Unemployment registered in the offices of public employment services fell by 3,824 people in April in the Valencian Community in relation to the previous month (-1.18%) to 319,510 unemployed, according to data published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy .

This total number of unemployed is the lowest figure in the month of April since 2008. Since the beginning of the comparable historical series, in 1996, unemployment has fallen in April most of the time in the Valencian Community (16 times) while It has risen seven times, with the last month’s decline being the smallest drop since 2022.

In the last year, unemployment accumulated a decrease of 15,934 unemployed, which represents 4.75% less.

By sectors, unemployment fell in Services, 2,931 less (-1.29%); Industry, 550 less (-1.38%); Construction, 476 less (-1.89%); Agriculture, 2 less (-0.02%), while there was an increase in the group of people without previous employment, 135 more (0.59%)

At the end of the month, the sectors with the most unemployed are Services (223,837), Industry (39,204), while the sectors with the least unemployed are Agriculture (8,838), No previous employment (22,946), Construction (24,685).

In terms of sex, of the 319,510 unemployed registered in April, 194,363 were women, 1,676 less (-0.85%) and 125,147 men, which represents a decrease of 3,335 in the number of unemployed compared to the previous month (-2 .6%).

In April, unemployment among young people under 25 years of age fell, with 273 fewer unemployed than at the end of last month (-1.39%), while unemployment among people aged 25 and over fell by 4,738 unemployed ( -1.55%). Unemployment fell in all provinces, with the greatest falls in Alicante/Alacant (-1802), Valencia (-1681), Castellón/Castello (-341).

In April, 106,146 contracts were registered in the Valencian Community, 2.65% more than in the same month of the previous year. Of all of them, 54,738 were permanent contracts, a figure 0.3% lower than in April of the previous year, and 51,408 were temporary contracts (5.98% more).

Of the number of contracts registered in April, 48.43% were temporary (compared to 48.66% the previous month) and 51.57% were permanent (the previous month was 51.34%).

The president of the Generalitat Valenciana values ??the data positively, although he regrets that there is still unemployment in the region. “It is a positive path, but there is little fuss because there are many people unemployed, we still have a lot to work on, a lot of investment to make and above all a lot of match between the qualifications and what the market is really asking for,” the boss defended this Monday. of the Consell, Carlos Mazón.

For its part, the CEV makes a positive assessment – ??although with nuances – of the data on unemployment, hiring and Social Security affiliation corresponding to the month of April 2024. They point out that this month of April “has not had the pull that in the labor sphere they provide the Easter and Holy Week festivities” and highlights that the drop in unemployment occurs at rates “significantly less dynamic than in the rest of the country”, both at the provincial level and at the sectoral level.