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 4,012
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 55
Age: 20 to 24 years 301
Age: 25 to 29 years 550
Age: 30 to 34 years 541
Age: 35 to 39 years 450
Age: 40 to 44 years 409
Age: 45 to 49 years 403
Age: 50 to 54 years 461
Age: 55 to 59 years 443
Age: 60 to 64 years 314
Age: 65 to 74 years 81
Age: 75 years or older 3
Nationality: Dutch 3,416
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 148
Nationality: other EU countries 222
Nationality: non-EU-countries 214
Nationality: stateless / unknown 13
Sector private companies Total 3,133
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 50
Age: 20 to 24 years 247
Age: 25 to 29 years 427
Age: 30 to 34 years 426
Age: 35 to 39 years 358
Age: 40 to 44 years 324
Age: 45 to 49 years 314
Age: 50 to 54 years 360
Age: 55 to 59 years 338
Age: 60 to 64 years 227
Age: 65 to 74 years 59
Age: 75 years or older 3
Nationality: Dutch 2,582
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 129
Nationality: other EU countries 215
Nationality: non-EU-countries 195
Nationality: stateless / unknown 12
Subsidised corporations Total 307
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 3
Age: 20 to 24 years 22
Age: 25 to 29 years 45
Age: 30 to 34 years 39
Age: 35 to 39 years 30
Age: 40 to 44 years 27
Age: 45 to 49 years 29
Age: 50 to 54 years 34
Age: 55 to 59 years 37
Age: 60 to 64 years 32
Age: 65 to 74 years 9
Age: 75 years or older 0
Nationality: Dutch 289
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 6
Nationality: other EU countries 5
Nationality: non-EU-countries 6
Nationality: stateless / unknown 1
Sector government Total 572
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 3
Age: 20 to 24 years 31
Age: 25 to 29 years 78
Age: 30 to 34 years 77
Age: 35 to 39 years 62
Age: 40 to 44 years 58
Age: 45 to 49 years 60
Age: 50 to 54 years 67
Age: 55 to 59 years 68
Age: 60 to 64 years 55
Age: 65 to 74 years 13
Age: 75 years or older 0
Nationality: Dutch 544
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 12
Nationality: other EU countries 2
Nationality: non-EU-countries 13
Nationality: stateless / unknown 0
Male Total Total 2,968
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 43
Age: 20 to 24 years 198
Age: 25 to 29 years 344
Age: 30 to 34 years 374
Age: 35 to 39 years 338
Age: 40 to 44 years 315
Age: 45 to 49 years 309
Age: 50 to 54 years 358
Age: 55 to 59 years 357
Age: 60 to 64 years 262
Age: 65 to 74 years 68
Age: 75 years or older 3
Nationality: Dutch 2,593
Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 94
Nationality: other EU countries 137
Nationality: non-EU-countries 134
Nationality: stateless / unknown 10
Sector private companies Total 2,465
Age: 0 to 14 years 0
Age: 15 to 19 years 40
Age: 20 to 24 years 175
Age: 25 to 29 years 291
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 14 November 2025:
In the previous version the codes of the English table were in some cases not the same as the Dutch table. This has been corrected.

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.