Catalonia breaks occupation records and nears 4 million affiliates

BarcelonaCatalonia registered an average of 3.92 million Social Security affiliates in April, the highest figure in the historical series, which began in 2004. It added almost 77,000 employed people compared to 2025 —2% more—, and more than 38,000 since March —0.99% more—, according to data from the Ministry of Labor published this Tuesday.

In parallel, Catalonia improved the number of registered unemployed, which fell to 314,527 people. This is 11,190 fewer people seeking employment than last year —a decrease of 3.44%— and almost 9,000 fewer than in March —a reduction of 2.77%.

The Minister of Enterprise and Labor of the Generalitat, Miquel Sàmper, has stressed that the decrease in unemployment "occurs in all productive sectors, in all four provinces, and exactly the same between men and women." Likewise, he has "especially" highlighted the reduction in unemployment among young people under 25, by 11%.

The labor market for the entire State also broke records in the month of April. Unemployment fell by 62,668 people (-2.59%) and, for the first time since June 2008, stood below 2.4 million people. In terms of employment, it exceeded 22.1 million affiliates.