manufacturing | 2023* | 28.51 | 3,847 | 3,784 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | D Electricity and gas supply | 2023* | 35.58 | 4,913 | 4,886 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | E Water supply and waste management | 2023* | 26.64 | 3,829 | 3,682 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | F Construction | 2023* | 27.42 | 3,871 | 3,814 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | G-N Commercial services | 2023* | 25.71 | 2,866 | 2,831 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2023* | 22.27 | 2,299 | 2,255 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023* | 22.64 | 2,341 | 2,320 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | H Transportation and storage | 2023* | 25.70 | 3,396 | 3,220 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | I Accommodation and food serving | 2023* | 16.15 | 1,251 | 1,247 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | J Information and communication | 2023* | 33.14 | 4,506 | 4,496 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | K Financial institutions | 2023* | 39.25 | 5,073 | 5,066 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023* | 30.22 | 3,594 | 3,591 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | M-N Business services | 2023* | 25.37 | 2,926 | 2,891 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | M Other specialised business services | 2023* | 33.36 | 4,272 | 4,259 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | N Renting and other business support | 2023* | 19.76 | 2,141 | 2,093 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | O-U Noncommercial services | 2023* | 28.96 | 2,987 | 2,981 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | O-Q Government and care | 2023* | 29.39 | 3,052 | 3,046 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | O Public administration and services | 2023* | 31.51 | 4,042 | 4,030 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | P Education | 2023* | 31.45 | 3,263 | 3,261 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 27.37 | 2,580 | 2,575 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2023* | 24.55 | 2,361 | 2,354 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2023* | 23.64 | 2,100 | 2,095 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total | S Other service activities | 2023* | 25.47 | 2,672 | 2,663 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | A-U All economic activities | 2023* | 26.34 | 2,681 | 2,668 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | A-F Agriculture and industry | 2023* | 23.66 | 2,753 | 2,728 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023* | 19.04 | 1,869 | 1,841 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | B-F Industry and energy | 2023* | 24.70 | 3,002 | 2,978 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2023* | 24.75 | 2,857 | 2,828 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | B Mining and quarrying | 2023* | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | C Manufacturing | 2023* | 24.45 | 2,842 | 2,813 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | D Electricity and gas supply | 2023* | 31.40 | 2,567 | 2,558 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | E Water supply and waste management | 2023* | 25.34 | 3,306 | 3,246 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | F Construction | 2023* | 24.66 | 3,130 | 3,110 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | G-N Commercial services | 2023* | 26.97 | 2,767 | 2,755 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2023* | 20.55 | 1,860 | 1,843 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023* | 22.17 | 2,280 | 2,271 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | H Transportation and storage | 2023* | 23.12 | 2,758 | 2,610 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | I Accommodation and food serving | 2023* | 15.33 | 981 | 979 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | J Information and communication | 2023* | 30.42 | 3,778 | 3,774 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | K Financial institutions | 2023* | 38.00 | 4,433 | 4,430 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023* | 28.37 | 3,045 | 3,042 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | M-N Business services | 2023* | 30.52 | 3,479 | 3,469 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2023* | 33.00 | 3,840 | 3,834 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2023* | 22.58 | 2,422 | 2,399 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | O-U Noncommercial services | 2023* | 26.36 | 2,288 | 2,284 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | O-Q Government and care | 2023* | 29.68 | 2,665 | 2,661 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | O Public administration and services | 2023* | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | P Education | 2023* | 26.20 | 2,247 | 2,243 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 30.27 | 2,739 | 2,735 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2023* | 21.17 | 1,745 | 1,742 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2023* | 21.37 | 1,615 | 1,611 |
| Total male and female | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | S Other service activities | 2023* | 21.03 | 1,849 | 1,846 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | A-U All economic activities | 2023* | 24.83 | 2,862 | 2,817 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | A-F Agriculture and industry | 2023* | 24.82 | 3,331 | 3,258 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023* | 18.93 | 2,326 | 2,242 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | B-F Industry and energy | 2023* | 25.49 | 3,459 | 3,387 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2023* | 25.28 | 3,345 | 3,271 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | B Mining and quarrying | 2023* | 37.23 | 5,448 | 5,358 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | C Manufacturing | 2023* | 25.05 | 3,295 | 3,227 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | D Electricity and gas supply | 2023* | 35.73 | 4,898 | 4,869 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | E Water supply and waste management | 2023* | 24.61 | 3,627 | 3,408 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | F Construction | 2023* | 25.84 | 3,669 | 3,602 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | G-N Commercial services | 2023* | 24.63 | 2,803 | 2,757 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2023* | 21.74 | 2,326 | 2,265 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023* | 23.35 | 2,627 | 2,599 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | H Transportation and storage | 2023* | 23.11 | 3,293 | 2,974 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | I Accommodation and food serving | 2023* | 15.91 | 1,243 | 1,239 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | J Information and communication | 2023* | 31.18 | 4,220 | 4,212 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | K Financial institutions | 2023* | 40.83 | 5,395 | 5,380 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023* | 30.60 | 3,742 | 3,739 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | M-N Business services | 2023* | 25.92 | 3,120 | 3,089 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2023* | 29.94 | 3,830 | 3,815 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2023* | 21.23 | 2,399 | 2,352 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | O-U Noncommercial services | 2023* | 25.71 | 2,486 | 2,481 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | O-Q Government and care | 2023* | 26.38 | 2,526 | 2,521 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | O Public administration and services | 2023* | 32.76 | 3,991 | 3,986 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | P Education | 2023* | 28.28 | 2,746 | 2,741 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 25.40 | 2,394 | 2,389 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2023* | 24.27 | 2,399 | 2,392 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2023* | 22.53 | 2,050 | 2,044 |
| Total male and female | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | S Other service activities | 2023* | 26.56 | 2,959 | 2,950 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | A-U All economic activities | 2023* | 28.11 | 3,192 | 3,164 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | A-F Agriculture and industry | 2023* | 30.52 | 4,308 | 4,242 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023* | 24.84 | 3,397 | 3,324 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | B-F Industry and energy | 2023* | 30.66 | 4,332 | 4,265 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2023* | 30.81 | 4,299 | 4,232 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | B Mining and quarrying | 2023* | 43.76 | 6,440 | 6,368 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | C Manufacturing | 2023* | 30.55 | 4,248 | 4,183 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | D Electricity and gas supply | 2023* | 35.76 | 5,104 | 5,075 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | E Water supply and waste management | 2023* | 27.37 | 3,927 | 3,797 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | F Construction | 2023* | 30.12 | 4,457 | 4,390 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | G-N Commercial services | 2023* | 25.88 | 2,936 | 2,898 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2023* | 23.24 | 2,458 | 2,414 |
| Total male and female | Total | 100 or more employed persons | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023* | 22.31 | 2,188 | 2,168 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
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This table comprises yearly figures on the main aspects of employment, wages and working hours in the Netherlands. The information in this table is broken down by sex of the employee, type of employment contract, size of enterprise and classification according to Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC 2008)
Data available from: 2009.
Status of the figures:
Figures for the years 2009 to 2022 are definite. Figures for 2023 are provisional.
Changes as of 30 April 2024:
Provisional figures for 2023 are added.
The figures for 2023 are excluding the selections: ‘Type of employment contract: full-time’, ‘Type of employment contract: part-time’ for the branche ‘P Education’
When will new figures be published?
The final figures for 2023 will be published in October 2024.
Description topics
- 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 excluding bonuses/allowances and overtime pay, but including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax.
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.