Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts, 1995-q1 2024

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Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods 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 2022 1st quarter* 9,954 10,030 11,179 11,236 3,708 3,567 452 516 106 125
2022 2nd quarter* 10,188 10,135 11,388 11,345 3,503 3,573 413 464 105 109
2022 3rd quarter* 10,194 10,193 11,413 11,415 3,317 3,610 332 380 58 71
2022 4th quarter* 10,288 10,252 11,524 11,483 3,764 3,627 342 388 59 68
2022* 10,157 11,377 14,292 384 437
2023 1st quarter* 10,196 10,280 11,455 11,520 3,834 3,642 242 275 28 38
2023 2nd quarter* 10,354 10,293 11,573 11,528 3,562 3,637 166 185 14 8
2023 3rd quarter* 10,315 10,318 11,558 11,558 3,315 3,645 121 145 25 30
2023 4th quarter* 10,386 10,361 11,638 11,603 3,746 3,648 98 114 43 46
2023* 10,313 11,557 14,457 156 179
2024 1st quarter* 10,316 10,399 11,572 11,646 3,822 3,664 120 117 39 42
C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter* 807 809 839 840 345 326 14 12 4 4
2022 2nd quarter* 815 812 848 845 318 326 14 11 4 5
2022 3rd quarter* 817 817 851 852 299 331 22 28 4 6
2022 4th quarter* 817 819 851 853 341 329 9 12 2 2
2022* 814 847 1,303 15 16
2023 1st quarter* 826 826 861 859 356 332 19 22 7 6
2023 2nd quarter* 827 825 860 858 321 330 12 13 -1 -1
2023 3rd quarter* 819 824 852 857 294 330 2 1 -1 -1
2023 4th quarter* 828 825 861 859 339 331 11 9 1 2
2023* 825 859 1,311 11 11
2024 1st quarter* 826 826 860 860 351 331 0 -1 1 1
Employees A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter* 8,247 8,332 8,758 8,830 3,002 2,850 398 430 78 91
2022 2nd quarter* 8,465 8,400 8,948 8,892 2,772 2,853 351 377 68 62
2022 3rd quarter* 8,420 8,421 8,913 8,918 2,611 2,871 212 226 21 25
2022 4th quarter* 8,478 8,460 8,976 8,959 3,002 2,895 207 219 39 41
2022* 8,403 8,899 11,387 291 312
2023 1st quarter* 8,408 8,490 8,929 8,995 3,105 2,903 161 171 30 36
2023 2nd quarter* 8,572 8,504 9,061 9,003 2,812 2,898 107 112 14 7
2023 3rd quarter* 8,508 8,515 9,006 9,017 2,609 2,905 88 92 11 14
2023 4th quarter* 8,559 8,541 9,062 9,046 2,976 2,909 81 86 27 29
2023* 8,512 9,015 11,502 109 115
2024 1st quarter* 8,484 8,563 9,008 9,071 3,088 2,919 75 79 22 25
C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter* 760 761 774 774 320 300 11 11 3 4
2022 2nd quarter* 766 764 780 777 291 300 12 13 3 3
2022 3rd quarter* 764 767 777 780 274 304 13 13 3 3
2022 4th quarter* 770 769 784 783 316 305 12 12 3 3
2022* 765 779 1,201 12 12
2023 1st quarter* 777 777 791 791 333 308 17 17 8 8
2023 2nd quarter* 781 779 795 793 298 307 15 16 1 1
2023 3rd quarter* 777 780 791 794 274 308 13 13 1 1
2023 4th quarter* 780 780 794 794 314 308 10 10 0 0
2023* 779 793 1,219 14 14
2024 1st quarter* 778 779 793 793 329 308 2 2 -1 -1
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter* 1,707 1,698 2,422 2,406 706 717 54 87 27 34
2022 2nd quarter* 1,723 1,735 2,440 2,452 732 721 62 88 37 46
2022 3rd quarter* 1,774 1,772 2,500 2,498 706 739 120 154 37 45
2022 4th quarter* 1,810 1,791 2,548 2,524 763 732 134 169 20 26
2022* 1,754 2,478 2,906 93 125
2023 1st quarter* 1,788 1,790 2,526 2,525 729 739 81 104 -2 1
2023 2nd quarter* 1,782 1,790 2,513 2,525 750 739 59 73 0 0
2023 3rd quarter* 1,807 1,803 2,553 2,541 706 740 33 53 13 16
2023 4th quarter* 1,826 1,819 2,576 2,558 770 739 17 28 16 17
2023* 1,801 2,542 2,955 47 64
2024 1st quarter* 1,832 1,837 2,564 2,575 734 745 44 38 17 17
C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter* 48 48 65 66 25 25 3 1 1 0
2022 2nd quarter* 49 49 68 68 26 26 1 -1 1 2
2022 3rd quarter* 53 50 74 71 26 27 9 14 1 3
2022 4th quarter* 47 50 68 70 25 23 -3 -1 0 -1
2022* 49 69 103 3 3
2023 1st quarter* 49 48 70 68 24 24 2 5 -1 -3
2023 2nd quarter* 46 46 65 65 23 23 -3 -3 -2 -3
2023 3rd quarter* 42 45 61 64 20 22 -11 -12 -1 -1
2023 4th quarter* 48 46 67 65 25 23 1 -1 1 2
2023* 46 66 92 -3 -3
2024 1st quarter* 48 47 67 67 22 23 -2 -3 1 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 up to and including 2024 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2021 and further will not become final.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the national accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

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