Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts
| Employment type | Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Jobs Jobs (x 1,000) | Jobs Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1,000) | Change on corresponding period (y/y) Jobs (x 1 000) | Change on previous period (q/q) Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1 000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | A-U All economic activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 11,177 | 11,244 | 518 | 127 |
| Total | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2022 1st quarter* | 224 | 233 | -18 | -3 |
| Total | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2022 1st quarter* | 909 | 910 | 14 | 4 |
| Total | C Manufacturing | 2022 1st quarter* | 831 | 833 | 11 | 3 |
| Total | F Construction | 2022 1st quarter* | 594 | 594 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022 1st quarter* | 2,656 | 2,675 | 158 | 12 |
| Total | J Information and communication | 2022 1st quarter* | 397 | 394 | 23 | 6 |
| Total | K Financial institutions | 2022 1st quarter* | 231 | 230 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2022 1st quarter* | 85 | 84 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | M-N Business services | 2022 1st quarter* | 2,454 | 2,504 | 183 | 77 |
| Total | 78 Employment activities | 2022 1st quarter* | . | . | . | . |
| Total | O-Q Government and care | 2022 1st quarter* | 3,070 | 3,057 | 116 | 28 |
| Total | O Public administration and services | 2022 1st quarter* | 561 | 560 | 14 | 3 |
| Total | P Education | 2022 1st quarter* | 695 | 689 | 42 | 10 |
| Total | Q Health and social work activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 1,814 | 1,809 | 60 | 15 |
| Total | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2022 1st quarter* | 557 | 562 | 42 | 1 |
| Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 8,741 | 8,826 | 409 | 102 |
| Employees | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2022 1st quarter* | 114 | 121 | 0 | -1 |
| Employees | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2022 1st quarter* | 846 | 847 | 10 | 3 |
| Employees | C Manufacturing | 2022 1st quarter* | 770 | 771 | 8 | 2 |
| Employees | F Construction | 2022 1st quarter* | 346 | 347 | 9 | 3 |
| Employees | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022 1st quarter* | 2,241 | 2,260 | 134 | 8 |
| Employees | J Information and communication | 2022 1st quarter* | 316 | 315 | 19 | 3 |
| Employees | K Financial institutions | 2022 1st quarter* | 221 | 220 | 4 | 1 |
| Employees | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2022 1st quarter* | 70 | 71 | 1 | 0 |
| Employees | M-N Business services | 2022 1st quarter* | 1,669 | 1,729 | 138 | 68 |
| Employees | 78 Employment activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 753 | 806 | 95 | 57 |
| Employees | O-Q Government and care | 2022 1st quarter* | 2,599 | 2,593 | 71 | 18 |
| Employees | O Public administration and services | 2022 1st quarter* | 561 | 560 | 14 | 3 |
| Employees | P Education | 2022 1st quarter* | 582 | 578 | 30 | 7 |
| Employees | Q Health and social work activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 1,456 | 1,455 | 27 | 8 |
| Employees | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2022 1st quarter* | 318 | 322 | 21 | -3 |
| Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 2,436 | 2,418 | 109 | 26 |
| Self-employed | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2022 1st quarter* | 110 | 112 | -18 | -2 |
| Self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2022 1st quarter* | 62 | 63 | 4 | 1 |
| Self-employed | C Manufacturing | 2022 1st quarter* | 61 | 61 | 3 | 1 |
| Self-employed | F Construction | 2022 1st quarter* | 248 | 247 | -8 | -2 |
| Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022 1st quarter* | 415 | 415 | 23 | 4 |
| Self-employed | J Information and communication | 2022 1st quarter* | 80 | 79 | 4 | 2 |
| Self-employed | K Financial institutions | 2022 1st quarter* | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Self-employed | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2022 1st quarter* | 15 | 13 | -8 | 0 |
| Self-employed | M-N Business services | 2022 1st quarter* | 785 | 776 | 46 | 9 |
| Self-employed | 78 Employment activities | 2022 1st quarter* | . | . | . | . |
| Self-employed | O-Q Government and care | 2022 1st quarter* | 471 | 465 | 45 | 10 |
| Self-employed | O Public administration and services | 2022 1st quarter* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-employed | P Education | 2022 1st quarter* | 113 | 111 | 12 | 3 |
| Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | 2022 1st quarter* | 358 | 354 | 33 | 7 |
| Self-employed | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2022 1st quarter* | 239 | 240 | 21 | 4 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Table description
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 2018 are final. Data of 2019 and further are provisional.
Changes as of May 17th 2022:
Data of the first estimate of the first quarter 2022 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
- 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.
- Change on corresponding period (y/y)
- Change on corresponding period (year-on-year).
- Jobs
- Change on previous period (q/q)
- Change on previous period (quarter-on-quarter).
- Jobs seasonal adjusted