Computer Science continues to be the field of study in which the highest percentage of university graduates (86.97%) are affiliated with Social Security four years after completing their degree, followed by the field of Health and Social Services (83.80%). %).
At the opposite extreme, graduates in the fields of Arts and Humanities (63.83%) and in Social Sciences, Journalism and Documentation (70.43%), are those with the lowest affiliation rates.
This is reflected in the report ‘The employability of young people in Spain 2024: What is the integration of university graduates like?’, in which the CYD Foundation analyzes the employment situation of graduates in the 2017-2018 academic year. four years after finishing his studies.
The study shows the working conditions of graduates depending on the scope, subfield and field of knowledge of the studies completed, as well as the evolution in the supply and demand of places at face-to-face public universities.
By subfields, Medicine is the career with the highest average affiliation rate to Social Security (92.91%). In second place is Nursing and patient care with 89.22% and IT with 86.97%. On the contrary, Law is the one with the lowest average affiliation rate (59.46%).
Self-employed graduates
7.45% of graduates are affiliated on a self-employed basis, and it is observed that there is a higher percentage of graduates from private universities, of which 11.1% work on a self-employed basis after four years of graduation. their graduation, compared to 6.72% of public university students.
The study highlights that the highest affiliation rate in the self-employed regime was obtained by graduates in 2017-2018 in the field of Social Sciences, Journalism and Documentation.
62.43% of the total graduates have a permanent contract 4 years after graduating. Men have a higher proportion of this type of contracts, with 69.80% compared to 57.65% for women.
IT, the degree with the most permanent contracts
By areas of knowledge, IT is the one with the highest percentage of permanent contracts, with 92.50%. By subfields, Medicine is the one with the highest percentage of temporary contracts, with 98.01%, as well as Nursing and patient care, with 76.74%.
Four years after graduating, nearly 80% of the number of contracts is full-time, a figure that is 9.4 percentage points higher for men than for women. In the case of part-time contracts, women stand out with 23.90% compared to 14.46% of men.
IT is the field with the highest percentage of full-time employment, with 96.96%. By subfields, Medicine has the highest percentage of full-time contracts, with 99.22%; IT follows, with 96.96%; and Other Services, with 95.67%.
Sports is the one with the highest percentage of part-time contracts, 50.3%. In this same situation are Early Childhood Teacher Training, with 43.84%; and Humanities, with 39.07%.
1,768.5 euros wage gap
The report concludes that 61.93% of graduates who work four years after completing their degree do so within the graduate contribution group.
By areas, it is in Health and Services where there is a highest percentage (89.71%) of graduates who are contributing within the largest qualification group, while in Services it is where the highest percentage of graduates (70%) belong to a contribution group medium/low.
Virtually all of the graduates in the subfield of Medicine (99.78%) and Nursing and patient care (98.12%) correspond to the contribution group of graduates; while in the subfield of Tourism and Hospitality up to 83.86% of graduates belong to the medium/low contribution group.
The average annual contribution base of graduates 4 years after completing their studies is 29,559.5 euros. 34% of graduates have an average annual base of less than 24,000 euros, being close to 37% in the case of women and 31% in men; 48% of graduates have an average annual contribution base of more than 30,000 euros, and 25% manage to exceed 36,000 euros, with 29.05% of men compared to 22.31% of women, evidencing a difference percentage of approximately 7 points. For all these reasons, the average annual contribution base between men and women reflects a salary gap of 1,768.5 euros.
By areas, IT and Health and Social Services are those with the highest salaries, with an average annual contribution base of 34,191.3 euros and 33,611 euros, respectively, followed by Engineering, Industry and Construction, with 31,096.2 euros.
By subfields, Medicine leads the classification, with 93.2% of graduates reaching more than 30,000 euros in average annual contribution base. At the opposite extreme, Tourism and Hospitality are the areas with the lowest figures, with average salaries of less than 24,000 euros per year.
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