15% of Spanish workers are multi-employed or have been in the last year and the vast majority have to combine two jobs for economic reasons, either because their salary is not enough or because they need extra income. These are the data offered by the Infojobs analysis, which also offers a robot portrait of the moonlighting type. The most common profile is a young person between the ages of 16 and 24 and with a salary of up to 1,000 euros per month.
This description that one in six workers combine more than one job, comes after verifying that the volume of multiple employees in Spain is at record levels. According to the EPA for the second quarter of this year, there are 588,000 employed with secondary employment, which is 7.4% more than in the same period of the previous year, and 21.1% above pre-pandemic levels.
The reasons that move workers to multiple jobs are clearly economic, with 40% stating that their salary does not reach them, to which is added a 32% that justifies it by wanting to obtain extra income. Those who declare themselves satisfied, that is, happy with both jobs, remain at 25%.
Regarding age, the most multi-employed are young people between 16 and 34 years of age, with low income. In this group, those between 16 and 24 years old stand out, of which 32% combine more than one job, followed by those between 25 and 34, with a percentage of 22%. From this age the percentage is maintained, being between 15 and 12%.
In reference to the level of income, those who receive the least income are the most multi-employed. Specifically, 23% of those who earn up to 1,000 euros per month, a percentage that decreases to around 15% of groups with higher incomes. Among those who earn more than 2,000 euros per month, the main reason they resort to multiple jobs is not financial but personal satisfaction, with 38% comfortable and happy with both jobs.
“The economic situation of the last year pushes many workers to look for more than one job to get a sufficient salary. At the same time, the increase in discontinuous permanent contracts, with a fixed but seasonal nature over time, can also explain this reality, says Mónica Pérez, director of Communication and Studies at Infojobs.
