Employment; jobs, wages, working hours, SIC2008; key figures
| Characteristics job / employee / company | Industrial classes / branches (SIC2008) | Periods | Employment Jobs (x 1 000) | Employment Labour volume (x 1 000) | Wage per job Hourly wage (euro) | Wage per job Monthly wages Monthly wage including overtime (euro) | Wage per job Monthly wages Monthly wage excluding overtime (euro) | Wage per job Yearly wage Yearly wage including bonuses (euro) | Wage per job Yearly wage Yearly wage excluding special payments (euro) | Wage per job Yearly wage Bonuses and allowances (euro) | Wage per job Yearly wage Additional tax liability for company car (euro) | Working hours Per job per week including overtime (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age: Younger than 15 years | A-U All economic activities | 2023* | 42 | 6 | 5.30 | 117 | 117 | 1,460 | 1,410 | 60 | 0 | 5.8 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | A-F Agriculture and industry | 2023* | 5 | 1 | 5.16 | 145 | 145 | 1,790 | 1,740 | 50 | 0 | 7.4 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2023* | 3 | 1 | 4.93 | 138 | 138 | 1,690 | 1,650 | 40 | 0 | 7.3 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | B-F Industry and energy | 2023* | 1 | 0 | 5.75 | 165 | 163 | 2,050 | 1,980 | 70 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2023* | 1 | 0 | 5.71 | 156 | 155 | 1,940 | 1,870 | 70 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | B Mining and quarrying | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | C Manufacturing | 2023* | 1 | 0 | 5.71 | 157 | 155 | 1,950 | 1,880 | 70 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | D Electricity and gas supply | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | E Water supply and waste management | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | F Construction | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | G-N Commercial services | 2023* | 36 | 5 | 5.32 | 113 | 113 | 1,410 | 1,360 | 60 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2023* | 34 | 5 | 5.20 | 109 | 109 | 1,360 | 1,310 | 50 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023* | 26 | 4 | 5.06 | 100 | 100 | 1,250 | 1,200 | 50 | 0 | 5.2 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | H Transportation and storage | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | I Accommodation and food serving | 2023* | 8 | 1 | 5.49 | 135 | 135 | 1,680 | 1,620 | 60 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | J Information and communication | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | K Financial institutions | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | M-N Business services | 2023* | 2 | 0 | 6.21 | 152 | 152 | 1,940 | 1,830 | 110 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | M Other specialised business services | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | N Renting and other business support | 2023* | 2 | 0 | 6.01 | 148 | 147 | 1,880 | 1,770 | 110 | 0 | 6.4 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | O-U Noncommercial services | 2023* | 1 | 0 | 5.57 | 140 | 140 | 1,760 | 1,680 | 70 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | O-Q Government and care | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | O Public administration and services | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | P Education | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2023* | 1 | 0 | 4.99 | 127 | 127 | 1,580 | 1,520 | 60 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2023* | 1 | 0 | 4.84 | 126 | 126 | 1,560 | 1,510 | 60 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Age: Younger than 15 years | S Other service activities | 2023* | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||
Table explanation
This table comprises yearly figures on the main aspects of employment, wages and working hours in the Netherlands. The information in this table is classified according to Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC 2008) and can be broken down into:
- employee characteristics (age and sex)
- job characteristics (type of employment contract and working hours)
- company characteristics (size of the firm and collective wage agreements)
Data available from: 2009.
Status of the figures:
Figures for the years 2009 to 2022 are definite. Figures for 2023 are provisional.
Changes as of 30 April 2024:
Provisional figures for 2023 are added.
The figures for 2023 are excluding the selections: ‘Type of employment contract: full-time’, ‘Type of employment contract: part-time’ for the branche ‘P Education’
When will new figures be published?
The final figures for 2023 will be published in October 2024.
Description topics
- Employment
- Jobs
- A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit, specifying that labour will be carried out in return for remuneration (financial or otherwise). An employed person may have more than one job at a time. In that case the person has a main job and a secondary job. Each job counts separately. For the calculation of the average number of jobs in a certain period the starting date and end date of a job is taking into account. The weekly working hours are left out of account. Two successive jobs both with a 6-month working period will always count as one job in the average number of jobs, regardless of whether these jobs are full-time or part-time.
- Labour volume
- The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of hours worked or full-time equivalents. Part-time jobs are counted proportionally (excluding overtime, after deduction of the reduction in working hours).
Calculation of the average labour volume for a certain period is based on the starting date and end date of a job and the weekly working hours. Two successive jobs both with a 6-month working period will count as 1 working year in the yearly average labour volume if both jobs are full-time. If they are part-time jobs they will count for less than a year.
- Wage per job
- Hourly wage
- The hourly wage are calculated by the sum of gross wage of all the jobs of employees of the related population divide by the sum of the corresponding working hours. These wages and hours are summed by subpopulation and period.
The agreed gross wage is excluding bonuses/allowances and overtime pay, but including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax.
The working hours are the hours paid for a job excluding overtime hours, holiday leave and public holidays. Leave in compensation for shorter working hours (ADV) is not recognized as working hours, so this is not included in the calculation.
Bonuses and allowances are occasional payments that are part of the gross wages such as holiday allowance, profit sharing and performance bonuses.
- Monthly wages
- The monthly wage is the agreed gross salary, excluding bonuses/allowances, but including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax and paid overtime. The private tax benefits of a company car are not included. There is a difference between monthly wage including paid overtime and excluding paid overtime.
The average monthly wage in a year is determined by dividing the yearly wage sum by 12 times the average number of jobs in that year.- Monthly wage including overtime
- The monthly wage including paid overtime.
- Monthly wage excluding overtime
- The monthly wage excluding paid overtime.
- Yearly wage
- Agreed gross salary including the value according to tax of non-monetary remuneration liable to tax and paid overtime. The private tax benefits of a company car are not included. The average yearly wage is determined by dividing the yearly wage sum by the average number of jobs in a year.
- Yearly wage including bonuses
- The yearly wage including bonuses and allowances, such as holiday allowance, profit sharing, performance bonuses etc.
- Yearly wage excluding special payments
- The yearly wage excluding bonuses and allowances, such as holiday allowance, profit sharing, performance bonuses etc.
- Bonuses and allowances
- Occasional payments that are part of the gross wages such as holiday allowance, profit sharing, performance bonuses etc.
These do not include contributions to wage savings schemes, compensation for dismissal, compensation for medical expenses and wages paid for overtime.
- Additional tax liability for company car
- Fixed value of private use of a company car minus extra payment by the employee for this use.
- Working hours
- The number of hours someone works in a normal or average working week. There is a distinction between weekly working hours and yearly working hours.
Weekly working hours are calculated by the average hours paid for a job divided by 52. The hours paid include hours leave, paid overtime hours and paid sick and study leave, but exclude reduction of working hours.
Also the weekly working hours without overtime is been determined. The yearly working hours of a job is the average hours paid for a job a year excluded overtime hours and leave hours through holiday, reduction of
working hours and general recognized feast-days.
For the yearly working hours of a year of employment this yearly average is determined for a year of employment instead for a job.- Per job per week including overtime
- Weekly working hours are calculated by the average hours paid for a job per year divided by 52. The hours paid include hours leave, paid overtime, and paid sick and study leave, but exclude reduction of working hours.