Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

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Employment type 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)
Total A-U All economic activities 10,304 10,313 11,610 11,643 3,534 3,738 28 33 11 -7
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 212 204 261 252 103 100 9 6 10 8
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 836 841 886 891 325 347 -11 -7 -3 -1
C Manufacturing 745 746 791 794 289 308 -16 -13 -5 -3
F Construction 598 598 671 674 264 281 5 9 6 3
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,494 2,490 2,753 2,747 813 845 -18 -30 0 -4
J Information and communication 368 369 408 411 146 156 -8 -1 -11 -5
K Financial institutions 227 228 235 236 85 90 3 3 1 1
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 83 83 94 94 31 32 1 1 3 2
M-N Business services 2,062 2,050 2,388 2,378 687 726 17 24 -4 -8
78 Employment activities . . . . . . . . . .
O-Q Government and care 2,961 2,991 3,305 3,353 910 980 28 26 12 8
O Public administration and services 683 687 711 718 242 257 23 24 5 5
P Education 616 634 716 740 202 220 -10 -12 -1 -3
Q Health and social work activities 1,663 1,670 1,877 1,895 466 502 16 15 8 5
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 462 459 609 606 171 181 1 1 -4 -11
Employees A-U All economic activities 8,648 8,648 9,178 9,201 2,797 2,962 134 143 22 24
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 112 104 125 117 42 40 2 3 0 0
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 795 797 813 816 302 321 6 6 1 1
C Manufacturing 705 708 721 724 267 284 1 1 0 0
F Construction 364 365 375 376 144 152 14 14 4 4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,239 2,236 2,377 2,374 672 703 10 11 3 3
J Information and communication 317 319 326 329 121 129 -2 -2 0 0
K Financial institutions 222 223 228 229 83 88 3 3 1 1
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 75 75 80 80 26 27 3 3 1 1
M-N Business services 1,547 1,534 1,658 1,646 526 556 28 30 -2 -2
78 Employment activities 619 605 673 659 198 206 8 9 -4 -4
O-Q Government and care 2,684 2,704 2,839 2,876 793 853 64 68 14 14
O Public administration and services 683 687 711 718 242 257 23 24 5 5
P Education 561 572 595 611 171 185 0 0 -1 -1
Q Health and social work activities 1,440 1,445 1,533 1,548 380 411 41 44 10 10
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 293 291 359 358 88 93 5 6 1 1
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 1,656 1,665 2,431 2,442 737 776 -106 -110 -12 -30
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 100 100 136 136 61 60 7 3 10 8
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 41 43 73 75 23 26 -17 -14 -4 -3
C Manufacturing 39 39 71 70 22 24 -17 -14 -5 -3
F Construction 234 233 296 298 120 129 -9 -5 2 -1
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 256 254 376 373 141 141 -28 -41 -3 -8
J Information and communication 51 51 82 82 25 26 -6 2 -11 -5
K Financial institutions 4 5 7 8 2 2 0 0 0 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 8 8 15 14 5 5 -2 -2 3 2
M-N Business services 516 516 730 731 160 170 -11 -6 -2 -6
78 Employment activities . . . . . . . . . .
O-Q Government and care 278 287 466 477 117 128 -36 -42 -2 -6
O Public administration and services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P Education 55 62 121 130 31 36 -11 -12 0 -1
Q Health and social work activities 223 225 344 347 86 92 -25 -29 -2 -5
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 169 168 250 248 83 88 -4 -6 -4 -12
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 and further are provisional.
The status from the last quarter was accidentally finalized, changed to provisional.

Changes as of October 30th 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