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 8,655 8,655 9,187 9,208 2,788 2,954 141 151 28 29
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 112 104 125 117 42 40 3 4 1 1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 796 798 813 817 300 320 7 7 2 2
C Manufacturing 706 708 721 725 265 282 2 2 1 1
F Construction 365 365 375 376 144 152 14 15 4 4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,238 2,235 2,376 2,374 668 701 9 10 3 3
J Information and communication 315 317 324 327 119 128 -4 -4 -1 -2
K Financial institutions 222 223 228 229 82 87 3 3 1 1
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 76 76 80 80 26 27 3 4 1 1
M-N Business services 1,550 1,537 1,661 1,650 530 558 31 33 0 1
78 Employment activities 621 607 675 661 202 209 10 11 -2 -2
O-Q Government and care 2,686 2,707 2,841 2,878 788 849 67 71 16 16
O Public administration and services 683 687 711 718 239 255 23 24 5 5
P Education 559 571 593 609 169 183 -1 -1 -2 -2
Q Health and social work activities 1,444 1,448 1,537 1,551 380 411 45 48 13 13
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 295 293 362 360 89 93 7 9 2 3
Source: CBS.
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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 are revised provisional. Data of 2024 and further are provisional.

Changes as of December 2025:
Figures for the third quarter of 2025 are included.


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