Employed labour force; economic activity

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Personal characteristics SIC 2008 Employed labour force (x 1 000)
Total persons A-U All economic activities 9,798
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 896
B-F Manufacturing and energy 1,350
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,362
G-N Commercial services 4,484
M-N Business services 1,324
O-Q Government and care 3,154
O-U Noncommercial services 3,594
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 440
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 166
B Mining and quarrying 17
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 133
C Manufacturing 786
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 16
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 46
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 5
20 Manufacture of chemicals 48
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 27
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 53
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 100
26 Manufacture of electronic products 35
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 23
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 103
29-30 Transport equipment 38
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 158
D Energy supply 53
35 Energy supply 53
E Water supply and waste management 41
F Construction 453
G Wholesale and retail trade 1,429
H Transportation and storage 463
I Accommodation and food serving 470
J Information and communication 433
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 80
61 Telecommunications 36
62-63 IT- and information services 316
K Financial institutions 286
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 78
M Other specialised business services 868
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 624
72 Research and development 74
73-75 Advertising, design and other 171
N Renting and other business support 456
O Public administration and services 726
P Education 743
Q Health and social work activities 1,684
86 Human health activities 756
87-88 Care and social work 928
R Culture, sports and recreation 235
S Other service activities 191
T Activities of households 12
U Extraterritorial organisations 1
Unknown 204
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week A-U All economic activities 881
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 26
B-F Manufacturing and energy 40
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 410
G-N Commercial services 523
M-N Business services 88
O-Q Government and care 189
O-U Noncommercial services 242
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 54
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 19
B Mining and quarrying 0
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 8
C Manufacturing 24
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 1
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 3
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 0
20 Manufacture of chemicals 0
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 0
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 1
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 3
26 Manufacture of electronic products 0
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 0
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 1
29-30 Transport equipment 0
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 5
D Energy supply 1
35 Energy supply 1
E Water supply and waste management 1
F Construction 14
G Wholesale and retail trade 250
H Transportation and storage 31
I Accommodation and food serving 129
J Information and communication 16
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 8
61 Telecommunications 0
62-63 IT- and information services 8
K Financial institutions 6
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 3
M Other specialised business services 40
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 23
72 Research and development 2
73-75 Advertising, design and other 15
N Renting and other business support 48
O Public administration and services 9
P Education 62
Q Health and social work activities 118
86 Human health activities 33
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation

This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on the economic activities where people work. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) in paid employment is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008). A division by sex, age, level of education, professional status and working hours is available.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of February 14, 2025:
The figures for the fourth quarter and the year 2024 have been added.

Changes as of November 15, 2022:
In the previous version, the self-employed variable was not published in the personal characteristics dimension for employment status. This has been added in this version.

Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, this is a new table. This table has been compiled on the basis of the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Due to changes in the research design and the questionnaire of the LFS, the figures for 2021 are not automatically comparable with the figures up to and including 2020. The key figures in this table have therefore been made consistent with the (non-seasonally adjusted) figures in the table Arbeidsdeelname, kerncijfers seizoengecorrigeerd (see section 4), in which the outcomes for the period 2013-2020 have been recalculated to align with the outcomes from 2021. When further detailing the outcomes according to job and personal characteristics, there may nevertheless be differences from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the new method.

When will new figures be released?
New figures will be published in May 2025.

Description topics

Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 75 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.