Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts

Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts

Employment type Sex Periods Labour volume Employed persons (x 1,000) Labour volume Jobs (x 1,000) Labour volume Hours worked (million hours) Labour volume Hours worked per employed person (hours) Labour volume Hours worked per job (hours) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Employed persons (x 1,000) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Jobs (x 1,000) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked (million hours) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked per employed person (hours) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked per job (hours)
Total Total male and female 2024 2nd quarter* 10,353 11,684 3,667 354 314 10,329 11,633 3,734 362 321
Total Male 2024 2nd quarter* 5,403 6,028 2,178 403 361 5,389 6,000 2,215 411 369
Total Female 2024 2nd quarter* 4,950 5,655 1,489 301 263 4,939 5,633 1,520 308 270
Employees Total male and female 2024 2nd quarter* 8,536 9,099 2,828 331 311 8,507 9,048 2,912 342 322
Employees Male 2024 2nd quarter* 4,452 4,689 1,658 372 354 4,435 4,663 1,705 384 366
Employees Female 2024 2nd quarter* 4,084 4,410 1,170 287 265 4,072 4,385 1,207 296 275
Self-employed Total male and female 2024 2nd quarter* 1,817 2,585 838 461 324 1,821 2,585 822 452 318
Self-employed Male 2024 2nd quarter* 951 1,340 520 547 388 954 1,337 509 534 381
Self-employed Female 2024 2nd quarter* 866 1,245 318 368 256 867 1,249 313 361 251
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table provides data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual and quarterly data by sex on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.

Data available from: 2010 first quarter

Status of the figures:
Data from 2010 up to and including 2021 are final. Data of 2022 and further are provisional.

Changes as of August 14th 2024:
Figures for the flash estimate of the second quarter of 2024 are added.

When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released within 45 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

Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of employed persons, jobs or hours worked.
Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
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.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked per employed person
Hours worked per employed person.
Hours worked per job
Hours worked per job.
Labour volume seasonal adjusted
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of employed persons, jobs or hours worked with the removal of annually recurring patterns which are normal for a particular time of year.
Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
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.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked per employed person
Hours worked per employed person.
Hours worked per job
Hours worked per job.