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Employment; sex, type of employment contract, employee charac., cao-sector
Sex of employee Type of employment contract Cao-sector Other characteristics employee 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 2022 29.5 29.2 1,337 1,764
Total Total Total Age: 0 to 14 years 2022 6.3 6.3 289 1,739
Total Total Total Age: 15 to 19 years 2022 13.6 13.5 620 1,749
Total Total Total Age: 20 to 24 years 2022 24.5 24.2 1,111 1,770
Total Total Total Age: 25 to 29 years 2022 32.7 32.4 1,487 1,774
Total Total Total Age: 30 to 34 years 2022 33.1 32.8 1,507 1,773
Total Total Total Age: 35 to 39 years 2022 32.4 32.1 1,473 1,770
Total Total Total Age: 40 to 44 years 2022 32.1 31.8 1,461 1,768
Total Total Total Age: 45 to 49 years 2022 32.2 31.8 1,461 1,767
Total Total Total Age: 50 to 54 years 2022 32.0 31.6 1,452 1,764
Total Total Total Age: 55 to 59 years 2022 31.3 31.0 1,419 1,753
Total Total Total Age: 60 to 64 years 2022 30.2 29.9 1,366 1,738
Total Total Total Age: 65 to 74 years 2022 23.7 23.5 1,072 1,758
Total Total Total Age: 75 years or older 2022 15.7 15.7 717 1,793
Total Total Total Nationality: Dutch 2022 29.0 28.7 1,319 1,759
Total Total Total Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 2022 33.1 32.8 1,503 1,797
Total Total Total Nationality: other EU countries 2022 34.9 33.4 1,539 1,825
Total Total Total Nationality: non-EU-countries 2022 32.5 32.2 1,480 1,803
Total Total Total Nationality: stateless / unknown 2022 33.3 32.3 1,485 1,813
Total Total Sector private companies Total 2022 30.2 29.8 1,370 1,799
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 0 to 14 years 2022 6.3 6.3 289 1,739
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 15 to 19 years 2022 13.4 13.3 613 1,760
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 20 to 24 years 2022 24.8 24.4 1,123 1,796
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 25 to 29 years 2022 33.7 33.3 1,532 1,807
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 30 to 34 years 2022 34.8 34.4 1,581 1,807
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 35 to 39 years 2022 34.3 33.8 1,558 1,805
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 40 to 44 years 2022 34.0 33.5 1,544 1,804
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 45 to 49 years 2022 34.0 33.4 1,539 1,804
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 50 to 54 years 2022 33.8 33.2 1,528 1,800
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 55 to 59 years 2022 33.3 32.8 1,504 1,794
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 60 to 64 years 2022 32.1 31.7 1,446 1,782
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 65 to 74 years 2022 23.5 23.2 1,060 1,791
Total Total Sector private companies Age: 75 years or older 2022 15.9 15.9 727 1,795
Total Total Sector private companies Nationality: Dutch 2022 29.6 29.3 1,347 1,795
Total Total Sector private companies Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 2022 33.8 33.4 1,535 1,814
Total Total Sector private companies Nationality: other EU countries 2022 35.1 33.6 1,548 1,827
Total Total Sector private companies Nationality: non-EU-countries 2022 32.8 32.6 1,497 1,814
Total Total Sector private companies Nationality: stateless / unknown 2022 34.0 32.9 1,512 1,827
Total Total Subsidised corporations Total 2022 25.6 25.5 1,157 1,660
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 0 to 14 years 2022 0.0 0.0 0 0
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 15 to 19 years 2022 14.8 14.8 666 1,648
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 20 to 24 years 2022 22.6 22.5 1,019 1,662
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 25 to 29 years 2022 28.6 28.5 1,294 1,668
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 30 to 34 years 2022 27.6 27.5 1,248 1,663
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 35 to 39 years 2022 26.5 26.4 1,200 1,662
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 40 to 44 years 2022 26.3 26.2 1,190 1,661
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 45 to 49 years 2022 26.3 26.3 1,191 1,660
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 50 to 54 years 2022 26.1 26.0 1,179 1,657
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 55 to 59 years 2022 25.6 25.5 1,156 1,653
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 60 to 64 years 2022 25.2 25.1 1,139 1,653
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 65 to 74 years 2022 22.2 22.1 1,006 1,679
Total Total Subsidised corporations Age: 75 years or older 2022 13.7 13.7 626 1,759
Total Total Subsidised corporations Nationality: Dutch 2022 25.5 25.4 1,152 1,658
Total Total Subsidised corporations Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 2022 29.2 29.0 1,318 1,710
Total Total Subsidised corporations Nationality: other EU countries 2022 31.5 30.0 1,373 1,778
Total Total Subsidised corporations Nationality: non-EU-countries 2022 27.6 27.4 1,249 1,726
Total Total Subsidised corporations Nationality: stateless / unknown 2022 27.9 27.6 1,255 1,702
Total Total Sector government Total 2022 30.5 30.4 1,400 1,706
Total Total Sector government Age: 0 to 14 years 2022 0.0 0.0 0 0
Total Total Sector government Age: 15 to 19 years 2022 17.3 17.3 799 1,726
Total Total Sector government Age: 20 to 24 years 2022 25.6 25.6 1,175 1,709
Total Total Sector government Age: 25 to 29 years 2022 32.3 32.2 1,481 1,711
Total Total Sector government Age: 30 to 34 years 2022 31.7 31.6 1,455 1,713
Total Total Sector government Age: 35 to 39 years 2022 30.5 30.4 1,400 1,710
Total Total Sector government Age: 40 to 44 years 2022 30.3 30.2 1,392 1,707
Total Total Sector government Age: 45 to 49 years 2022 30.8 30.8 1,417 1,706
Total Total Sector government Age: 50 to 54 years 2022 31.3 31.2 1,439 1,707
Total Total Sector government Age: 55 to 59 years 2022 31.3 31.2 1,435 1,702
Total Total Sector government Age: 60 to 64 years 2022 30.5 30.5 1,398 1,693
Total Total Sector government Age: 65 to 74 years 2022 26.5 26.5 1,216 1,700
Total Total Sector government Age: 75 years or older 2022 0.0 0.0 0 0
Total Total Sector government Nationality: Dutch 2022 30.5 30.4 1,401 1,706
Total Total Sector government Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 2022 30.0 30.0 1,367 1,706
Total Total Sector government Nationality: other EU countries 2022 26.6 26.6 1,212 1,707
Total Total Sector government Nationality: non-EU-countries 2022 31.7 31.7 1,441 1,713
Total Total Sector government Nationality: stateless / unknown 2022 28.6 28.6 1,311 1,696
Total Part-time Total Total 2022 21.2 21.1 962 1,711
Total Part-time Total Age: 0 to 14 years 2022 6.2 6.2 283 1,734
Total Part-time Total Age: 15 to 19 years 2022 11.3 11.3 516 1,726
Total Part-time Total Age: 20 to 24 years 2022 17.2 17.1 783 1,722
Total Part-time Total Age: 25 to 29 years 2022 23.7 23.5 1,075 1,715
Total Part-time Total Age: 30 to 34 years 2022 25.1 25.0 1,141 1,714
Total Part-time Total Age: 35 to 39 years 2022 24.9 24.8 1,134 1,715
Total Part-time Total Age: 40 to 44 years 2022 24.7 24.6 1,125 1,714
Total Part-time Total Age: 45 to 49 years 2022 24.4 24.3 1,110 1,711
Total Part-time Total Age: 50 to 54 years 2022 24.0 23.9 1,089 1,706
Total Part-time Total Age: 55 to 59 years 2022 23.4 23.3 1,060 1,696
Total Part-time Total Age: 60 to 64 years 2022 23.1 23.0 1,047 1,689
Total Part-time Total Age: 65 to 74 years 2022 17.3 17.2 783 1,712
Total Part-time Total Age: 75 years or older 2022 11.6 11.6 527 1,751
Total Part-time Total Nationality: Dutch 2022 21.0 21.0 957 1,708
Total Part-time Total Nationality: EU 14 (excuding Dutch) 2022 22.0 21.8 996 1,739
Total Part-time Total Nationality: other EU countries 2022 25.2 24.1 1,101 1,752
Total Part-time Total Nationality: non-EU-countries 2022 20.2 20.0 916 1,741
Total Part-time Total Nationality: stateless / unknown 2022 22.7 22.1 1,011 1,739
Total Part-time Sector private companies Total 2022 20.1 20.0 916 1,754
Total Part-time Sector private companies Age: 0 to 14 years 2022 6.2 6.2 283 1,734
Total Part-time Sector private companies Age: 15 to 19 years 2022 11.1 11.1 508 1,738
Total Part-time Sector private companies Age: 20 to 24 years 2022 16.7 16.5 760 1,751
Total Part-time Sector private companies Age: 25 to 29 years 2022 23.1 22.9 1,051 1,759
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.

Status of the figures:
Figures for the years 2009 to 2022 are final.

Changes as of 15 February 2024:
The data related to Nationality has changed. This has to do with the fact that:
- The categories “Nationality: non-EU-countries” and “Nationality: stateless/unknown” were sometimes changed to each other.
- “Nationality: stateless/unknown” was zero after 2016. This was incorrect, it should have been 10 to 40 thousand jobs.
- The Brexit after 2020 had not yet been included in the data, but now it is. In 2022, this will save 25 thousand jobs moving from EU14 to ‘non-EU-countries'.
- Because new data of persons have been used, in some places there is sometimes a difference of a thousand jobs.
This modification has no influence on the other breakdowns.

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.