Employment; sex, type of employment contract, employee charac., cao-sector

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Sex of employee Cao-sector Other characteristics employee Employment Jobs (x 1 000)
Total Total Total 4,015
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 56
Age: 20 to 24 years 299
Age: 25 to 29 years 555
Age: 30 to 34 years 544
Age: 35 to 39 years 460
Age: 40 to 44 years 412
Age: 45 to 49 years 401
Age: 50 to 54 years 439
Age: 55 to 59 years 443
Age: 60 to 64 years 318
Age: 65 to 74 years 84
Age: 75 years or older 3
Nationality: Dutch 3,402
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 153
Nationality: other EU countries 225
Nationality: non-EU-countries 223
Nationality: stateless / unknown 12
Sector private companies Total 3,124
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 50
Age: 20 to 24 years 243
Age: 25 to 29 years 427
Age: 30 to 34 years 424
Age: 35 to 39 years 365
Age: 40 to 44 years 326
Age: 45 to 49 years 312
Age: 50 to 54 years 340
Age: 55 to 59 years 340
Age: 60 to 64 years 233
Age: 65 to 74 years 62
Age: 75 years or older 3
Nationality: Dutch 2,557
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 134
Nationality: other EU countries 217
Nationality: non-EU-countries 204
Nationality: stateless / unknown 11
Subsidised corporations Total 311
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 3
Age: 20 to 24 years 24
Age: 25 to 29 years 47
Age: 30 to 34 years 40
Age: 35 to 39 years 31
Age: 40 to 44 years 28
Age: 45 to 49 years 29
Age: 50 to 54 years 33
Age: 55 to 59 years 36
Age: 60 to 64 years 31
Age: 65 to 74 years 9
Age: 75 years or older 0
Nationality: Dutch 292
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 7
Nationality: other EU countries 6
Nationality: non-EU-countries 6
Nationality: stateless / unknown 0
Sector government Total 581
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 3
Age: 20 to 24 years 32
Age: 25 to 29 years 81
Age: 30 to 34 years 80
Age: 35 to 39 years 64
Age: 40 to 44 years 59
Age: 45 to 49 years 60
Age: 50 to 54 years 66
Age: 55 to 59 years 67
Age: 60 to 64 years 54
Age: 65 to 74 years 13
Age: 75 years or older 0
Nationality: Dutch 553
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 13
Nationality: other EU countries 2
Nationality: non-EU-countries 12
Nationality: stateless / unknown 0
Male Total Total 2,959
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 44
Age: 20 to 24 years 198
Age: 25 to 29 years 347
Age: 30 to 34 years 373
Age: 35 to 39 years 343
Age: 40 to 44 years 316
Age: 45 to 49 years 306
Age: 50 to 54 years 338
Age: 55 to 59 years 355
Age: 60 to 64 years 265
Age: 65 to 74 years 70
Age: 75 years or older 2
Nationality: Dutch 2,573
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 97
Nationality: other EU countries 139
Nationality: non-EU-countries 140
Nationality: stateless / unknown 10
Sector private companies Total 2,451
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 41
Age: 20 to 24 years 174
Age: 25 to 29 years 292
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 definite. Figures for 2025 are provisional.

Changes as of 21 April 2026:
Provisional figures for 2025 are added.

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.