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Negotiated wages up by 5.5 percent in Q1
In the first quarter of 2025, the hourly wage rates agreed under collective labour agreements, including special remuneration, were 5.5 percent higher than in Q1 2024.
Cao wages, contractual wage costs and working hours; index (2020=100)
Cao wages, contractual wage costs and working hours Index figures (2020=100) by cao sector and SIC 2008
Increase in negotiated wages in 2024 was highest in over forty years
In 2024, negotiated wages were 6.6 percent higher than in 2023, on average
Measuring is knowing? Eliciting preferences in the general population
This thesis is about measuring preferences in a general population sample of the Netherlands.
Healthcare workers on fewer hours are the most likely to work more
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) tracked changes in the working hours of workers in the healthcare and well-being between Q4 2021 and Q4 2023
Inappropriate behaviour at work is most common in healthcare sector
Workers in the healthcare sector and the accommodation and food services sector (hospitality) are the most likely to experience inappropriate or unwanted behaviour at work, such as unwanted sexual...
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, key figures
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education
Collective wages up by 6.8 percent in third quarter
The hourly wage rates agreed under collective labour agreements, including special remunerations, rose by 6.8 percent in Q3 2024 relative to Q3 2023.
Decline in trade union membership continues
In 2023, 15 percent of workers aged between 15 and 75 were members of a trade union.
Care sector has the most female workers
There were 11.5 million jobs in the Dutch economy in 2023, an increase of 8 million since 1995.
Labour income share, economic activity
Labour income share, Labour income self-employed (imputed) Economic activities
Caribbean Netherlands; jobs and wages, sex, age
Jobs and average annual wages of employees broken down by wage category, gender and age
Caribbean Netherlands; jobs and wages, economic activity (SIC2008)
Jobs and average annual wages of employees broken down by wage category and economic activity (SIC2008)
More strikes but fewer strikers in 2022
In 2022, there were altogether 33 labour strikes in the Netherlands, up from 22 strikes in 2021. However, last year’s strikes involved fewer workers, which resulted in fewer working days lost: 39...
Labour participation; key figures, 2003-2022
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education
Local units of enterprises, 2007-2020
Information about local units of enterprises that are classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification.
Caribbean Netherlands: relatively many temporary workers on Saba
In 2018, 72 percent of the 15 to 74-year-olds in the Caribbean Netherlands were in paid employment.
Gender pay gap still narrowing
In 2019, the wage gap between men and women narrowed further in the Netherlands. Women’s average gross hourly earnings were 14 percent lower than men’s.
Employee sickness absence increased further in 2019
Last year, absenteeism in the public and the private sector due to illness or injury rose to 4.4 percent.
Fewer strike actions in 2018
In 2018, Dutch employees went on strike 28 times, against 32 times in the previous year. The number of working days lost was 67 thousand less than in 2017.
5% of workers in Zuid-Limburg commute across the border
Of all regions in the Netherlands, Zuid-Limburg has the highest percentage of employees living in Germany or Belgium. In 2016, this was more than 5 percent.
Local units of enterprises, 2007-2017
Information about local units of enterprises that are classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification.
Job wages on Bonaire averaged 2,050 USD in 2017
In 2017, average job wages on Bonaire amounted to 2,050 USD gross per month. On Saba and St Eustatius, this was 2,285 and 3,150 USD respectively.
More work-related mental fatigue
In 2017, 16 percent of employees between the ages of 15 and 75 indicated they experienced work-related mental fatigue at least several times per month.
Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, NA, 1995-2018
Compensation of employees, wages, jobs (by sex) , fte, hours worked quarterly, economic activity