Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

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)
Employees A-U All economic activities 2024 1st quarter* 8,472 8,510 8,982 9,047 3,003 2,913 79 84 28 25
Employees A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2024 1st quarter* 94 101 106 113 37 38 0 -1 -1 -1
Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2024 1st quarter* 795 795 812 812 332 320 11 11 2 2
Employees C Manufacturing 2024 1st quarter* 711 711 727 727 297 286 6 6 1 1
Employees F Construction 2024 1st quarter* 349 349 358 359 149 146 3 3 1 0
Employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2024 1st quarter* 2,220 2,229 2,343 2,365 718 704 20 21 6 5
Employees J Information and communication 2024 1st quarter* 323 323 334 333 137 130 2 2 1 1
Employees K Financial institutions 2024 1st quarter* 215 215 222 221 88 84 5 5 2 2
Employees L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2024 1st quarter* 71 71 75 76 27 26 1 2 0 0
Employees M-N Business services 2024 1st quarter* 1,498 1,530 1,598 1,640 565 556 -29 -32 -1 -3
Employees 78 Employment activities 2024 1st quarter* 590 617 634 668 209 212 -36 -39 -4 -5
Employees O-Q Government and care 2024 1st quarter* 2,625 2,614 2,793 2,782 858 818 56 60 16 17
Employees O Public administration and services 2024 1st quarter* 656 653 684 682 255 245 24 24 6 6
Employees P Education 2024 1st quarter* 580 575 619 614 190 180 9 10 2 2
Employees Q Health and social work activities 2024 1st quarter* 1,390 1,386 1,490 1,486 412 393 23 25 8 9
Employees R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2024 1st quarter* 281 283 342 347 92 91 10 13 3 3
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 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 2021 are final. Data of 2022 and further are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
This is a new table.
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. This table contains revised data. For further information see section 3.

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

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