About 260,000 persons had a second job in 2023. This is 5.2% of the working population. This percentage has stabilised in 2023 and is the same for men and women. Previously, men were more likely to have more than one job than women: in 2000, 4.3% of employed men had a second job versus 3% of employed women.
(a) 2017, break in the results following a reform of the Labour Force Survey.
(b) Break in the results in 2021 due to the revision of the questionnaire and the change in the ILO definitions of unemployment and employment.
It is the 25-49-year-olds who most often have a second job with 5.7% of the working population. Furthermore, 3.9% of young people aged 15-24 have a second job, compared to 4.4% of people over 50.
The higher the education level, the higher the percentage of people with a second job. For instance, 6.5% of employed people with a high level of education have a second job, compared to 4.3% of medium-skilled people and 2.5% of those with a low level of education.
As in previous years, the majority of second jobs are performed on a self-employed basis (58.9%).
The most common sectors for second jobs are:
- Human health and social work activities (13.7%)
- Education (12.3%)
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (9.6%)