On 15 November, the Social Security registered 21,270,689 new affiliates. Since the first day of the month, the figure has remained close to 21.3 million. This is 174,374 more employed than at the end of October this year.
If we discount seasonality and the calendar effect, 447,937 jobs have been created since the beginning of 2024, a figure in line with pre-pandemic levels to 21,290,873 members, with an increase of more than 18,000 people in the last two fortnights.
With the data available up to 15 November, the total number of people enrolled has increased by more than half a million (509,477) in the adjusted series over the last year, and by 1.93 million since before the start of the pandemic.
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Social Security has registered almost 448,000 new affiliates since the start of 2024
The Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, stresses that: ‘The Spanish labour market remains strong with almost 21.3 million people affiliated at mid-month. In the last year, since 15 November 2023, more than half a million jobs have been created.
If we focus on the data for the province of Valencia, enrolment stood at 1,166,125 workers on average in mid-November, which is 12,479 more (+1.1%) than in the first part of October. In 2023, the growth in enrolment over the same period was 19,707.
Since mid-November 2023, enrolment has grown by 25,082 employed persons in the province, i.e. 2.2% more than a year ago.
The data cannot be analysed without taking into account the effects of the Dana catastrophe and assessing the protection shield for workers, the self-employed and companies. ‘We are closely monitoring the employment situation in Valencia and we are very cautious, but enrolment continues to grow, and considering the seriousness of the situation, we can say that the social shield is working,’ explained Minister Elma Saiz.
‘Valencia has suffered its biggest crisis in years. The priority for the Ministry has been to put in place as soon as possible a network of aid and protection, such as ERTE and cessation of activity for the self-employed, so that people could focus on recovering their lives and getting well, which is the important thing, without the worry of not having a livelihood afterwards’, she continued.
The minister also praised the rapid deployment of the increase in the Minimum Living Income (+15%), the Child Support Supplement (+30%) and non-contributory pensions, which received their extra pay on 18 November. In total, the three benefits reach more than 100,000 people in the municipalities affected by the DANA. ‘Protecting the most vulnerable households is an act of social justice, and of protecting our economy’.