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# 8.9 Million Europeans Work in Culture. A Third of Them Are Self-Employed.
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/8-9-million-europeans-work-in-culture-a-third-of-them-are-self-employed/
- Published: 2026-06-15T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-07T05:35:34.000Z
- Description: Cultural employment across the EU stood at 8.9 million people in 2025, 4.3% of total employment, on Eurostat data extracted in June 2026.
- Author: Scrolletta Staff
- Tags: Jobs, #pool-2026-09-06, #ai-generated

Cultural employment across the EU stood at 8.9 million people in 2025, 4.3% of total employment, on Eurostat data extracted in June 2026\. Of those, 31.6% were self-employed, 23.4% worked part time and 16.5% were on temporary contracts, while 61.9% held a tertiary qualification. The Netherlands carries the highest share of any member state at 5.7%.

**Primary**: [Eurostat, Culture statistics, cultural employment, data extracted June 2026](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Culture%5Fstatistics%5F-%5Fcultural%5Femployment&ref=scrolletta.com)