The national labor market maintained its dynamism last year, despite global uncertainty and the tariff crisis. Spain created more than half a million jobs for the fourth year in a row (506,000) thanks to the revival of the economywhich has experienced growth well above the European average, stimulated by private consumption, investments and migratory flows. This cocktail also made it possible to reduce unemployment by 152,048 people throughout the year and bring the number of unemployed to 2,408,670 at the end of the year. its lowest level in the last eighteen. Among those under 25, these are the lowest levels in the entire historic series.
Data released this Monday show that Social Security affiliations increased by 19,180 during the last month of the year, bringing the country to 21.8 million contributors in the original and seasonally adjusted series. In recent years, more than two million jobs have been created following the strong recovery after the Covid crisis. In seasonally adjusted terms, affiliation totaled 33,076 workers in the last month of the year and reached the highest level in the series with 21,871,328 affiliated to the system.
2025 was the fifth consecutive year of employment growth following the sharp job destruction caused by the pandemic in 2020, where a total of 360,105 were lost. December closed, like that, third best month in terms of occupancy since records existed, with a total of 21,844,414 members
The figure of 21,844,414 affiliates with which the month of December ended was the third best month in history in terms of number of employed people, surpassed only by the months of June and July 2025. Daily membership registrations for the month of December exceeded 21.9 million on the 11th, as reported by the ministry. Again, job creation slows and the average number of affiliates recorded its lowest increase for the month of December since 2022. It was 19,180 employees.
As the Department headed by Elma Saiz pointed out, over the past four years, since the entry into force of the labor reform, employment has grown at a higher rate than in previous years. other major economies in the region: 10.7%, compared to 6% in Italy), 2.1% in France or 1.4% in Germany. If the data is taken in seasonally adjusted terms, without taking into account the effect of calendar fluctuations, December gained 33,076 workers compared to the previous month, closing the year at a historic maximum of 21,871,328 employees, or 507,922 more than in 2024.
Female employment record at end of year
Women’s employment also represents an unprecedented figure. Social Security gained an average of 243,578 workers (+2.4%), so that the number of affiliates closes at 10,352,780, its highest level for the end of the year in the entire historic series. The average male membership increased by 262,873 members to end the year with 11,491,634 contributing men.
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