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 2023* 10,313 11,557 14,457 156 179
Total A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 204 257 402 0 2
Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 909 945 1,446 16 16
Total C Manufacturing 2023* 825 859 1,311 11 11
Total F Construction 2023* 591 665 1,066 22 26
Total G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 2,509 2,759 3,345 34 37
Total J Information and communication 2023* 380 413 622 15 11
Total K Financial institutions 2023* 222 234 352 6 6
Total L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 79 91 113 2 2
Total M-N Business services 2023* 2,137 2,454 2,907 -19 -25
Total 78 Employment activities 2023* . . . . .
Total O-Q Government and care 2023* 2,836 3,161 3,560 66 80
Total O Public administration and services 2023* 563 591 851 23 24
Total P Education 2023* 626 712 801 12 21
Total Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,647 1,858 1,907 31 35
Total R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 447 577 643 15 23
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023* 8,512 9,015 11,502 109 115
Employees A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 104 116 155 -3 -3
Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 859 875 1,350 18 18
Employees C Manufacturing 2023* 779 793 1,219 14 14
Employees F Construction 2023* 350 358 578 6 7
Employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 2,229 2,348 2,765 39 42
Employees J Information and communication 2023* 322 334 516 9 10
Employees K Financial institutions 2023* 216 225 340 6 6
Employees L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 69 73 98 2 2
Employees M-N Business services 2023* 1,575 1,685 2,254 -27 -30
Employees 78 Employment activities 2023* 660 716 905 -53 -58
Employees O-Q Government and care 2023* 2,509 2,661 3,095 50 53
Employees O Public administration and services 2023* 563 591 851 23 24
Employees P Education 2023* 557 591 687 9 9
Employees Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,389 1,479 1,557 19 20
Employees R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 279 339 349 9 12
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023* 1,801 2,542 2,955 47 64
Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 100 140 247 3 5
Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 49 70 96 -2 -2
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023* 46 66 92 -3 -3
Self-employed F Construction 2023* 242 307 487 15 20
Self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 280 411 580 -5 -5
Self-employed J Information and communication 2023* 57 79 106 6 2
Self-employed K Financial institutions 2023* 6 8 11 0 0
Self-employed L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 10 18 15 0 1
Self-employed M-N Business services 2023* 561 769 653 7 5
Self-employed 78 Employment activities 2023* . . . . .
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 2023* 327 500 464 16 27
Self-employed O Public administration and services 2023* 0 0 0 0 0
Self-employed P Education 2023* 69 122 114 4 12
Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2023* 258 378 350 12 15
Self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 168 239 295 6 11
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


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

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