Unemployment registered in public employment service offices increased for the fourth consecutive month in Castile and León to reach 105,391 unemployed. Concretely, the month of October added 2,095 unemployed compared to the previous month, or 105,391 unemployed, or 2.03 percent more, almost double the average, which increased by 1.04 percent, according to the data published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
This is the fifth largest increase in the evolution of unemployment in the country in relative figures and the fourth in absolute figures.
The lowest figure in the historic series for October
However, the total number of unemployed is the lowest figure for a month of October since 2007 and since the beginning of the comparable historical series, in 1996, unemployment has increased most of the time in October in Castilla y León (27 times) and has only declined once, although the October 2024 rebound is the smallest increase since 2022, Ep reports.
For his part, Over the past year, unemployment has accumulated a decrease of 5,824 unemployed, which represents 5.24 percent less, below the average (-5.70 percent). More precisely, this is the eighth largest decline over one year in relative terms and the ninth in absolute figures.
Unemployment increased in all provinces compared to September, led by Segovia with 4.52 percent more (211 unemployed), followed by Burgos, with 3.43 percent (462 more unemployed); Ávila (2.94 percent and 246 unemployed); Zamora (2.78 percent and 235 additional unemployed); Palencia (2.48 percent and 147 unemployed); Soria (2.08 percent and 52 unemployed); León (1.64 percent and 343 unemployed) and Salamanca (1.51 percent and 257 new unemployed), with Valladolid having the smallest increase (0.65 percent and 142 additional unemployed).
However, compared to October 2023, unemployment decreased in all nine provinces, with a particular incidence in Valladolid (-8.49 percent and 2,047 fewer unemployed) and Palencia (-8.43 percent and 559 unemployed less).
By sector, unemployment decreased among those without prior employment, down 94 (-0.85 percent); industry, 20 less (-0.24 percent), while it increased in services, 1,742 more (+2.36 percent); agriculture, 465 more (+11.82 percent); construction, two more (+0.03%)
At the end of the month, the sectors with the most unemployment are services (75,657), without previous employment (10,953) and the sectors with the least unemployment are agriculture (4,400), construction (6,225) and industry (8.156).
In terms of gender, of the 105,391 unemployed registered in October, 63,735 were women, 1,203 more (+1.9%) and 41,656 were men, representing an increase of 892 in the number of unemployed compared to the previous month. (+2.2%). .
In October, unemployment among young people under 25 increased, with 322 more unemployed than at the end of last month (+3.9%), while unemployment among those aged 25 and over increased by 1,773 unemployed. (+1.87%).
As for the number of Social Security affiliates in Castile and León, it increased by 0.4 percent during the month of October, gaining 4,419 affiliates compared to the September figure, bringing the total figure to 989,111 . The regional increase is slightly lower than the increase in the country average, where the figure increased by 0.6 percent, with 134,307 additional affiliates, closing the tenth month of the year with 21,332,513 affiliates.
