Employment; sex, type of employment contract, size of company, cao-sector
| Sex of employee | Type of employment contract | Cao-sector | Size of company | Periods | Working hours Per job per week including overtime (hour) | Working hours Per job per week excluding overtime (hour) | Working hours Per job per year (hour) | Working hours Per working year (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Total | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 29.5 | 29.2 | 1,337 | 1,764 |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 1,219 | 1,802 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 30.3 | 29.9 | 1,372 | 1,794 |
| Total | Total | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 29.8 | 29.5 | 1,352 | 1,745 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | Total employed persons | 2022 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 1,370 | 1,799 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 26.7 | 26.6 | 1,223 | 1,805 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 1,394 | 1,805 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 31.2 | 30.7 | 1,412 | 1,793 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | Total employed persons | 2022 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 1,157 | 1,660 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 1,138 | 1,755 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 1,168 | 1,694 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 1,156 | 1,651 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: government | Total employed persons | 2022 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 1,400 | 1,706 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: government | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 1,096 | 1,661 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: government | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 1,195 | 1,648 |
| Total | Total | Cao-sector: government | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 30.7 | 30.6 | 1,408 | 1,708 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 962 | 1,711 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 809 | 1,773 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 941 | 1,748 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 1,007 | 1,687 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | Total employed persons | 2022 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 916 | 1,754 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 802 | 1,777 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 933 | 1,764 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 961 | 1,739 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | Total employed persons | 2022 | 22.5 | 22.4 | 1,013 | 1,636 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 913 | 1,722 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 998 | 1,666 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 1,020 | 1,629 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | Total employed persons | 2022 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1,097 | 1,674 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 832 | 1,699 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 963 | 1,672 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 1,104 | 1,674 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 39.7 | 39.1 | 1,801 | 1,801 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 39.8 | 39.6 | 1,823 | 1,823 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 40.3 | 39.5 | 1,819 | 1,819 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 39.4 | 38.9 | 1,789 | 1,789 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | Total employed persons | 2022 | 40.2 | 39.6 | 1,822 | 1,822 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 39.9 | 39.6 | 1,823 | 1,823 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 40.5 | 39.7 | 1,825 | 1,825 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 40.2 | 39.5 | 1,820 | 1,820 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | Total employed persons | 2022 | 37.8 | 37.6 | 1,719 | 1,719 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 39.4 | 39.3 | 1,807 | 1,807 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 38.4 | 38.2 | 1,751 | 1,751 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 37.5 | 37.4 | 1,708 | 1,708 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | Total employed persons | 2022 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 1,729 | 1,729 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 35.7 | 35.6 | 1,623 | 1,623 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 1,622 | 1,622 |
| Total | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 37.6 | 37.5 | 1,732 | 1,732 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 33.3 | 32.8 | 1,507 | 1,794 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 30.6 | 30.4 | 1,399 | 1,815 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 34.0 | 33.3 | 1,529 | 1,813 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 33.7 | 33.2 | 1,527 | 1,780 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | Total employed persons | 2022 | 33.5 | 32.9 | 1,512 | 1,811 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 30.6 | 30.4 | 1,400 | 1,816 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 34.1 | 33.4 | 1,535 | 1,816 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: private companies | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 34.1 | 33.5 | 1,541 | 1,806 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | Total employed persons | 2022 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 1,405 | 1,697 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 29.6 | 29.5 | 1,357 | 1,801 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 30.3 | 30.1 | 1,380 | 1,748 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 31.1 | 30.9 | 1,412 | 1,684 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: government | Total employed persons | 2022 | 33.3 | 33.2 | 1,533 | 1,731 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: government | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 1,289 | 1,707 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: government | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 31.3 | 31.2 | 1,430 | 1,680 |
| Sex: Male | Total | Cao-sector: government | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 33.4 | 33.3 | 1,536 | 1,732 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 947 | 1,738 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 795 | 1,781 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 929 | 1,765 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 1,006 | 1,716 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | Total employed persons | 2022 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 917 | 1,759 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 790 | 1,782 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 922 | 1,770 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 972 | 1,744 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | Total employed persons | 2022 | 24.1 | 24.0 | 1,094 | 1,661 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 924 | 1,760 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 1,037 | 1,703 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 1,116 | 1,650 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | Total employed persons | 2022 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 1,054 | 1,675 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 1,027 | 1,679 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: part-time | Cao-sector: government | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 1,055 | 1,675 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 40.0 | 39.3 | 1,811 | 1,811 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 39.9 | 39.7 | 1,826 | 1,826 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 40.6 | 39.7 | 1,825 | 1,825 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 39.7 | 39.1 | 1,800 | 1,800 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | Total employed persons | 2022 | 40.4 | 39.7 | 1,825 | 1,825 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 39.9 | 39.7 | 1,826 | 1,826 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 40.7 | 39.7 | 1,827 | 1,827 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: private companies | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 40.4 | 39.6 | 1,823 | 1,823 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | Total employed persons | 2022 | 37.8 | 37.6 | 1,722 | 1,722 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 39.7 | 39.6 | 1,825 | 1,825 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 39.0 | 38.7 | 1,781 | 1,781 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: subsidised corporations | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 37.5 | 37.3 | 1,707 | 1,707 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | Total employed persons | 2022 | 37.9 | 37.8 | 1,747 | 1,747 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 36.7 | 36.6 | 1,680 | 1,680 |
| Sex: Male | Type of employment contract: full-time | Cao-sector: government | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 37.9 | 37.8 | 1,748 | 1,748 |
| Sex: Female | Total | Total | Total employed persons | 2022 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 1,157 | 1,724 |
| Sex: Female | Total | Total | 0 to 9 employed persons | 2022 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 988 | 1,779 |
| Sex: Female | Total | Total | 10 to 99 employed persons | 2022 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 1,153 | 1,760 |
| Sex: Female | Total | Total | 100 or more employed persons | 2022 | 26.2 | 26.1 | 1,191 | 1,706 |
| 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 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.
Figures for the years 2009 to 2022 are final.
Changes as of 13 October 2023:
The provisional figures for 2022 are replaced by final ones.
When will new figures be published?
The provisional figures for 2023 will be published in April 2024.
Description topics
- 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.
- Per job per week excluding 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 and paid sick and study leave, but exclude reduction of working hours and paid overtime.
- Per job per year
- The yearly working hours of a job are the average hours paid for a job per year excluding overtime hours and holiday leave, leave as compensation for shorter working hours (ADV) and public holidays. For the yearly working hours in a year of employment this yearly average is calculated for a year of employment instead for a job.
- Per working year
- A working year is a measure for the labour volume calculated by converting all jobs (full-time and part-time) in a year to full-time equivalents (fte) by dividing the agreed working hours by the agreed working hours of a full-time job in a particular industry. The resulting full-time equivalents add up to working years. For example, two jobs of 0.5 fte add up to one working year.