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Spain Sets New Record for Registered Workers with March Job Figures the Best Since 2008- Boosted by Hospitality Sector
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Social Security earned an average of 211,510 contributors in March compared to the previous month (+1%)...
The Spanish labour market has broken a new historical record of social security membership after adding 211,500 jobs in the best March ever recorded of the entire statistical series. The number of people employed skyrocketed to 21,882,147 last month, driven by a Easter campaign that usually gives the exit to tourism-related employment. Likewise, the unemployment recorded in the SEPE offices has been reduced by 23,000 people and kept at a low lev…
In seasonal terms, the labour market for the first time reached 22 million members, and unemployment fell by almost 23,000 people.
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The activity improved in almost all sectors, but it was the hotel industry that registered 79,710 more affiliates and fired the data to 21,510 more occupied.More information: The economy is slowing down in the middle of Iran's war, but the companies are more afraid of Sánchez's decisions than the price of oil.
The secretary general of CCOO, Unai Sordo, celebrated this Monday the "historical milestone" of having reached 22 million members of the Social Security in March in the seasonalised series, but has warned that this record of employment "has a counterpoint: stagnant wages that do not give to reach the end of [...] The Sordo (CCOO) entry contrasts the record of employment of March to the stagnation of wages appears first in Forbes Spain.
Spain has created 211,510 jobs in March 2026 and has reached the highest figure in the historical series of social security members: 21,882,147 people. This represents an increase of 524,501 people over the same period of the previous year, according to the data of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. Unemployment has remained at 2,419,712 people in March: it has fallen by 22,934 people over the previous month. If we compare…
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