Employed labour force; economic activity

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Employed labour force; economic activity
Sex Personal characteristics SIC 2008 Periods Employed labour force (x 1 000)
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee A-U All economic activities 2023 2,735
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023 192
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee B-F Manufacturing and energy 2023 255
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023 991
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee G-N Commercial services 2023 1,427
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee M-N Business services 2023 278
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee O-Q Government and care 2023 764
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee O-U Noncommercial services 2023 881
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023 117
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023 47
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee B Mining and quarrying 2023 6
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2023 35
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee C Manufacturing 2023 162
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2023 10
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2023 7
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2023 8
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2023 8
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2023 16
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2023 6
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2023 22
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 29-30 Transport equipment 2023 14
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2023 29
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee D Energy supply 2023 14
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 35 Energy supply 2023 14
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee E Water supply and waste management 2023 9
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee F Construction 2023 63
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee G Wholesale and retail trade 2023 561
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee H Transportation and storage 2023 130
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee I Accommodation and food serving 2023 300
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee J Information and communication 2023 86
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2023 19
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 61 Telecommunications 2023 11
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 62-63 IT- and information services 2023 55
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee K Financial institutions 2023 56
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 16
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee M Other specialised business services 2023 134
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2023 82
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 72 Research and development 2023 21
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2023 30
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee N Renting and other business support 2023 145
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee O Public administration and services 2023 144
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee P Education 2023 206
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee Q Health and social work activities 2023 415
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 86 Human health activities 2023 168
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 87-88 Care and social work 2023 246
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee R Culture, sports and recreation 2023 79
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee S Other service activities 2023 34
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee T Activities of households 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee U Extraterritorial organisations 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee Unknown 2023 126
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown A-U All economic activities 2023 87
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023 2
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown B-F Manufacturing and energy 2023 4
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023 50
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown G-N Commercial services 2023 59
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown M-N Business services 2023 6
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown O-Q Government and care 2023 11
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown O-U Noncommercial services 2023 14
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023 2
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown B Mining and quarrying 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown C Manufacturing 2023 2
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 29-30 Transport equipment 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown D Energy supply 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 35 Energy supply 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown E Water supply and waste management 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown F Construction 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown G Wholesale and retail trade 2023 27
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown H Transportation and storage 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown I Accommodation and food serving 2023 20
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown J Information and communication 2023 2
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 61 Telecommunications 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 62-63 IT- and information services 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown K Financial institutions 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown M Other specialised business services 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 72 Research and development 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown N Renting and other business support 2023 5
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown O Public administration and services 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown P Education 2023 4
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown Q Health and social work activities 2023 6
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 86 Human health activities 2023 1
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on the economic activities where people work. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) in paid employment is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008). A division by sex, age, level of education, professional status and working hours is available.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of February 14, 2024:
The figures for 4th quarter and year 2023 are added.

Changes as of November 15, 2022:
In the previous version, the self-employed variable was not published in the personal characteristics dimension for employment status. This has been added in this version.

Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, this is a new table. This table has been compiled on the basis of the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Due to changes in the research design and the questionnaire of the LFS, the figures for 2021 are not automatically comparable with the figures up to and including 2020. The key figures in this table have therefore been made consistent with the (non-seasonally adjusted) figures in the table Arbeidsdeelname, kerncijfers seizoengecorrigeerd (see section 4), in which the outcomes for the period 2013-2020 have been recalculated to align with the outcomes from 2021. When further detailing the outcomes according to job and personal characteristics, there may nevertheless be differences from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the new method.

When will new figures be released?
New figures will be published on May 15, 2024.

Description topics

Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 75 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.