Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) 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)
A-U All economic activities 8,524 8,579 9,079 9,127 2,978 2,927 86 92 37 41
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 97 103 109 115 38 39 1 1 1 1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 794 794 814 813 326 318 3 3 2 2
C Manufacturing 707 706 724 723 289 281 -2 -2 0 1
F Construction 356 357 367 368 149 148 8 9 4 4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,210 2,228 2,347 2,366 704 701 2 2 -3 -2
J Information and communication 319 319 330 329 133 129 -3 -3 -1 -1
K Financial institutions 221 221 227 227 89 86 4 5 0 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 74 74 78 78 27 27 3 3 1 1
M-N Business services 1,495 1,526 1,604 1,637 556 552 7 7 16 16
78 Employment activities 578 604 629 656 203 207 -8 -8 7 8
O-Q Government and care 2,673 2,669 2,853 2,840 862 835 56 59 16 18
O Public administration and services 678 676 708 706 256 248 25 26 6 7
P Education 576 573 617 612 189 183 2 2 2 2
Q Health and social work activities 1,419 1,420 1,528 1,522 417 403 29 31 8 9
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 285 288 350 354 94 92 5 7 2 3
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


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 2022 are final. Data of 2023 and further are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2025:
Figures for the first estimate of the first quarter of 2025 are updated.

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

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