Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts
Sex | Employment type | Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Employed persons (x 1,000) | Jobs (x 1,000) | Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1,000) | Hours worked (million hours) |
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Total male and female | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 8,403 | 8,899 | 6,756 | 11,387 |
Total male and female | Employees | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2022* | 107 | 120 | 86 | 158 |
Total male and female | Employees | 01 Agriculture | 2022* | 103 | 116 | 83 | 152 |
Total male and female | Employees | 02 Forestry and logging | 2022* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Total male and female | Employees | 03 Fishing and aquaculture | 2022* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Total male and female | Employees | B Mining and quarrying | 2022* | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
Total male and female | Employees | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2022* | 842 | 857 | 771 | 1,327 |
Total male and female | Employees | C Manufacturing | 2022* | 765 | 779 | 700 | 1,201 |
Total male and female | Employees | 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2022* | 135 | 139 | 116 | 200 |
Total male and female | Employees | 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts | 2022* | 14 | 14 | 12 | 21 |
Total male and female | Employees | 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing | 2022* | 48 | 49 | 44 | 74 |
Total male and female | Employees | 16 Manufacture of wood products | 2022* | 15 | 15 | 14 | 24 |
Total male and female | Employees | 17 Manufacture of paper | 2022* | 18 | 18 | 17 | 29 |
Total male and female | Employees | 18 Printing and reproduction | 2022* | 15 | 15 | 13 | 21 |
Total male and female | Employees | 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum | 2022* | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Total male and female | Employees | 20 Manufacture of chemicals | 2022* | 45 | 45 | 43 | 74 |
Total male and female | Employees | 20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals | 2022* | 62 | 63 | 59 | 102 |
Total male and female | Employees | 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals | 2022* | 17 | 17 | 16 | 28 |
Total male and female | Employees | 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products | 2022* | 33 | 34 | 31 | 54 |
Total male and female | Employees | 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod | 2022* | 55 | 56 | 52 | 91 |
Total male and female | Employees | 23 Manufacture of building materials | 2022* | 22 | 22 | 21 | 37 |
Total male and female | Employees | 24 Manufacture of basic metals | 2022* | 20 | 20 | 20 | 34 |
Total male and female | Employees | 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products | 2022* | 107 | 110 | 100 | 175 |
Total male and female | Employees | 25 Manufacture of metal products | 2022* | 87 | 89 | 81 | 141 |
Total male and female | Employees | 26 Manufacture of electronic products | 2022* | 28 | 29 | 27 | 46 |
Total male and female | Employees | 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry | 2022* | 53 | 54 | 50 | 86 |
Total male and female | Employees | 27 Manufacture of electric equipment | 2022* | 25 | 25 | 23 | 40 |
Total male and female | Employees | 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. | 2022* | 96 | 98 | 92 | 160 |
Total male and female | Employees | 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers | 2022* | 24 | 24 | 23 | 39 |
Total male and female | Employees | 29-30 Transport equipment | 2022* | 42 | 42 | 40 | 68 |
Total male and female | Employees | 30 Manufacture of other transport | 2022* | 17 | 18 | 16 | 29 |
Total male and female | Employees | 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair | 2022* | 148 | 150 | 130 | 216 |
Total male and female | Employees | 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other | 2022* | 107 | 109 | 93 | 150 |
Total male and female | Employees | 33 Repair and installation of machinery | 2022* | 40 | 41 | 38 | 67 |
Total male and female | Employees | D Energy supply | 2022* | 32 | 33 | 29 | 50 |
Total male and female | Employees | 35 Energy supply | 2022* | 32 | 33 | 29 | 50 |
Total male and female | Employees | E Water supply and waste management | 2022* | 37 | 38 | 35 | 64 |
Total male and female | Employees | 36 Water collection and distribution | 2022* | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Total male and female | Employees | 37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment | 2022* | 31 | 32 | 30 | 55 |
Total male and female | Employees | F Construction | 2022* | 343 | 351 | 321 | 566 |
Total male and female | Employees | 41 Construction buildings, development | 2022* | 97 | 100 | 90 | 155 |
Total male and female | Employees | 42 Civil engineering | 2022* | 51 | 52 | 49 | 90 |
Total male and female | Employees | 43 Specialised construction activities | 2022* | 195 | 200 | 182 | 321 |
Total male and female | Employees | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 2,190 | 2,306 | 1,579 | 2,746 |
Total male and female | Employees | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 1,394 | 1,453 | 1,003 | 1,725 |
Total male and female | Employees | 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles | 2022* | 113 | 117 | 99 | 171 |
Total male and female | Employees | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 514 | 533 | 461 | 809 |
Total male and female | Employees | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 767 | 803 | 443 | 746 |
Total male and female | Employees | H Transportation and storage | 2022* | 385 | 401 | 335 | 611 |
Total male and female | Employees | 49 Land transport | 2022* | 185 | 193 | 162 | 315 |
Total male and female | Employees | 50 Water transport | 2022* | 15 | 16 | 14 | 25 |
Total male and female | Employees | 51 Air transport | 2022* | 24 | 24 | 22 | 35 |
Total male and female | Employees | 52 Warehousing, services for transport | 2022* | 110 | 113 | 103 | 179 |
Total male and female | Employees | 53 Postal and courier activities | 2022* | 50 | 54 | 34 | 58 |
Total male and female | Employees | I Accommodation and food serving | 2022* | 411 | 452 | 241 | 410 |
Total male and female | Employees | J Information and communication | 2022* | 313 | 325 | 291 | 505 |
Total male and female | Employees | 58 Publishing | 2022* | 21 | 22 | 19 | 32 |
Total male and female | Employees | 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV | 2022* | 44 | 46 | 39 | 65 |
Total male and female | Employees | 59-60 Movies, TV and radio | 2022* | 23 | 24 | 20 | 34 |
Total male and female | Employees | 61 Telecommunications | 2022* | 25 | 26 | 24 | 42 |
Total male and female | Employees | 62-63 IT- and information services | 2022* | 243 | 253 | 228 | 398 |
Total male and female | Employees | K Financial institutions | 2022* | 210 | 219 | 196 | 334 |
Total male and female | Employees | 64 Financial institutions, no insurance | 2022* | 102 | 104 | 96 | 163 |
Total male and female | Employees | 65 Insurance and pension funding | 2022* | 49 | 58 | 52 | 87 |
Total male and female | Employees | 66 Other financial services | 2022* | 60 | 57 | 48 | 84 |
Total male and female | Employees | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2022* | 67 | 71 | 58 | 96 |
Total male and female | Employees | 68 Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2022* | 67 | 71 | 58 | 96 |
Total male and female | Employees | M-N Business services | 2022* | 1,602 | 1,715 | 1,297 | 2,277 |
Total male and female | Employees | M Other specialised business services | 2022* | 613 | 643 | 543 | 946 |
Total male and female | Employees | 69-70 Legal and management consultancy | 2022* | 357 | 377 | 314 | 548 |
Total male and female | Employees | 69-71 Management, technical consultancy | 2022* | 483 | 506 | 428 | 748 |
Total male and female | Employees | 71 Architects, technical services etc. | 2022* | 126 | 129 | 114 | 200 |
Total male and female | Employees | 72 Research and development | 2022* | 47 | 48 | 43 | 74 |
Total male and female | Employees | 73 Advertising and market research | 2022* | 42 | 44 | 37 | 65 |
Total male and female | Employees | 73-75 Advertising, design and other | 2022* | 83 | 88 | 71 | 124 |
Total male and female | Employees | 74-75 Other specialised services | 2022* | 41 | 44 | 34 | 59 |
Total male and female | Employees | N Renting and other business support | 2022* | 989 | 1,072 | 754 | 1,331 |
Total male and female | Employees | 77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods | 2022* | 35 | 36 | 30 | 53 |
Total male and female | Employees | 78 Employment activities | 2022* | 713 | 774 | 538 | 960 |
Total male and female | Employees | 79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc | 2022* | 17 | 18 | 15 | 27 |
Total male and female | Employees | 80-82 Security, other business services | 2022* | 224 | 244 | 171 | 291 |
Total male and female | Employees | O-Q Government and care | 2022* | 2,459 | 2,608 | 1,955 | 3,038 |
Total male and female | Employees | O Public administration and services | 2022* | 540 | 568 | 505 | 820 |
Total male and female | Employees | 84 Public administration and services | 2022* | 540 | 568 | 505 | 820 |
Total male and female | Employees | P Education | 2022* | 548 | 582 | 433 | 678 |
Total male and female | Employees | 85 Education | 2022* | 548 | 582 | 433 | 678 |
Total male and female | Employees | Q Health and social work activities | 2022* | 1,370 | 1,459 | 1,016 | 1,540 |
Total male and female | Employees | 86 Human health activities | 2022* | 553 | 586 | 439 | 683 |
Total male and female | Employees | 87-88 Care and social work | 2022* | 817 | 873 | 578 | 857 |
Total male and female | Employees | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2022* | 270 | 327 | 203 | 338 |
Total male and female | Employees | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2022* | 120 | 143 | 87 | 145 |
Total male and female | Employees | 90-92 Arts, culture and lotteries | 2022* | 54 | 59 | 43 | 70 |
Total male and female | Employees | 93 Sports and recreation | 2022* | 66 | 84 | 44 | 75 |
Total male and female | Employees | S Other service activities | 2022* | 119 | 128 | 93 | 154 |
Total male and female | Employees | 94 Membership organisations | 2022* | 62 | 67 | 52 | 84 |
Total male and female | Employees | 95 Repair computers and consumergoods | 2022* | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Total male and female | Employees | 96 Other personal services | 2022* | 53 | 57 | 37 | 62 |
Total male and female | Employees | T Activities of households | 2022* | 31 | 55 | 23 | 40 |
Total male and female | Employees | U Extraterritorial organisations | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Total male and female | Employees | 99 Extraterritorial organisations | 2022* | . | . | . | . |
Source: CBS. |
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This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.
Data available from: 1995
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional.
Changes as of June 23rd 2023:
Data of 2022 have been added. Data of 2020 and 2021 have been revised.
When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 30 months after the end of the reporting year.
Description topics
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
- Jobs
- A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.
A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons. - Full-time equivalent (fte)
- A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.