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 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2024 1st quarter* 189 199 241 252 93 94 -12 -12 -3 -4
Total G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2024 1st quarter* 2,501 2,525 2,746 2,775 874 849 25 25 7 7
Total J Information and communication 2024 1st quarter* 376 376 411 409 165 155 -5 -10 -1 0
Total O-Q Government and care 2024 1st quarter* 2,893 2,890 3,233 3,215 983 919 89 86 16 18
Total O Public administration and services 2024 1st quarter* 579 580 610 608 237 222 26 27 6 7
Total Q Health and social work activities 2024 1st quarter* 1,670 1,669 1,893 1,882 524 491 39 39 5 7
Employees A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2024 1st quarter* 97 103 109 116 38 39 -1 -1 -1 -1
Employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2024 1st quarter* 2,223 2,241 2,341 2,361 733 701 18 20 4 4
Employees J Information and communication 2024 1st quarter* 324 324 337 336 141 131 2 2 1 1
Employees O-Q Government and care 2024 1st quarter* 2,532 2,534 2,700 2,688 854 792 45 47 6 7
Employees O Public administration and services 2024 1st quarter* 579 579 610 608 237 222 26 27 6 7
Employees Q Health and social work activities 2024 1st quarter* 1,389 1,393 1,488 1,483 427 395 9 10 -2 -2
Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2024 1st quarter* 92 96 132 136 55 55 -10 -10 -2 -3
Self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2024 1st quarter* 279 284 406 414 141 148 6 5 3 3
Self-employed J Information and communication 2024 1st quarter* 52 52 74 73 24 24 -7 -12 -2 -1
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 2024 1st quarter* 361 356 533 526 129 127 44 39 10 11
Self-employed O Public administration and services 2024 1st quarter* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2024 1st quarter* 281 277 405 398 97 97 30 28 7 9
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 May 15th 2024:
Data of the flash estimate of the first quarter 2024 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