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 10,228 10,314 11,560 11,641 3,759 3,723 -15 -21 -2 2
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 194 200 243 249 94 98 8 5 -2 -2
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 836 836 889 889 351 343 -14 -7 -2 -1
C Manufacturing 746 746 796 796 312 306 -16 -8 0 0
F Construction 590 594 666 670 280 283 -8 -8 0 0
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,456 2,477 2,709 2,735 840 842 -14 -22 -7 -7
J Information and communication 366 367 421 414 159 154 -16 -1 1 3
K Financial institutions 230 228 238 236 93 91 1 1 -1 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 83 85 97 97 32 32 2 3 1 1
M-N Business services 2,024 2,063 2,329 2,374 723 723 10 -9 1 0
78 Employment activities . . . . . . . . . .
O-Q Government and care 3,002 3,008 3,375 3,373 1,006 976 30 28 8 8
O Public administration and services 699 698 731 729 267 259 21 22 7 6
P Education 631 630 741 738 225 217 -10 -10 -2 -2
Q Health and social work activities 1,672 1,680 1,903 1,906 514 500 18 15 3 3
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 445 456 594 606 180 181 -13 -11 -3 0
Employees A-U All economic activities 8,627 8,690 9,189 9,244 3,012 2,964 97 103 5 6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 97 103 109 115 37 40 -1 -1 -2 -2
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 795 795 814 814 327 319 1 1 -2 -2
C Manufacturing 705 705 722 722 288 281 -2 -2 -1 -1
F Construction 372 373 383 384 155 154 15 15 4 4
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,210 2,231 2,347 2,369 706 702 -2 -3 -9 -9
J Information and communication 315 316 326 326 132 127 -3 -3 0 0
K Financial institutions 224 224 230 229 90 88 2 2 -1 -1
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 77 77 82 82 29 28 4 4 1 1
M-N Business services 1,514 1,546 1,624 1,657 555 554 18 19 3 1
78 Employment activities 571 598 621 649 192 199 -8 -9 -10 -10
O-Q Government and care 2,735 2,734 2,919 2,908 887 858 60 64 11 12
O Public administration and services 699 698 731 728 267 259 21 22 7 6
P Education 575 572 616 611 189 183 -2 -2 -1 -1
Q Health and social work activities 1,460 1,464 1,572 1,569 431 417 40 43 6 6
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 289 293 356 361 95 94 3 4 0 1
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 1,601 1,624 2,371 2,397 746 758 -111 -124 -7 -4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 97 98 134 134 56 59 9 6 0 0
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 41 41 75 75 24 24 -15 -8 0 1
C Manufacturing 40 41 74 74 24 24 -14 -6 1 1
F Construction 219 222 283 286 124 129 -23 -23 -4 -3
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 246 246 362 366 134 140 -12 -19 3 2
J Information and communication 51 51 95 88 27 27 -14 1 1 3
K Financial institutions 6 5 8 7 3 3 0 -1 0 0
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 6 7 15 15 4 4 -2 -1 0 0
M-N Business services 511 517 705 717 168 168 -8 -29 -2 -1
78 Employment activities . . . . . . . . . .
O-Q Government and care 268 274 456 465 120 118 -30 -36 -3 -4
O Public administration and services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P Education 56 57 125 127 36 35 -8 -8 -1 -1
Q Health and social work activities 211 216 331 337 83 83 -22 -28 -2 -3
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 156 163 238 245 85 87 -16 -15 -2 -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 April 30th 2026:
Figures for the first quarter of 2026 are 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