Foreign-born employees; resident/non-resident, demographic variables

Foreign-born employees; resident/non-resident, demographic variables

Employee resident non-resident Employee characteristics Sector Branches (SIC2008) Job characteristics Countries of origin Periods Jobs: foreign-born employees (x 1000)
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Total 2024 1,296.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2024 717.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Belgium 2024 35.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Bulgaria 2024 35.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Germany 2024 50.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total France 2024 17.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Greece 2024 17.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Italy 2024 28.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Poland 2024 204.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Portugal 2024 21.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Romania 2024 69.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Spain 2024 24.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total United Kingdom 2024 24.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Outside Europe 2024 579.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Dutch Caribbean 2024 39.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Indonesia 2024 13.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Morocco 2024 37.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Suriname 2024 45.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Turkey 2024 57.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Africa (excluding Morocco) 2024 90.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2024 82.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2024 212.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2024 581.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total GIPS countries (European Union) 2024 91.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Total Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2024 371.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Total 2024 22.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2024 13.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Belgium 2024 0.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Bulgaria 2024 1.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Germany 2024 0.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro France 2024 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Greece 2024 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Italy 2024 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Poland 2024 3.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Portugal 2024 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Romania 2024 1.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Spain 2024 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro United Kingdom 2024 0.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Outside Europe 2024 8.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Dutch Caribbean 2024 0.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Indonesia 2024 0.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Morocco 2024 0.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Suriname 2024 0.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Turkey 2024 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Africa (excluding Morocco) 2024 1.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2024 1.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2024 3.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2024 11.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro GIPS countries (European Union) 2024 2.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 0 to 9 euro Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2024 7.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Total 2024 67.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2024 49.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Belgium 2024 0.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Bulgaria 2024 3.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Germany 2024 1.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro France 2024 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Greece 2024 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Italy 2024 1.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Poland 2024 17.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Portugal 2024 1.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Romania 2024 9.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Spain 2024 1.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro United Kingdom 2024 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Outside Europe 2024 17.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Dutch Caribbean 2024 1.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Indonesia 2024 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Morocco 2024 1.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Suriname 2024 0.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Turkey 2024 1.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Africa (excluding Morocco) 2024 3.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2024 2.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2024 7.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2024 42.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro GIPS countries (European Union) 2024 4.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 10 to 14 euro Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2024 35.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Total 2024 577.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2024 345.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Belgium 2024 5.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Bulgaria 2024 23.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Germany 2024 12.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro France 2024 3.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Greece 2024 6.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Italy 2024 9.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Poland 2024 123.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Portugal 2024 9.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Romania 2024 41.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Spain 2024 9.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro United Kingdom 2024 3.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Outside Europe 2024 231.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Dutch Caribbean 2024 15.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Indonesia 2024 6.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Morocco 2024 18.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Suriname 2024 13.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Turkey 2024 22.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Africa (excluding Morocco) 2024 43.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2024 26.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2024 85.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2024 283.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro GIPS countries (European Union) 2024 35.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Gross hourly wages: 15 to 19 euro Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2024 221.7
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table concerns jobs of foreign-born employees within the age range of 18 up to 74 years. A distinction is made between employees who are registered as a resident in the Dutch population register (BRP; formerly known as the GBA) and those not registered as a resident in the BRP. Furthermore, the table can be broken down into origin background, gender, age, hourly wage class, employment contract type, and the Dutch standard industrial classification (SBI 2008).
All employees registered as resident were at least 18 years old when they immigrated to the Netherlands. Likewise, the non-resident employees were at least 18 years old at the start of their stay in the Netherlands.

The variable ‘country of origin’ is included as a background variable. Because the target population consists of both resident and non-resident employees, it is not always possible to directly derive the origin background. Missing data in this respect are imputed using information on someone’s country of permanent residence or someone’s nationality.

Data available from: 2010.

Status of the figures:
Data from 2010 up to and including 2024 are final.

Changes as of 28 January 2026:
The figures for 2024 are added.

Changes as of 28 March 2025:
The figures for 2023 are adjusted. The method for determining the population has been improved for the reference period 2023. This means that approximately 1% of the total number of jobs held by foreign-born employees are now included.

When will new figures be published?
New figures for 2025 will be published in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Description topics

Jobs: foreign-born employees
Jobs from foreign-born employees

Foreign-born employee
Foreign-born individuals who are an employee in the Netherlands and who are aged 18 to 74 years. It concerns both employees who are registered as residents and employees who are non-resident. All employees registered as residents were at least 18 years old when they immigrated to the Netherlands. Likewise, the non-resident employees were at least 18 years old at the start of their stay in the Netherlands.