The school year begins with a drop in unemployment but no record employment

BarcelonaThe month of September marks the beginning of the school year and, as usual, it comes with a slight improvement in the job market. after the end of the summer contracts in AugustIn Catalonia, job creation resulted in 14,869 new Social Security registrations (+0.39%), while unemployment fell by 5,293 people (-1.62%), according to data published this Thursday by the Ministries of Social Security and Labor, respectively.

This boost in hiring is mainly explained by the education sector, which always adds workers during the ninth month of the year with the start of classes. Even so, the Principality's workforce remains below 3.9 million employees (specifically, 3,863,651 people). far from the records that were registered this summer thanks to the boost from the tourism industry.

To understand these figures, we must also look at the Barcelona region, as this was the only one where the number of new workers grew. While around the Catalan capital, employment grew by 1.43% (+41,018 new workers); it fell behind in Girona (-3.62%), Lleida (-2.33%), and Tarragona (-1.81%). In the last year, Catalonia has added 76,460 people to the labor market, an increase of 2.02%.

Across the country, the trend in new workers was also positive, with 31,462 new workers added, an increase of 0.15%. The Ministry of Social Security, led by Elma Saiz, has highlighted that this is the largest increase in September since records began, with the exception of the pandemic years. This means that there are now more than 21.6 million people working in Spain, almost half a million more than a year ago.

More people with jobs

"For yet another month, the data confirms the strength of the Spanish labor market and confirms that the reforms have been and continue to be effective. If we compare the results with 2019, we see that there are many more workers—specifically, 2.3 million more—and the contribution bases have grown by an average of 23.4% in millions of millions." indefinite," Minister Saiz argued in a statement.

As for unemployment, the number of unemployed in Spain fell by 4,846 people, bringing the total to 2,421,665. The ministry headed by Yolanda Díaz has highlighted that this is the first time that there has been a decrease in this month since 2007, if we do not take into account the years marked by Covid-19. Compared to the same period last year, there are 153,629 fewer people (-6%) registered with public employment services.

In any case, this indicator only fell in 10 of the 19 Spanish autonomous communities, with Catalonia leading this decline in absolute terms. In terms of percentage, the largest drop occurred in the Canary Islands, with 3.22% less unemployment in September.