Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Employed persons Employed persons (x 1,000) Employed persons Employed persons seasonal adjusted (x 1,000) Jobs Jobs (x 1,000) Jobs Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1,000) Hours worked Hours worked (million hours) Hours worked Hours worked seasonal adjusted (million hours) Change on corresponding period (y/y) Employed persons (x 1 000) Change on corresponding period (y/y) Jobs (x 1 000) Change on previous period (q/q) Employed persons seasonal adjusted (x 1 000) Change on previous period (q/q) Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1 000)
Total A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter* 9,954 10,030 11,179 11,236 3,708 3,578 452 516 105 125
Total A-U All economic activities 2022 2nd quarter* 10,188 10,133 11,388 11,344 3,503 3,566 413 464 103 107
Total A-U All economic activities 2022 3rd quarter* 10,194 10,192 11,413 11,417 3,317 3,602 332 380 59 73
Total A-U All economic activities 2022 4th quarter* 10,288 10,257 11,524 11,486 3,764 3,626 342 388 65 69
Total A-U All economic activities 2022* 10,157 11,377 14,292 384 437
Total A-U All economic activities 2023 1st quarter* 10,193 10,280 11,449 11,516 3,798 3,626 239 270 23 30
Total A-U All economic activities 2023 2nd quarter* 10,354 10,292 11,573 11,524 3,561 3,627 167 185 13 8
Total A-U All economic activities 2023 3rd quarter* 10,313 10,312 11,555 11,553 3,313 3,631 120 142 20 29
Total A-U All economic activities 2023 4th quarter* 10,370 10,347 11,620 11,598 3,717 3,619 82 96 35 45
Total A-U All economic activities 2023* 10,308 11,550 14,390 151 173
Total C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter* 807 810 839 841 345 328 14 12 5 5
Total C Manufacturing 2022 2nd quarter* 815 812 848 845 318 324 14 11 2 4
Total C Manufacturing 2022 3rd quarter* 817 816 851 851 299 331 22 28 4 7
Total C Manufacturing 2022 4th quarter* 817 819 851 854 341 328 9 12 3 3
Total C Manufacturing 2022* 814 847 1,303 15 16
Total C Manufacturing 2023 1st quarter* 820 821 855 855 350 329 13 17 2 1
Total C Manufacturing 2023 2nd quarter* 826 823 859 855 321 328 11 11 1 1
Total C Manufacturing 2023 3rd quarter* 818 823 851 856 294 328 1 0 0 0
Total C Manufacturing 2023 4th quarter* 827 824 860 858 337 328 10 8 1 3
Total C Manufacturing 2023* 823 856 1,302 9 9
Employees A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter* 8,247 8,333 8,758 8,832 3,002 2,861 398 430 79 91
Employees A-U All economic activities 2022 2nd quarter* 8,465 8,398 8,948 8,891 2,772 2,845 351 377 65 59
Employees A-U All economic activities 2022 3rd quarter* 8,420 8,418 8,913 8,916 2,611 2,864 212 226 20 25
Employees A-U All economic activities 2022 4th quarter* 8,478 8,463 8,976 8,961 3,002 2,894 207 219 45 45
Employees A-U All economic activities 2022* 8,403 8,899 11,387 291 312
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023 1st quarter* 8,405 8,488 8,924 8,993 3,070 2,887 158 166 25 32
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023 2nd quarter* 8,572 8,502 9,060 9,000 2,811 2,887 107 112 13 8
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023 3rd quarter* 8,506 8,510 9,003 9,011 2,607 2,891 87 90 8 11
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023 4th quarter* 8,544 8,530 9,044 9,030 2,947 2,880 65 68 20 20
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023* 8,507 9,008 11,435 104 109
Employees C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter* 760 762 774 775 320 302 11 11 4 5
Employees C Manufacturing 2022 2nd quarter* 766 763 780 776 291 298 12 13 1 1
Employees C Manufacturing 2022 3rd quarter* 764 766 777 780 274 303 13 13 3 3
Employees C Manufacturing 2022 4th quarter* 770 770 784 783 316 305 12 12 4 4
Employees C Manufacturing 2022* 765 779 1,201 12 12
Employees C Manufacturing 2023 1st quarter* 771 773 786 787 327 305 11 12 3 4
Employees C Manufacturing 2023 2nd quarter* 780 777 794 790 298 305 14 14 4 3
Employees C Manufacturing 2023 3rd quarter* 776 778 790 792 274 307 12 12 2 2
Employees C Manufacturing 2023 4th quarter* 779 779 793 793 312 305 9 9 1 1
Employees C Manufacturing 2023* 777 791 1,210 12 12
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter* 1,707 1,697 2,422 2,405 706 717 54 87 27 34
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 2nd quarter* 1,723 1,735 2,440 2,453 732 721 62 88 38 48
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 3rd quarter* 1,774 1,773 2,500 2,501 706 738 120 154 39 48
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 4th quarter* 1,810 1,794 2,548 2,526 763 732 134 169 20 24
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022* 1,754 2,478 2,906 93 125
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023 1st quarter* 1,788 1,791 2,526 2,523 729 739 81 104 -2 -2
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023 2nd quarter* 1,782 1,790 2,513 2,524 750 739 59 73 -1 0
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023 3rd quarter* 1,807 1,802 2,553 2,542 706 740 33 53 11 18
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023 4th quarter* 1,826 1,817 2,576 2,567 770 740 17 28 15 26
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023* 1,801 2,542 2,955 47 64
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter* 48 48 65 66 25 25 3 1 1 1
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2022 2nd quarter* 49 49 68 68 26 26 1 -1 1 3
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2022 3rd quarter* 53 50 74 71 26 27 9 14 1 3
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2022 4th quarter* 47 50 68 70 25 23 -3 -1 0 -1
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2022* 49 69 103 3 3
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023 1st quarter* 49 48 70 68 24 24 2 5 -1 -3
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023 2nd quarter* 46 46 65 65 23 23 -3 -3 -2 -3
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023 3rd quarter* 42 45 61 64 20 22 -11 -12 -1 -2
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023 4th quarter* 48 45 67 65 25 23 1 -1 0 2
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023* 46 66 92 -3 -3
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table provides data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual and quarterly data on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.

Data available from: 1995 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional.

Changes as of February 14th 2024:
Data of the flash estimate of the fourth quarter 2023 have been added to the table.

When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released within 45 days. The second estimate is published after 85 days. At the second estimate of the fourth quarter, data of the previous three quarters will also be revised.

Description topics

Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
Employed persons seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
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.
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.
Jobs seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
Change on corresponding period (y/y)
Change on corresponding period (year-on-year).
Employed persons
Jobs
Change on previous period (q/q)
Change on previous period (quarter-on-quarter).
Employed persons seasonal adjusted
Jobs seasonal adjusted