Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts
| Employment type | Sex | Periods | Labour volume Employed persons (x 1,000) | Labour volume Jobs (x 1,000) | Labour volume Hours worked (million hours) | Labour volume Hours worked per employed person (hours) | Labour volume Hours worked per job (hours) | Labour volume seasonal adjusted Employed persons (x 1,000) | Labour volume seasonal adjusted Jobs (x 1,000) | Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked (million hours) | Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked per employed person (hours) | Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked per job (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Total male and female | 2020 1st quarter | 9,617 | 10,776 | 3,399 | 353 | 315 | 9,695 | 10,851 | 3,330 | 343 | 307 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2020 2nd quarter | 9,495 | 10,601 | 3,225 | 340 | 304 | 9,459 | 10,549 | 3,356 | 355 | 318 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2020 3rd quarter | 9,608 | 10,720 | 3,119 | 325 | 291 | 9,598 | 10,723 | 3,382 | 352 | 315 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2020 4th quarter | 9,616 | 10,741 | 3,566 | 371 | 332 | 9,598 | 10,725 | 3,391 | 353 | 316 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2020 | 9,584 | 10,710 | 13,309 | 1,389 | 1,243 | |||||
| Total | Total male and female | 2021 1st quarter* | 9,502 | 10,663 | 3,482 | 366 | 327 | 9,582 | 10,729 | 3,394 | 354 | 316 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2021 2nd quarter* | 9,775 | 10,924 | 3,413 | 349 | 312 | 9,719 | 10,872 | 3,480 | 358 | 320 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2021 3rd quarter* | 9,862 | 11,033 | 3,173 | 322 | 288 | 9,864 | 11,043 | 3,451 | 350 | 312 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2021 4th quarter* | 9,946 | 11,136 | 3,684 | 370 | 331 | 9,923 | 11,111 | 3,474 | 350 | 313 |
| Total | Total male and female | 2021* | 9,773 | 10,941 | 13,751 | 1,407 | 1,257 | |||||
| Total | Male | 2020 1st quarter | 5,038 | 5,592 | 2,052 | 407 | 367 | 5,080 | 5,631 | 2,014 | 397 | 358 |
| Total | Male | 2020 2nd quarter | 4,978 | 5,510 | 1,952 | 392 | 354 | 4,956 | 5,479 | 2,026 | 409 | 370 |
| Total | Male | 2020 3rd quarter | 5,022 | 5,550 | 1,882 | 375 | 339 | 5,021 | 5,555 | 2,032 | 405 | 366 |
| Total | Male | 2020 4th quarter | 5,028 | 5,567 | 2,145 | 427 | 385 | 5,024 | 5,560 | 2,041 | 406 | 367 |
| Total | Male | 2020 | 5,017 | 5,555 | 8,032 | 1,601 | 1,446 | |||||
| Total | Male | 2021 1st quarter* | 4,992 | 5,557 | 2,108 | 422 | 379 | 5,023 | 5,570 | 2,062 | 410 | 370 |
| Total | Male | 2021 2nd quarter* | 5,098 | 5,653 | 2,054 | 403 | 363 | 5,073 | 5,623 | 2,092 | 412 | 372 |
| Total | Male | 2021 3rd quarter* | 5,126 | 5,678 | 1,902 | 371 | 335 | 5,129 | 5,691 | 2,063 | 402 | 362 |
| Total | Male | 2021 4th quarter* | 5,170 | 5,737 | 2,196 | 425 | 383 | 5,158 | 5,726 | 2,071 | 402 | 362 |
| Total | Male | 2021* | 5,097 | 5,657 | 8,260 | 1,621 | 1,460 | |||||
| Total | Female | 2020 1st quarter | 4,578 | 5,184 | 1,347 | 294 | 260 | 4,615 | 5,220 | 1,315 | 285 | 252 |
| Total | Female | 2020 2nd quarter | 4,517 | 5,091 | 1,273 | 282 | 250 | 4,503 | 5,070 | 1,330 | 295 | 262 |
| Total | Female | 2020 3rd quarter | 4,585 | 5,171 | 1,237 | 270 | 239 | 4,577 | 5,167 | 1,350 | 295 | 261 |
| Total | Female | 2020 4th quarter | 4,588 | 5,174 | 1,421 | 310 | 275 | 4,574 | 5,165 | 1,350 | 295 | 261 |
| Total | Female | 2020 | 4,567 | 5,155 | 5,277 | 1,156 | 1,024 | |||||
| Total | Female | 2021 1st quarter* | 4,510 | 5,106 | 1,374 | 305 | 269 | 4,559 | 5,159 | 1,332 | 292 | 258 |
| Total | Female | 2021 2nd quarter* | 4,677 | 5,271 | 1,359 | 291 | 258 | 4,646 | 5,249 | 1,388 | 299 | 264 |
| Total | Female | 2021 3rd quarter* | 4,736 | 5,355 | 1,270 | 268 | 237 | 4,735 | 5,351 | 1,388 | 293 | 259 |
| Total | Female | 2021 4th quarter* | 4,776 | 5,399 | 1,488 | 312 | 276 | 4,766 | 5,385 | 1,402 | 294 | 260 |
| Total | Female | 2021* | 4,676 | 5,284 | 5,491 | 1,174 | 1,039 | |||||
| Employees | Total male and female | 2020 1st quarter | 7,990 | 8,485 | 2,710 | 339 | 319 | 8,071 | 8,566 | 2,624 | 325 | 306 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2020 2nd quarter | 7,866 | 8,309 | 2,573 | 327 | 310 | 7,830 | 8,263 | 2,714 | 347 | 328 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2020 3rd quarter | 7,976 | 8,440 | 2,439 | 306 | 289 | 7,960 | 8,432 | 2,673 | 336 | 317 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2020 4th quarter | 7,976 | 8,441 | 2,844 | 357 | 337 | 7,954 | 8,422 | 2,701 | 340 | 321 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2020 | 7,952 | 8,419 | 10,565 | 1,329 | 1,255 | |||||
| Employees | Total male and female | 2021 1st quarter* | 7,850 | 8,328 | 2,797 | 356 | 336 | 7,928 | 8,401 | 2,697 | 340 | 321 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2021 2nd quarter* | 8,114 | 8,572 | 2,708 | 334 | 316 | 8,056 | 8,521 | 2,784 | 346 | 327 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2021 3rd quarter* | 8,208 | 8,688 | 2,522 | 307 | 290 | 8,202 | 8,685 | 2,770 | 338 | 319 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2021 4th quarter* | 8,271 | 8,758 | 2,984 | 361 | 341 | 8,253 | 8,740 | 2,804 | 340 | 321 |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2021* | 8,112 | 8,588 | 11,011 | 1,357 | 1,282 | |||||
| Employees | Male | 2020 1st quarter | 4,201 | 4,418 | 1,625 | 387 | 368 | 4,246 | 4,462 | 1,577 | 371 | 353 |
| Employees | Male | 2020 2nd quarter | 4,135 | 4,329 | 1,532 | 371 | 354 | 4,116 | 4,307 | 1,613 | 392 | 375 |
| Employees | Male | 2020 3rd quarter | 4,182 | 4,382 | 1,452 | 347 | 331 | 4,172 | 4,377 | 1,585 | 380 | 362 |
| Employees | Male | 2020 4th quarter | 4,178 | 4,379 | 1,689 | 404 | 386 | 4,165 | 4,367 | 1,605 | 385 | 367 |
| Employees | Male | 2020 | 4,174 | 4,377 | 6,299 | 1,509 | 1,439 | |||||
| Employees | Male | 2021 1st quarter* | 4,112 | 4,320 | 1,662 | 404 | 385 | 4,155 | 4,360 | 1,608 | 387 | 369 |
| Employees | Male | 2021 2nd quarter* | 4,235 | 4,436 | 1,606 | 379 | 362 | 4,210 | 4,412 | 1,650 | 392 | 374 |
| Employees | Male | 2021 3rd quarter* | 4,284 | 4,491 | 1,497 | 349 | 333 | 4,278 | 4,488 | 1,639 | 383 | 365 |
| Employees | Male | 2021 4th quarter* | 4,317 | 4,527 | 1,765 | 409 | 390 | 4,304 | 4,515 | 1,659 | 385 | 367 |
| Employees | Male | 2021* | 4,238 | 4,444 | 6,530 | 1,541 | 1,469 | |||||
| Employees | Female | 2020 1st quarter | 3,789 | 4,067 | 1,085 | 286 | 267 | 3,824 | 4,104 | 1,047 | 274 | 255 |
| Employees | Female | 2020 2nd quarter | 3,732 | 3,980 | 1,040 | 279 | 261 | 3,714 | 3,956 | 1,101 | 296 | 278 |
| Employees | Female | 2020 3rd quarter | 3,794 | 4,058 | 986 | 260 | 243 | 3,788 | 4,055 | 1,088 | 287 | 268 |
| Employees | Female | 2020 4th quarter | 3,798 | 4,061 | 1,155 | 304 | 284 | 3,789 | 4,055 | 1,096 | 289 | 270 |
| Employees | Female | 2020 | 3,778 | 4,042 | 4,266 | 1,129 | 1,056 | |||||
| Employees | Female | 2021 1st quarter* | 3,738 | 4,008 | 1,135 | 304 | 283 | 3,773 | 4,040 | 1,089 | 289 | 269 |
| Employees | Female | 2021 2nd quarter* | 3,879 | 4,136 | 1,102 | 284 | 267 | 3,846 | 4,110 | 1,134 | 295 | 276 |
| Employees | Female | 2021 3rd quarter* | 3,924 | 4,197 | 1,025 | 261 | 244 | 3,924 | 4,197 | 1,131 | 288 | 270 |
| Employees | Female | 2021 4th quarter* | 3,954 | 4,230 | 1,219 | 308 | 288 | 3,949 | 4,224 | 1,146 | 290 | 271 |
| Employees | Female | 2021* | 3,874 | 4,143 | 4,481 | 1,157 | 1,082 | |||||
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2020 1st quarter | 1,626 | 2,291 | 689 | 424 | 301 | 1,624 | 2,286 | 706 | 435 | 309 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2020 2nd quarter | 1,628 | 2,292 | 653 | 401 | 285 | 1,629 | 2,286 | 643 | 394 | 281 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2020 3rd quarter | 1,632 | 2,280 | 680 | 417 | 298 | 1,638 | 2,291 | 709 | 433 | 309 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2020 4th quarter | 1,639 | 2,300 | 722 | 441 | 314 | 1,644 | 2,303 | 690 | 419 | 299 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2020 | 1,631 | 2,291 | 2,744 | 1,682 | 1,198 | |||||
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2021 1st quarter* | 1,652 | 2,335 | 685 | 415 | 293 | 1,654 | 2,328 | 697 | 421 | 299 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2021 2nd quarter* | 1,661 | 2,352 | 705 | 424 | 300 | 1,663 | 2,351 | 695 | 418 | 296 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2021 3rd quarter* | 1,654 | 2,346 | 651 | 393 | 277 | 1,662 | 2,358 | 680 | 409 | 289 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2021 4th quarter* | 1,675 | 2,379 | 700 | 418 | 294 | 1,670 | 2,371 | 670 | 401 | 282 |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2021* | 1,661 | 2,353 | 2,740 | 1,650 | 1,165 | |||||
| Self-employed | Male | 2020 1st quarter | 837 | 1,174 | 427 | 510 | 364 | 834 | 1,169 | 438 | 525 | 374 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2020 2nd quarter | 844 | 1,181 | 420 | 498 | 356 | 840 | 1,172 | 414 | 492 | 353 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2020 3rd quarter | 840 | 1,168 | 430 | 511 | 368 | 849 | 1,179 | 447 | 526 | 379 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2020 4th quarter | 849 | 1,188 | 456 | 537 | 384 | 859 | 1,193 | 436 | 508 | 365 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2020 | 843 | 1,178 | 1,733 | 2,057 | 1,472 | |||||
| Self-employed | Male | 2021 1st quarter* | 880 | 1,237 | 446 | 507 | 361 | 867 | 1,209 | 453 | 522 | 375 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2021 2nd quarter* | 863 | 1,217 | 448 | 519 | 368 | 863 | 1,211 | 442 | 512 | 365 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2021 3rd quarter* | 842 | 1,187 | 405 | 481 | 342 | 851 | 1,204 | 424 | 498 | 352 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2021 4th quarter* | 853 | 1,210 | 431 | 506 | 356 | 853 | 1,211 | 413 | 484 | 341 |
| Self-employed | Male | 2021* | 859 | 1,213 | 1,731 | 2,014 | 1,427 | |||||
| Self-employed | Female | 2020 1st quarter | 789 | 1,116 | 262 | 332 | 235 | 790 | 1,117 | 269 | 340 | 240 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2020 2nd quarter | 785 | 1,111 | 233 | 296 | 209 | 789 | 1,114 | 229 | 290 | 206 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2020 3rd quarter | 791 | 1,113 | 251 | 317 | 225 | 789 | 1,112 | 262 | 332 | 236 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2020 4th quarter | 790 | 1,113 | 266 | 337 | 239 | 786 | 1,110 | 254 | 323 | 229 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2020 | 789 | 1,113 | 1,011 | 1,282 | 908 | |||||
| Self-employed | Female | 2021 1st quarter* | 772 | 1,099 | 239 | 310 | 218 | 787 | 1,119 | 244 | 310 | 218 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2021 2nd quarter* | 798 | 1,135 | 257 | 322 | 226 | 800 | 1,140 | 253 | 317 | 222 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2021 3rd quarter* | 812 | 1,158 | 245 | 302 | 212 | 811 | 1,154 | 257 | 316 | 222 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2021 4th quarter* | 822 | 1,169 | 269 | 327 | 230 | 817 | 1,160 | 257 | 314 | 221 |
| Self-employed | Female | 2021* | 801 | 1,140 | 1,010 | 1,260 | 886 | |||||
| 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 by sex on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.
Data available from: 2010 first quarter
Status of the figures:
Data from 2010 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
- Labour volume
- The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of employed persons, jobs or hours worked.
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
- 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.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
- Hours worked per employed person
- Hours worked per employed person.
- Hours worked per job
- Hours worked per job.
- Labour volume seasonal adjusted
- The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of employed persons, jobs or hours worked with the removal of annually recurring patterns which are normal for a particular time of year.
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
- 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.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
- Hours worked per employed person
- Hours worked per employed person.
- Hours worked per job
- Hours worked per job.