Caribbean Netherlands; jobs and wages, sex, age

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Earning groups Characteristics employee Caribbean Netherlands Jobs of employees (Number) Average annual wage (USD)
Total all earninggroups Total Caribbean Netherlands 17,400 34,870
Bonaire 14,870 33,510
St. Eustatius 1,530 41,940
Saba 1,000 44,340
Unclassificable . .
Sex: men Caribbean Netherlands 8,650 34,590
Bonaire 7,460 33,230
St. Eustatius 710 42,580
Saba 480 43,910
Unclassificable . .
Sex: women Caribbean Netherlands 8,750 35,160
Bonaire 7,410 33,790
St. Eustatius 820 41,390
Saba 530 44,720
Unclassificable . .
Sex: unknown Caribbean Netherlands . .
Bonaire . .
St. Eustatius . .
Saba . .
Unclassificable . .
Age: younger than 15 years Caribbean Netherlands 20 10,840
Bonaire 10 10,440
St. Eustatius . .
Saba . .
Unclassificable . .
Age: 15 to 24 years Caribbean Netherlands 2,090 19,400
Bonaire 1,930 19,240
St. Eustatius 80 17,870
Saba 80 24,590
Unclassificable . .
Age: 25 to 34 years Caribbean Netherlands 3,940 32,850
Bonaire 3,430 31,880
St. Eustatius 280 38,530
Saba 230 40,470
Unclassificable . .
Age: 35 to 44 years Caribbean Netherlands 4,340 37,890
Bonaire 3,680 36,780
St. Eustatius 410 42,510
Saba 250 46,600
Unclassificable . .
Age: 45 to 54 years Caribbean Netherlands 3,290 40,620
Bonaire 2,720 38,960
St. Eustatius 360 45,790
Saba 210 52,980
Unclassificable . .
Age: 55 to 64 years Caribbean Netherlands 3,020 39,810
Bonaire 2,520 38,250
St. Eustatius 310 47,510
Saba 180 48,120
Unclassificable . .
Age: 65 to 74 years Caribbean Netherlands 560 27,570
Bonaire 460 25,530
St. Eustatius 60 37,490
Saba 40 36,450
Unclassificable . .
Age: 75 years or older Caribbean Netherlands 130 19,360
Bonaire 110 18,700
St. Eustatius . .
Saba 10 22,280
Unclassificable . .
Age: unknown Caribbean Netherlands . .
Bonaire . .
St. Eustatius . .
Saba . .
Unclassificable . .
Age: younger than 16 years Caribbean Netherlands 60 6,670
Bonaire 50 6,290
St. Eustatius . .
Saba . .
Unclassificable . .
Age: 16-18 years Caribbean Netherlands 430 10,370
Bonaire 410 10,200
St. Eustatius 10 9,300
Saba 20 15,670
Unclassificable . .
Age: 19 years Caribbean Netherlands 210 16,160
Bonaire 190 15,870
St. Eustatius . .
Saba 20 20,500
Unclassificable . .
Age: 20 years Caribbean Netherlands 240 18,860
Bonaire 230 18,880
St. Eustatius . .
Saba . .
Unclassificable . .
Age: 21 years or older Caribbean Netherlands 16,460 36,090
Bonaire 13,990 34,770
St. Eustatius 1,500 42,530
Saba 970 45,300
Unclassificable . .
Gross annual wage: less than 5,000 do... Total Caribbean Netherlands 970 2,350
Bonaire 850 2,370
St. Eustatius 80 2,510
Saba 40 1,640
Unclassificable . .
Sex: men Caribbean Netherlands 440 2,250
Bonaire 390 2,280
St. Eustatius 40 2,320
Saba 20 1,360
Unclassificable . .
Source: © CBS
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Table explanation


This table contains information about jobs en wages on the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius to gender and age of employees on 1 January.

Since 10 October 2010, the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius have the status of a 'special municipality' of the Netherlands. On the grounds of this new status as a 'special municipality', they are officially recognised as a public body of the Netherlands.

Data available from: 2011

Status of the figures:
Figures for 2023 and 2025 are provisional, figures for the years to 2022 and 2024 are final.
Because of insufficient response, the data for Sint Eustatius for the years 2023 are missing and no final figures will be published for that year.

Changes as of 21 October 2025:
The final figures for 2024 and the provisional figures for 2025 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Final figures for 2025 and the provisional figures for 2026 will be in the fourth quarter of 2027 published.

Description topics

Jobs of employees
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). This table concerns jobs of employees, and not jobs of self-employed people. More specifically, it concerns jobs of employees who are liable to pay wage tax and social security premiums in the Caribbean Netherlands.
An employed person may have more than one job at a time. 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.

Employee
A person who has a contract with an economic unit to carry out work in return for financial remuneration.
Average annual wage
Wage
A payment made in cash or in kind to employees, except wages during illness, redundancy payments and compensation for health insurance premiums.