Employment increased by 78,000 people in the seasonally adjusted series, exceeding 21 million workers for the first time
MADRID, 2 (EUROPA PRESS)
Social Security gained an average of 193,585 contributors in March compared to the previous month (+0.9%), its second largest increase in this month in the entire historical series, thanks to the boost from the hospitality industry, which added more than 81,000 affiliates per year. hiring associated with Holy Week.
After the increase in March, higher than the average of 150,000 new employees in the 2017-2019 period, the number of average affiliates stood at the end of the first quarter of the year at a record figure of 20,901,967 employees, according to data published this Tuesday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
The increase in affiliates in March is the second highest in the series in a month of March, only surpassed by that of 2023, when the system added more than 200,000 employees.
In the last year, from March 2023 to March 2024, Social Security has gained 525,414 affiliates in average values, with an interannual growth of 2.6%.
THE 21 MILLION MEMBERS ARE EXCEEDED IN THE SEASONALLIZED SERIES
In seasonally adjusted terms, the number of contributors to Social Security registered an increase of 77,876 affiliates (+0.37%), which led the system to exceed 21 million employed people for the first time in history.
Specifically, March closed with 21,032,661 workers after crossing the barrier of 21 million members for the first time on the 25th.
Within the seasonally adjusted series, 530,843 jobs have been created in the last year and more than 1.67 million compared to December 2019, before the pandemic.
“In March, affiliation marks historical records and the structural change brought about by the labor reform is accentuated, with a boost in jobs in the highest quality sectors,” highlighted the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz. .
RECORD OF WOMEN EMPLOYED, WITH ALMOST 9.9 MILLION EMPLOYED
The monthly increase in average affiliates in March was greater among women, who gained 108,957 contributors in the month compared to February (+1.1%), compared to an increase in male employment of 84,628 employed persons (+0.77%).
With this increase, the number of employed men ended March at 11,005,817 contributors, while the number of working women set a historical record of 9,896,150 employed, 47.3% of all affiliates, the highest percentage of the Serie.
The Ministry has also highlighted that more than half of the employment created in the last year, 56.7%, has been occupied by women. Compared to the pre-pandemic level, female membership has grown by 11.8%, compared to a 7.7% increase in male membership.
For its part, the average affiliation of foreigners increased in March by 62,573 contributors, 2.3% more than the previous month, reaching 2,734,119 employees, a new historical maximum.
HOSPITALITY AND TRADE DRIVE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN MARCH
By regime, the General, the largest in the system, gained 175,978 average affiliates in March (+1%), up to a total of 17.48 million employed people, while the Self-Employed Regime (RETA) added 15,434 affiliates to its ranks. (+0.46%), which placed the total number of self-employed contributors at 3,352,950.
Within the General Regime, the hospitality industry had the greatest increase in employment, gaining 81,151 contributors compared to the previous month (+6%). They were followed by commerce, with 13,643 more affiliates (+0.5%); education (+11,744 contributors, +0.9%), and administrative activities, which gained 10,201 employees (+0.7%).
The only monthly decrease in employment occurred in the activities of households as employers of domestic staff, with 35 fewer members (-0.09%).
For its part, the Special Agrarian System added 7,329 members in the third month of the year (+1.1%), and the Home System registered 373 registrations (+0.1%).
The Ministry has stressed that the growth in membership compared to the pre-pandemic level is “especially intense” in sectors with high added value, such as professional, scientific and technical activities and information and communications, where employment has increased by more than 16 %.
In fact, according to Social Security, since the pandemic ended, more than one in five new affiliates have joined these two sectors, where the weight of indefinite contracts exceeds 85% in the case of information and communications and 75%. % in professional activities and whose contribution bases are 36% and 15% higher than in the rest of the sectors because they are better paid.
TEMPORALITY, AT MINIMUM OF 12.7%
According to the Ministry, the March data reflect the positive effects of the labor reform on the stability of employment and the improvement in its quality since this regulation came into force two years ago.
Thus, the percentage of affiliates with temporary contracts fell in March to 12.7%, a historical minimum, while the percentage of employees with permanent contracts stood at 87.3% after growing 17.3 points since the labor reform. . In the case of those under 30 years of age, temporary employment has been reduced by 33.6 points, to 19.4%.
At the same time, Social Security now has more than 3.3 million more members with a permanent contract than in December 2021, the last month before the entry into force of the labor reform.
In the last year, members with permanent full-time contracts have increased by 4.7% (+429,645 employed), above those with part-time contracts (+4.4%, +103,490) and permanent-discontinuous workers (+4.4%, +103,490) +18,174 affiliates, +2.1%).
The Ministry has also highlighted that, compared to large European countries, job creation in Spain from the pre-Covid level has increased by 8.3%, above the rates in France (+5%), Italy ( +2.9%) and Germany (+1.5%). The same happens if we look at the gain in employment since the war began in Ukraine: while in Spain employment has grown by 6.3%, in France and Germany it has grown by around 2%.
ANDALUCÍA LEADS THE INCREASE OF AVERAGE MEMBERS
The average affiliation increased in March in all the autonomous communities. The largest increases in employment, in absolute terms, were recorded in Andalusia, which gained 47,939 members; Balearic Islands (+33,322 employed); Catalonia (+32,548 contributors), and Valencian Community (+21,495).
In relative terms, the greatest monthly increases in average occupancy were for the Balearic Islands (+6.9%), Andalusia (+1.4%), Cantabria (+1.2%) and Murcia (+1.1%).
On the other hand, the Ministry has reported that workers in ERTE for economic, technical, organizational or production reasons (ETOP) stood at 10,335 at the end of March.
In total, as of March 31, there were 11,638 workers in ERTE, of which 10,335 were in an ERTE-ETOP and 1,303 in an ERTE due to force majeure.
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2024-04-03 19:01:58
