Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts
| Employment type | Sex | Periods | Labour volume Jobs (x 1,000) | Labour volume seasonal adjusted Jobs (x 1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Total male and female | 2025* | 11,651 | |
| Total | Male | 2025* | 5,999 | |
| Total | Female | 2025* | 5,652 | |
| Employees | Total male and female | 2025* | 9,194 | |
| Employees | Male | 2025* | 4,737 | |
| Employees | Female | 2025* | 4,457 | |
| Self-employed | Total male and female | 2025* | 2,457 | |
| Self-employed | Male | 2025* | 1,262 | |
| Self-employed | Female | 2025* | 1,195 | |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
Table explanation
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 2022 are final. Data of 2023 are revised provisional. Data of 2024 and further are provisional.
Changes as of March 26th 2026:
Figures for the fourth quarter of 2025 as well as a yearly total for 2025 is updated.
Correction as of April 2026:
The annual totals for 2025 of employed persons for male, female and total male and female of employees have been adjusted, as they did not match the average of the quarterly figures adjusted for the number of calendar days.
Figures for 2023 of employed persons for male, female and total male and female of employees have been adjusted, as they did not match the previously published figures for 2023.
The annual totals for 2025 for the number of jobs for men and women have been adjusted, as they did not match the average of the quarterly figures.
When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released after 30 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.