September became a month again contradictory for the labor market. The strong seasonal component of the seventh month of the year – back to school against end of summer – results in an increase in the number of members by 8,805 people, up to 21,198,206 contributors, and by the simultaneous increase in registered unemployment, which increased by 3,164 to bring total unemployment to 2,575 .285.
The average membership is approaching 21.2 million members, even if it has not managed to return to this level, according to data provided today by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. With 21,198,206 affiliates, the month of September with the highest level of employment in the historical series, however, shows a slowdown in employment: 8,805 more employees which in August are far behind the rebound of the same month in 2023, where contributors increased by 18,295. For these data to prevail in the comparison, they must be journey to 2019, where the increase in the number of members was lower (3,222 people).
The daily series managed to exceed 21.2 million subscribers from September 10 to 30. The increase in membership was given last month by Education with 49,858 more members than the previous month (+4.8% over one year), followed by administrative activities, with 24,007 more contributors (+1. 6%). Other sectors they paid the end of the summer seasonnotably Hospitality, with 30,348 fewer average contributors (-1.85%) and Commerce, with 41,640 fewer contributors (-1.57%).
The best September for unemployment in 17 years
For your seasonal componentSeptember is one of those months where affiliation and unemployment coincide with an increase because the end of summer season contracts mixes with the unemployment renewals of those who in summer swelled the list of inactive people.
Thus, alongside the increase in numbers, unemployment increased by 3,164 people in September, its lowest monthly increase since 2007 – with the exception of months affected by the pandemic – and increased the number of registered in the state public records. Employment Service (SEPE) at 2,575,285. Additionally, the total number of unemployed is the lowest for a ninth month of the year in 17 years, according to data shared by the Labor Party.
In annual terms, services recorded the largest reduction in unemployment, with 97,943 fewer unemployed than last year, followed by agriculture, with almost 14,000 fewer unemployed, industry, with 13,430 fewer unemployed. less, and construction, with 12,484 fewer unemployed. .
The intermonthly comparison varies the order. Thus, from August to September, recorded unemployment decreased especially in Construction with 4,856 fewer unemployed people (-2.40%), in Agriculture 1,515 people (-1.73%) and in Industry 1,365 people (-0.67%) while it increased in Services by 4,351 people (0.24%) – again due to the end of the summer season – and in the Previous Unemployed group by 6,549 people (2. 79%).
The number of affiliates exceeds 10 million again
The increase in membership in September was concentrated among women, who gained 49,454 members during the month (+0.5%) in average values, which brought the total number of female contributors to once again exceed the level of 10 million. Thus, the month of September ended with 10,001,861 employees. In the case of men, the opposite happened, with a decrease in male membership of 40,650 people compared to the month of August (-0.36%), leaving the total number of men employed at 11,196,345.
The analysis by gender of registered unemployed people shows the opposite behavior. Although unemployment increased in September among both sexes, it was more so among women, with an increase in the number of unemployed women of 3,080 compared to August (+0.2%) while unemployment among men increased by 84 people (+0.2%). .01%). However, at the end of September, the total number of unemployed women stood at 1,553,738, its lowest level for a September since 2008, while the number of unemployed men increased. amounted to 1,021,547.
In the case of the youngest, youth employment “shows above-average dynamism”indicates Social Security, with an increase of 15.7% since 2019, more than six points more than the group of employees (+9.6%), and 13.4% since the implementation of the social security reform. work, almost double the total increase (+ 6.9%). This is also a historic low: for the month of September, the number of unemployed people under 25 rose to 192,139 at the end of the month after increasing by 8.5% in September, with 15,027 more unemployed than at the end of August compared to the month of September. The drop in unemployment among people aged 25 and over decreased by 11,863 unemployed people (-0.5%).
