Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

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Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts
Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Hours worked Hours worked (million hours) Hours worked Hours worked seasonal adjusted (million hours)
Total A-U All economic activities 2023* 14,457
Total A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 402
Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 1,446
Total C Manufacturing 2023* 1,311
Total F Construction 2023* 1,066
Total G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 3,345
Total J Information and communication 2023* 622
Total K Financial institutions 2023* 352
Total L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 113
Total M-N Business services 2023* 2,907
Total 78 Employment activities 2023* .
Total O-Q Government and care 2023* 3,560
Total O Public administration and services 2023* 851
Total P Education 2023* 801
Total Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,907
Total R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 643
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023* 11,502
Employees A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 155
Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 1,350
Employees C Manufacturing 2023* 1,219
Employees F Construction 2023* 578
Employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 2,765
Employees J Information and communication 2023* 516
Employees K Financial institutions 2023* 340
Employees L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 98
Employees M-N Business services 2023* 2,254
Employees 78 Employment activities 2023* 905
Employees O-Q Government and care 2023* 3,095
Employees O Public administration and services 2023* 851
Employees P Education 2023* 687
Employees Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,557
Employees R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 349
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023* 2,955
Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 247
Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 96
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023* 92
Self-employed F Construction 2023* 487
Self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 580
Self-employed J Information and communication 2023* 106
Self-employed K Financial institutions 2023* 11
Self-employed L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 15
Self-employed M-N Business services 2023* 653
Self-employed 78 Employment activities 2023* .
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 2023* 464
Self-employed O Public administration and services 2023* 0
Self-employed P Education 2023* 114
Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2023* 350
Self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 295
Source: CBS.
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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 March 25th 2024:
Data of the second estimate of the fourth quarter 2023 have been added to the table. The data of the previous three quarters 2023 are revised.

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

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.