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 10,329 11,660 14,775 63 76
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 197 246 388 2 1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 844 894 1,372 -1 1
C Manufacturing 754 800 1,221 -5 -4
F Construction 596 671 1,107 2 4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,491 2,751 3,335 -12 -17
J Information and communication 374 412 622 -1 2
K Financial institutions 227 236 355 3 3
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 83 95 126 2 3
M-N Business services 2,060 2,388 2,889 22 31
78 Employment activities . . . . .
O-Q Government and care 2,992 3,356 3,856 38 39
O Public administration and services 684 714 1,004 23 24
P Education 635 742 874 -6 -8
Q Health and social work activities 1,673 1,900 1,978 20 23
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 464 612 726 7 10
Employees A-U All economic activities 8,638 9,190 11,654 125 134
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 104 117 158 2 3
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 796 815 1,264 5 5
C Manufacturing 707 724 1,116 0 0
F Construction 363 374 596 13 13
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,234 2,373 2,767 6 7
J Information and communication 317 328 507 -4 -4
K Financial institutions 223 228 345 4 4
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 75 80 108 3 3
M-N Business services 1,536 1,649 2,198 25 27
78 Employment activities 609 662 821 7 7
O-Q Government and care 2,697 2,868 3,344 63 67
O Public administration and services 684 714 1,003 23 24
P Education 573 611 724 1 1
Q Health and social work activities 1,440 1,543 1,617 39 42
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 292 359 367 7 9
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 1,691 2,470 3,121 -62 -58
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 93 129 230 0 -2
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 48 79 108 -6 -4
C Manufacturing 46 76 105 -6 -4
F Construction 233 297 511 -10 -9
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 257 378 568 -18 -25
J Information and communication 56 85 115 3 6
K Financial institutions 5 7 10 0 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 8 15 18 -1 0
M-N Business services 524 739 691 -3 4
78 Employment activities . . . . .
O-Q Government and care 295 487 511 -26 -28
O Public administration and services 0 0 0 0 0
P Education 63 131 150 -7 -9
Q Health and social work activities 232 357 361 -19 -19
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 172 254 359 0 1
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 February 4th 2026:
Figures for the fourth quarter of 2025 as well as a yearly total for 2025 is added.


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