The combination of bad weather, fewer stands, and the containment of leisure spending by Spaniards once again affected the labor market, where there was 14,358 jobs lost In November after the final liquidation of … A Peak season Tourism continued this year beyond the summer. This decline in enrollees led Social Security to close the month with an average of 21.8 million citizensThis is the highest level in history for this period, according to data released today, Tuesday.
The Spanish labor market is still unable to remove one of the obstacles that have always plagued it: Relying on activities Linked to restoration and tourism. In the fall and winter, the effect Layoffs In this sector it is noticeable in group affiliations. Only in November they stopped working on Hospitality 116662 Spaniards. This reduction, along with that recorded in 2017, has eroded any sign of improvement in other activities such as Trade, with an additional 23,905 jobsThanks to starting campaigns christmas and black friday, Or in education, where faculty recruitment continues, with nearly 30,000 additional positions.
The decline in jobs recorded in November is a less pronounced decline than that of the same month in 2024 (30,051 jobs were lost in that time, almost double what it was in 2025) and is much lower than the average for the period 2017-2019, before the “shock” caused by the pandemic. Last year, Social Security added an amount 522,771 membersThis represents an increase of 2.5%. While we await December data, conditional on increases in trade, the trajectory of half a million additional jobs per year continues.
What the labor market does not say goodbye to is the trend towards hiring on Monday and firing on Friday for a part of the population, although the labor reform wanted to put an end to this type of practice. There are already more than three million foreigners working in Spain, 14% of whom are affiliated with the regime. to elma saez, Minister of Social Security, “Employment in Spain continues to grow at a higher rate than other European economies.” He insists that it does so “on an ongoing basis in sectors with high added value such as information, communications, scientific and technical professional activities.”
2.4 million unemployed
At the same time, the number of unemployed people registered in the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), at the end of November, decreased by 18,805 citizens Compared to the previous month. Compared to November 2024, unemployment decreased by 161,057 workers, or 6.23%. Thus registered unemployment was put in 2,424,961This is the lowest number for this month since 2007.
Unemployment falls in November across all economic sectors and also among the group known as “without previous work”. In this way it falls in Services in 13,013 people (-0.73%), In industry 1,552 people (-0.82%), in agriculture 1,332 (-1.74%) and in construction 881 (-0.51%). In the case of the group with no previous work, it decreased by 2,027 people (-0.88%).