The labor market has left a first radiography of the year with the worst affiliation data of January, a month that is traditionally bad for the economy for The end of Christmas and the low tourist season, although this time … They have overcome all negative records. Employment has descended in 242,148 affiliates, the largest figure For the beginning of the year just before the pandemic and the economic and labor shock that caused the COVID, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Social Security.
In these last five years, January had been registering a bleeding of jobs that was always above the Cota of the 200,000, but had not reached the level of this 2025. In fact, last year social security lost 231,000 jobs. Although this year this figure has been overcome in which it has been the worst start of the last five years. In January 2020, just before the Coronavirus, the economy left just over 244,000 affiliates.
The Ministry of Social Security remains the evolution of employment compared to the radiography that showed a year ago, Having created 491,000 jobs, until they touch the 21.1 million of affiliates. “This is the highest figure of affiliated people in the January series, figures that make, in the last four years, almost 2.3 million members have added,” says the department led by Elma Sáiz.
The reality is that this 2025 start has left Loss of jobs in all sectors of activity, without exception. The one that has destroyed the most employment has once again the service, for all businesses linked to trade, hospitality or Christmas tourism with purchases and the usual leisure of these dates, which forces many companies and small businesses to hire. Only between trade and hospitality have lost almost 100,000 affiliatespractically half of the sangria of employed January. Employment has also fallen in agriculture, construction and industry.
Despite the weak start of exercise, social security makes a good balance of Three years that are now fulfilled for the implementation of the Labor Reform of 2022. “The great change that has lived is evident: there is more employment and almost 3.7 million workers with an indefinite contract since then, which represents an increase of 33.3%,” says the ministry. At present, there are about 14.7 million employed with an indefinite contract, of which more than 9.7 million work full time. “They suppose almost 3.7 million affiliates with an indefinite contract more since the approval of the labor reform,” he says. And clarifies that the number of fixed-discontinuous “stabilizes” and represent, only 5% of the total affiliates.
Almost 2.6 million unemployed
For its part, the registered strike has increased in 38,725 people in relation to the previous month. Despite this growth, it is a minor increase in the average in the first month of the year with the exception of 2022, when it barely increased by some 17,000 people.
Regarding January 2024, unemployment has dropped at 168,417 people, so that the total number of unemployed registered in the offices of the Autonomous Communities is located in 2,599,443 people, the lowest figure in a January In the last 17 years, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
If the data is compared with those of the month of December 2024, the registered strike descends in the construction sectors in 4,527 people (-2.28%) and industry in 241 people (-0.12%). Also among the collective without previous employment decreases by 2,201 (-0.93%).
In addition, the total number of contracts registered during the month of January has been 1,213,905. Of this total, 508,215 are of an indefinite nature represent 41.87% of all contracts.
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