Netherlands: information & communication sector number of employees 2021

The number of employees in the information and communication industry in the Netherlands increased by 11,226 employees (+3.88 percent) since the previous year. Therefore, the number of employees in the Netherlands reached a peak in 2021 with 300,215 employees.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the information and communication industry in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	300,215
2020	288,989
2019	281,279
2018	271,937
2017	260,725
2016	247,556
2015	237,567
2014	234,117
2013	227,105
2012	229,194

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Release date

March 2024

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Netherlands

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information:The number of persons employed is defined as the total number of persons working in the various industries: employees, non employees (e.g. family workers, delivery personnel) with the exception of agency workers.
Data coverage corresponds to code J of CE Rev 2.

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