In 2022, employees between the age of 30 and 34 years old in the Netherlands worked the longest hours. Employees between 30 and 34 years of age worked **** hours per week on average, excluding overtime, whereas employees between 50 and 54 years of age worked **** hours per week on average.

The hours worked by employees on the main job in the Netherlands saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 30.38 hours per week per person. With a decline of 0.02 hours per week per person (-0.07 percent), there is no significant change to 2022. Find more key insights for the hours worked by employees in countries like Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

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This statistic displays the average working hours in the Netherlands in 2022, by sector. As of 2022, employees in the mining and quarrying sector on average worked the largest number of hours, whereas employees in the accommodation and food serving industry on average worked the fewest number of hours. Employees in the mining and quarrying sector worked roughly 38.6 hours per week in 2022, while those working in the accommodation and food serving sector worked an average 20.6 hours per week in the same year.

This statistic displays the average annual salary in the Netherlands in 2022, by working hours, in euros. As of 2022, employees who worked 35 hours per week or more received the highest annual salary. Employees who worked at least 35 hour per week earned roughly 58,500 euros per year on average, whereas employees who worked between 30 and 35 hours per week earned an average annual salary of approximately 41,800 euros.

This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on labour participation in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) is divided into the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force and those not in the labour force. The employed labour force is subdivided on the basis of the professional status, and the average working hours. A division by sex, age and level of education is available.

Data available from: 2013

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

Changes as of July 30, 2025: The figures for the 2nd quarter 2025 have been added.

Changes as of November 14, 2024: The figures for 3rd quarter 2024 are added. Figures have been added on labor participation based on whether or not the state pension age has been reached.

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 October 2025.

Working mothers by working hours and average wages in 2009 (Dutch only)

This table comprises yearly figures on the main aspects of employment, wages and working hours in the Netherlands. The information in this table is classified according to Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC 2008) and can be broken down into: - employee characteristics (age and sex) - job characteristics (type of employment contract and working hours) - company characteristics (size of the firm and collective wage agreements)

Data available from: 2009.

Status of the figures: Figures for the years 2009 to 2023 are final. Figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of 28 April 2025: Provisional figures for 2024 are added. The figures for 2024 are excluding the selections: ‘Type of employment contract: full-time’, ‘Type of employment contract: part-time’ for the branche ‘P Education’

When will new figures be published? The final figures for 2024 will be published in October 2025.

This statistic displays the average hourly wage in the Netherlands in 2022, by working hours, in euros. As of 2022, the average hourly wage in the Netherlands increased with weekly working hours. Employees who worked between one and 12 hours per week earned the lowest hourly wage, at roughly 15.12 euros on average, whereas employees working 35 hours or more received the highest hourly wage of approximately 27.26 euros per hour.

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Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 25.326 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.509 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 27.217 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.245 % in 1960 and a record low of 25.326 % in 2017. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data was reported at 54.860 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 54.520 % for 2015. Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 48.480 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2016, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.330 % in 2009 and a record low of 26.070 % in 1979. Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in November 2017.; Weighted Average; The series for ILO estimates is also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Netherlands NL: Part Time Employment: % of Total Employment data was reported at 44.170 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 45.390 % for 2015. Netherlands NL: Part Time Employment: % of Total Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 43.840 % from Dec 1983 (Median) to 2016, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.210 % in 2013 and a record low of 24.030 % in 1983. Netherlands NL: Part Time Employment: % of Total Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.; ; International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

As of 2022, the majority of jobs in the Netherlands were jobs with contract hours of ** working hours per week or more. In 2022, there were around *** million jobs with ** or more contract hours per week, while the number of jobs of ** to ** hours per week was lowest, at approximately *******.

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Netherlands was reported at 55.09 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Netherlands - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Male data was reported at 65.770 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 65.550 % for 2015. Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 66.860 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2016, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 72.420 % in 2002 and a record low of 58.670 % in 1986. Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank: Employment and Unemployment. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in November 2017.; Weighted Average; The series for ILO estimates is also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data was reported at 54.917 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 54.239 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 53.329 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2017, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.678 % in 2009 and a record low of 39.476 % in 1991. Netherlands NL: Employment To Population Ratio: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2018.; Weighted average; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections. National estimates are also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data was reported at 54.302 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 53.751 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data is updated yearly, averaging 49.415 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.843 % in 1960 and a record low of 44.779 % in 1989. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency ratio.

Unemployment Rate in Netherlands remained unchanged at 3.80 percent in July. This dataset provides - Netherlands Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 28.976 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 28.242 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 18.134 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.976 % in 2017 and a record low of 14.598 % in 1960. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;