Employment accelerates in September: 31,462 more workers and 4,846 unemployed less
Batacazo for workers over 45 in August: they lose 117,277 contracts
The Social Security won an average of 31,462 quotes (0.15% more) in September, its greatest rebound in that month since 2002. In addition, the Unemployment dropped in 4,846 people In relation to August (-0.2%), leaving the figure Total unemployed in 2,421,665 People, the youngest in a month of September since 2007.
With these data, the Government has launched the bells on the flight: “We continue beating unemployment reduction record. And we do it guaranteeing decent working conditions, “says the Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz.
However, workers Senior continues to suffer more than the rest to find work, to the point that, of the 1.53 million total jobs counted in September, the over 45 years only signed 412,876 contracts, according to statistics from the public employment service (SEPE). This data is a increase of 137,359 jobs Regarding those achieved by this age group In August.
However, we will have to wait to know the evolution of the labor market in the coming months, to check if the Improvement of September is real or a mirage, Since those 137,359 contracts won in the ninth month of the year, they arrive after the Batacazo suffered in August, When those over 45 They lost a whopping 117,277 jobs (details, in lower graph).
The Precariousness of the Senior It is also found when comparing the contracts achieved by workers of other ages. Thus, compared to the aforementioned 412,876 jobs for over 45 years, companies signed 726,050 contracts With workers among 25 and 44 years In September, which represents a gain of 247,899 occupations compared to August.
Likewise, those under 25 years of age signed 394,847 hiring in September, according to the SEPE statistics (Details in lower graphic).
Source: SEPE
Official data reflect one more month work age, It is found that companies opt for younger professionals, to the detriment of the Senior. A reality admitted even by the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz: “The problem of unemployment (…) is that we have 2.4 million people in unemployment, who are many and there is much to do, but I want to emphasize what worries me and in what occupies me, which are the people over 52 years (…) of those 2.4 million unemployed, we have more than a million and a half concentrated in the long -term unemployment and in the people of my age,” he admitted weeks ago.
Senior fixed employment rises, after the August Batacazo
Regarding the Employment quality harvested in the ninth month of the year, the SEPE reports that the elderly of 45 years signed 168,938 indefinite contracts, of the 663,825 total, which represents the best data since October 2024 for the Senior (at that time they obtained 170,506 fixed contracts).
Also in this case, we will have to wait for the results of the coming months, to verify whether the improvement in September is consolidated, or if, on the contrary, indefinite employment returns to its previous path, given the bump that those over 45 were given in August, when so They only achieved 97,279 indefinite positions (details in lower and upper graph).
Black panorama: almost 6 of 10 unemployed, over 45
The unemployment figures recorded in the SEPE offices also indicate that the improvement can be passenger for the unemployed senior, that continue to drag the scourge of ageism.
Of the Total unemployed existing in Spain in September, 2,421,665 people (-0.20% in monthly rate and -5.97% per year), the vast majority, 1,403,473, are over 45 years, as confirmed by work statistics updated this Thursday. That is, 58%, or what is the same, almost 6 out of 10 unemployed, They are over 45 years old.
In addition to constituting the bulk of the unemployed, the greater than 45 barely reduce their unemployment volume: This age group records a fall of 6,455 unemployed with respect to August (the -0.46% monthly) and a decrease of 82,212 (-5.53%) compared to the situation a year ago.
And the Women’s labor exclusion It is even worse: in September, they are counted 863,485 women over 45 years of course, a much worse figure than the 539,988 men of more than 45 years in unemployment. In addition, in the ninth month of the year, senior women reduce their unemployment 4.7% year -on -year, while men decrease almost 7%.
