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Social Security Enrollment Hits New Record in July with Nearly Half a Million More Workers in One Year

Aug 6, 2025 | Current affairs, Featured, Interview, Portada, Post, Revista Lloseta, Thursday Daily Bulletin, Tradition

Spain’s labour market continues its upward trend, once again reaching historic highs. In July, Social Security recorded 21,865,503 contributors in the original series, adding 4,408 workers compared to the previous month. Adjusted for seasonality and calendar effects, year-on-year growth stands at 475,623 affiliates, bringing the total to 21,642,413 employed persons.

So far in 2025, employment has grown by 279,006 workers, exceeding 1.8 million new jobs since December 2021, before the labour reform.

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1 Boost in Youth and Women’s Employment
1.1 Social Security Enrollment Hits New Record in July with Nearly Half a Million More Workers in One Year
2 Growing Sectors
3 Faster Growth than Neighbouring Economies

Boost in Youth and Women’s Employment

Employment growth is particularly strong among under-30s and over-55s, with increases of 26.4% and 23.5% respectively since before the labour reform. Women’s employment also continues to rise, reaching a historic high of 10,271,229 contributors, with 162,000 more women employed so far this year.

Social Security Enrollment Hits New Record in July with Nearly Half a Million More Workers in One Year

Self-employment remains at record levels, exceeding 3.4 million workers, driven by young entrepreneurs whose numbers have grown by 11% since the labour reform.

Growing Sectors

In July, most sectors under the General Regime reported month-on-month increases, particularly Artistic, Recreational and Entertainment Activities (+2.2%) and Trade and Vehicle Repair (+1.8%). Year-on-year, the strongest growth is seen in Transport and Storage (+7.9%) and Agriculture and Fishing (+4.2%).

Self-employment is also expanding in high-productivity sectors such as Information and Communications (+10.5%) and Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (+4.6%), adding nearly 24,000 new professionals over the past year.

Faster Growth than Neighbouring Economies

Since late 2021, employment in Spain has grown by 9.7%, outpacing other EU economies such as Italy (+6.3%), France (+1.8%) and Germany (+1.6%). Job quality has also improved significantly: permanent contracts are up 36.6%, and the temporary employment rate has fallen to 13.5%, compared to 32.6% in 2018.