The number of unemployed registered in the offices of public employment services increased by 130 people in September in Castile and León compared to the previous month to reach 103,296 unemployed, or 0.13 percent more, in line with the average which increased by 0.12 percent, according to published data. by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
With the increase in September, three consecutive months of rising unemployment have already accumulated in the Autonomous Community which recorded the ninth worst data on the evolution of unemployment in the country in relative terms and the eighth worst in absolute figures with these 130 new unemployed.
However, this total number of unemployed is the lowest figure for a month of September since 2007. Since the beginning of the comparable historical series, in 1996, unemployment has increased most of the time in September in Castile and León (25 times), while it has decreased three times, and last month’s rebound is the smallest increase since then are recordings.
For its part, in Last year, unemployment accumulated a decrease of 5,626 unemployed, which represents 5.17 percent less, below the average (-5.41 percent). More precisely, this is the eighth largest drop over one year, both in relative terms and in absolute figures.
By sector, unemployment decreased in agriculture, 271 less (-6.44%); construction, 191 less (-2.98%); without previous employment, 123 fewer (-1.1%); industry, 63 less (-0.76%), while increased in services, 778 more (+1.06%)
At the end of the month, the sectors with the most unemployment are services (73,915), without previous employment (11,047), while the sectors with the least unemployment are agriculture (3,935), construction (6,223) and industry (8.176). In terms of gender, of the 103,296 unemployed registered in September, 62,532 were women, 387 more (+0.6%) and 40,764 men, which represents a decrease of 257 in the number of unemployed compared to the previous month (- 0.6%). ).
In September, Unemployment among young people under 25 increased, with 448 more unemployed than at the end of last month (+5.7%), while unemployment among those aged 25 and over was reduced by 318 unemployed people (-0.33%).
By province, unemployment decreased in Valladolid (-526), Palencia (-101) while it increased in Ávila (+230), Zamora (+221), León (+168), Soria (+58 ), Salamanca (+44), Burgos (+21) and Segovia (+15).
Andalusia (+7,720), Galicia (+2,314) and Extremadura (+1,953) were the communities in which the number of unemployed increased the most, while the Canary Islands, Catalonia and the Basque Country recorded the lowest growth, with a decrease of 4,375, 4,060. and 3,367, respectively.
Hiring increases
Meanwhile, hiring increased by 30.20 percent in Castilla y León in the month of September 2024, when 68,888 contracts were signed, 15,977 more compared to the previous month and seventh worst figure in Spain where it increased by 35.91 percent, or 373,524 more in this case.
In addition, hiring increased by 2.41 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, with 1,624 additional contracts in this case, above the average where they increased by 1.54 percent. In this case, Castilla y León recorded the seventh best performance in the country.
Of all the contracts registered last month, 24,825 were on permanent contractsa figure 0.8 percent lower than in September of the previous year and 44,063, temporary contracts (4.3 percent more). And of the number of contracts recorded in September, 63.96 percent were temporary (compared to 70.17 percent in the previous month) and 36.04 percent were permanent (previous month was 29.83 percent).
Memberships are increasing
The average number of Social Security affiliates in September 2024 in Castile and León reached 984,692, or 2.01 percent more than the same month of the previous year, representing a variation of 19,404 additional affiliates , according to data provided by the Ministry of Inclusion. Social security and migration collected by Europa Press. Castilla y León is missing 15,308 members out of a million.
In Spain, a slightly larger increase was recorded, specifically 2.28 percent, and Castilla y León recorded the eighth highest increase among the autonomous communities.
And if we compare the average affiliation for the month of September to that of August, the number of Social Security affiliates in Castile and León decreased by 1,724 people, which in relative terms represents a decrease by 0.17 percent, while the country’s average increased slightly by 0.04 percent. with 8,805 additional affiliates. In this case, Castilla y León recorded the ninth best community decrease data.
