It is a common dynamic in the month of October, job creation in education skyrockets due to the start of classes, and on the other hand, it plummets in hospitality, due to the end of the tourist season. Following this pattern, last month there were 191,000 new members in the educational sector, which makes it possible to compensate, among others, for the loss of 50,000 members in the hospitality industry and reach a final balance of 92,862 new jobs, according to data published this Friday by the ministries. of Labor and Social Security. It is a modest increase, lower than that of the same month in other years and which indicates that employment is holding up, but that the pace is slowing down.
It is noticeable because this increase in membership is the lowest in a month of October since 2015. They are less than the 103,000 last year, and if we examine the pre-pandemic stage, it is also below the 106,000 members on average in the 2017-2019 period. . An increase that places the total number of affiliates at 20.8 million, which is the highest figure in a month of October in the entire series.
If examined in seasonally adjusted terms, that is, adapting the figure to the season and the calendar, the increase in membership in October is only 5,077, well below the figures for the same month in other years. It is true that if the January-October period is examined, both in seasonally adjusted terms and in average affiliation, the data are very good, but this is largely due to the extraordinary momentum of the first months of the year, especially in the period between March and May, when more than 200,000 jobs were created.
The Secretary of State for Employment, Joaquín Pérez Rey, recognizes that "there are elements that impact the labor market, such as the rise in rates, the price crisis and war conflicts, but the data proves its capacity for resistance."
An element to highlight is that almost all new jobs are occupied by women. Specifically, 94% of the total. Of the 93,000 new jobs, 87,000 are women and only 6,000 men. With this increase in October, women members total 9,836,000, a record, and is 47.25% of the total. "There have never been so many women working in that country," said the Secretary of State for Social Security, Borja Suárez.
By sectors, the increase in affiliation has been especially notable in the aforementioned education, and also, but to a great distance, in artistic activities (13,000 jobs) and construction (11,000). On the other hand, where the most jobs have been lost has been in the hospitality industry, followed by public administration (-36,000) and health activities (-33,000).
In this month of October, unemployment registered in the SEPE offices has increased by 36,936 people compared to the previous month, which represents a more moderate increase than usual for this month of the year. With this increase, the total number of unemployed people stands at 2,759,404 people, the lowest in October since 2007. This increase in unemployment is only higher than that of the last two years, in which it was reduced, but it remains below the rest of years until 2007.
By economic sectors, services take their toll here too. There are 31,000 new unemployed in this area, with a much more moderate increase in industry and agriculture, above the 2,000 unemployed. On the other hand, it decreases slightly in construction, with 800 fewer unemployed.
When examined by autonomous community, unemployment increases in practically all of them, with the exception of Madrid, and with special incidence in Andalusia, followed by Castilla-La Mancha and Catalonia.
On the other hand, in October 1,396,000 contracts were registered, of which 43.5% were of an indefinite nature. Of these permanent workers, 244,000 are full-time, 151,000 part-time and 212,000 are permanent.
