55% of Spanish workers have compatible at some point two or more jobs throughout his working life and, at present, one in ten continues to combine several jobsaccording to a Randstad study Posted last Monday. According to data from the Active Population Survey (EPA), at the end of 2024 a total of 585,800 workers They declared to have a second joba figure that has increased 43% in the last decade And that has led the talent company to carry out a survey of more than 4,500 professionals from all over the country with the aim of analyzing the incidence of multi -employment, an increasingly present phenomenon in the Spanish labor market.
According to the general director of Randstad Temporary Work, Andrés Menéndez, The number of multi -team has grown 47.6% since 2007a “very high” rhythm that reflects “the labor reality of many professionals in Spain” and is directly related to “the effort what workers do “to deal with Encrying of the cost of life and the loss of purchasing power. In this context, it is not surprising that “The main motivation of the Spaniards remains the salarysince it constitutes the basis to guarantee your economic well -being, “as Menéndez adds.
While some professionals have two or more jobs Due to their personal motivations, hobbies, etc.the survey reflects that Economic motivation is the most decisive. 41% of multi -team claims to make jobs to increase your income, while 24% do so to cover basic expenses and 22% are forced by the lack of stability in their main employment, which means that In more than eight out of ten cases, multi -employment responds to a need and not a desire for professional realization. Three out of four multi -employed workers (76%) would reduce their workload if their main employment offered them better conditions, while 17.5% would do it only if the salary were enough. Only 6% say they enjoy several activities.
Plurimpleus by obligation, a very common phenomenon
In the current context of High consumption pricesthe pressure in the housing market and rentalsand some salaries below the European average (32,587 euros per year, compared to 37,863 euros of the European Union, according to Eurostat), Many professionals “are pushed to resort to multiple”. Almost half of the respondents (46%) value it positively, seeing it as a way to obtain extra income and some flexibility, but “The personal cost is evident“: 23.5% ensure that it causes fatigue or stress and 11% consider it very negative for the impact on their health and personal relationships; While, on the other hand, 19% claim not to notice great changes, reflecting how, in some sectors, Compatible jobs “It has become a normalized practice.”
30% of multi -employed workers combine more than one job for more than three yearswhich shows that it is not always a temporary circumstance, but that In many cases it lasts “as a job survival strategy”although 30% live it more transiently, for less than six months, 24% between one and three years and 17% between six months and one year.
As for the nature of work, The multi -employment is mostly supported on contracts for others (64%)although also for those who resort to activities on their own (24%) or revenues of a different nature (12%). The study also analyzes in which sectors the multi -employment is concentrated, being hospitality and tourism (30%) and commerce and customer service (24%) Ranking leaders, followed by transport and logistics (17%) and production and manufacturing (15.5%), to which others such as consulting, finance or legal scope are added, which are around 10%, while education (6.5%), digital technology and services (6%) and health (5.5%) are in line. 42.5% of respondents indicate working in other sectors not collected in the classificationwhich, according to Ranstad, evidences that This phenomenon is transverse.
Communities Analysis: Balearic Islands at the head
The an analysis by autonomous communities, Balearicswhere a 84% of workers claims to have combined more than one job at some point, heads the list, followed by Murcia (63%), Navarra (63%) and Andalusia (60%)where multi -employment is especially common and six out of ten employed have had to resort to this at some point. Canary Islands (59%) and La Rioja (59%) are located in similar figures.
At the lower end, with the lower multi -employment percentagesare the the Basque Country (52%) and Estremadura (47%), where more than half of the workers (53%) have never compatible jobs, thus becoming the latter in the only community where those who have not lived this situation predominate.
