New record number of employed people in Catalonia in July despite the rise in unemployment
The number of unemployed people increased by 4,339 in the Principality, while it decreased in Spain as a whole.
BarcelonaIt is already usual for the month of July to arrive to break the trend of declining unemployment. Although Catalonia maintains record employment, according to data published this Monday by the Ministry of Labor, the total number of unemployed people in the Principality increased by 4,339, reaching 319,423. In absolute terms, Catalonia was the autonomous community where unemployment grew the most, followed by the Basque Country (+1,600) and Aragon (+1,167). However, compared to July 2024, the number of unemployed Catalans fell by 7,860, a 2.4% decrease.
In any case, the labor market remains at historic highs in Catalonia. After June the threshold of 3.9 million workers was exceeded for the first timeLast month, this milestone was repeated. According to data published by the Ministry of Social Security, 6,887 new employees were added to the list, bringing the total to 3,912,345 people working in our country. In the last year alone, 76,269 were added, an increase of 1.99%. Even so, Catalonia was not the region that created the most jobs in absolute terms. The ranking was led by the Balearic Islands (+12,579), followed by Galicia (+10,835) and the Valencian Community (+6,968).
Employment Improvement
Across Spain, Social Security registrations grew slightly, with 4,408 new employees. The ministry emphasized in a statement that this performance improves on that of the previous three Julys. With this increase, the total number of registered workers in the state now stands at 21,865,503. In the last twelve months, 482,397 employees have entered the labor market, an increase of 2.26%.
Regarding unemployment, the number of people registered with job search services fell by 1,357 in Spain, a modest decline of 0.06% in a month still marked by hiring in the tourism industry. Thus, there are still 2,404,606 citizens seeking employment in the state, 145,631 fewer than a year ago.
In an interview with RNE (Spanish National Radio), Spanish Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, stated that these are "historic" figures in Spain and that they continue "a common trend" of recent times. According to Díaz, "the substantial change has occurred because hiring has been anticipated" since the pandemic, and she emphasized that the current unemployment rate is "the lowest in ten years."
