Work & Labour in Netherlands 616 indicators covering work & labour for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 8,455 Persons 2025 up 17.9% 3rd Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 1,702 Persons 2025 up 15.0% 3rd Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 64.87 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 5.3% 11th Minimum relative to average wages of full-time workers 40.63 Percentage of average wage of full-time employees 2025 up 3.4% 4th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 6,378 Persons 2025 up 24.9% 7th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 5.7% 2026 down 47.2% 27th Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 201,000 Persons 2009 down 9.3% 3rd Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 483.51 Persons 2025 up 21.8% 7th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -66.7% 2026 down 10.2% 38th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 4.93 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 up 3.0% 7th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 523.3 Thousand persons 2024 up 37.7% 10th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 0.875 Percentage of employment 2025 down 79.2% 9th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 14,906 Hours 2024 up 19.0% 5th Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 31.3 Hours per week per person 2025 up 3.5% 11th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 74.19 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 7.0% 11th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 25.81 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 27.7% 1st Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 52.2 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.1% 3rd Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 86.6 Persons 2025 down 75.2% 7th Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 3.61 0-6 scale 2025 up 11.5% 1st Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 3.61 0-6 scale 2025 up 11.5% 1st Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 0.9375 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 6th Labour force participation rate 68.65 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 up 6.6% 1st Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 23,676 National currency 2025 up 281.6% 3rd Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Dependent employment 9.5 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 49.3% 2nd Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 4,701 Persons 2025 down 4.9% 6th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Employment tenure 8.41 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 44.6% 2nd Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 87.82 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 4.4% 1st Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 91.18 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.5% 3rd Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 3.68 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 41.8% 7th Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 1.89 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 3.8% 1st Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Dependent 7.8 Years 2025 down 20.6% 9th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 8.52 Years 2025 down 16.4% 9th Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 1,328 Persons 2025 up 18.6% 2nd Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 175 National currency 2025 up 326.8% 1st Dentists — Health and social employment 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 4.5% 5th Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 311,095 2020 up 8.1% 8th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.48 Factor of decile 1 2024 down 9.2% 8th Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 23,676 National currency 2025 up 281.6% 3rd Hospital employment 16.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 4.1% 1st Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 313,390 2019 up 8.9% 7th Gender wage gap 6.42 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2022 down 59.8% 6th Pharmacists — Health and social employment 0.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 10.8% 4th Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 99.7 Index 2026 down 3.0% 27th Employment by permanency of the job 111.69 Persons 2025 up 85.1% 4th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 18,135 Thousand persons 2026 up 6.2% 11th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 96.21 Index, 2020=100 2025 up 3.9% 15th Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 154.52 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 up 3.9% 18th Nurses — Health and social employment 11.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 10.5% 2nd Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 419 Thousand persons 2026 down 26.0% 15th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 3.59 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 4.9% 9th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 108.72 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 4.1% 20th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 164,620 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 up 0.6% 7th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 164,620 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 up 0.6% 7th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 164,620 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 up 0.6% 7th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -14.95 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 down 9.7% 6th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 8,212 Persons 2025 up 19.1% 6th Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 18,089 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.8% 11th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 9,714 Persons 2025 up 18.2% 6th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 5.88 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 54.4% 5th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 45.01 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2018 down 7.9% 1st ← Previous 6 11 1 2 3 4 … 11 Next → Page 2 of 11