Employment; sex; type of employment contract, job characteristics, SIC2008

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Job characterics Industry class / branch (SIC2008) Employment Jobs (x 1 000)
Total A-U All economic activities 4,015
A-F Agriculture and industry 937
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 58
B-F Industry and energy 879
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 600
B Mining and quarrying 6
C Manufacturing 539
D Electricity and gas supply 27
E Water supply and waste management 28
F Construction 279
G-N Commercial services 2,130
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 947
G Wholesale and retail trade 581
H Transportation and storage 252
I Accommodation and food serving 114
J Information and communication 222
K Financial institutions 157
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 42
M-N Business services 763
M Other specialised business services 375
N Renting and other business support 387
O-U Noncommercial services 948
O-Q Government and care 863
O Public administration and services 412
P Education .
Q Health and social work activities 272
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 86
R Culture, sports and recreation 43
S Other service activities 42
Job type: temporary A-U All economic activities 158
A-F Agriculture and industry 1
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 0
B-F Industry and energy 1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 0
B Mining and quarrying 0
C Manufacturing 0
D Electricity and gas supply 0
E Water supply and waste management 0
F Construction 0
G-N Commercial services 157
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 0
G Wholesale and retail trade 0
H Transportation and storage 0
I Accommodation and food serving 0
J Information and communication 0
K Financial institutions 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 0
M-N Business services 157
M Other specialised business services 1
N Renting and other business support 155
O-U Noncommercial services 0
O-Q Government and care 0
O Public administration and services 0
P Education .
Q Health and social work activities 0
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 0
R Culture, sports and recreation 0
S Other service activities 0
Job type: stand-by A-U All economic activities 67
A-F Agriculture and industry 14
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 9
B-F Industry and energy 5
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 3
B Mining and quarrying 0
C Manufacturing 3
D Electricity and gas supply 0
E Water supply and waste management 0
F Construction 2
G-N Commercial services 47
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 26
G Wholesale and retail trade 12
H Transportation and storage 4
I Accommodation and food serving 10
J Information and communication 1
K Financial institutions 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 0
M-N Business services 20
M Other specialised business services 2
N Renting and other business support 19
O-U Noncommercial services 6
O-Q Government and care 4
O Public administration and services 0
P Education .
Q Health and social work activities 3
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2
R Culture, sports and recreation 1
S Other service activities 1
Job type: manager large shareholder A-U All economic activities 241
A-F Agriculture and industry 38
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5
B-F Industry and energy 32
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 12
B Mining and quarrying 0
C Manufacturing 12
D Electricity and gas supply 0
E Water supply and waste management 0
F Construction 20
G-N Commercial services 182
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 49
G Wholesale and retail trade 35
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 broken down into
- employee characteristics (sex)
- job characteristics (type of employment contract, working hours, car of the company: yes or no and overtime: yes or no)
- 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 2024 are definite. Figures for 2025 are provisional.

Changes as of 21 April 2026:
Provisional figures for 2025 are added.
The figures for 2025 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 2025 will be published in October 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.