The number of people registered in the Public State Employment Service Offices (SEPE) at the end of June fell by 50,268 people (-1.84%) compared to the previous month.
Registered unemployment stood at 2,688,842 people, the lowest figure for fifteen years, specifically since September 2008. In the last 12 months, the figure has reduced by almost 200,000 people (-191,740 people, -6.66 %).
This decline, which has occurred right across the country, affects all sectors and all age groups, both men and women. It also confirms the positive evolution of the labour market, which has now registered 14 uninterrupted months with the number of unemployed people at below three million.
Since June 2020, three years ago, more than one million people have left the unemployment rolls (-1,174,041). Unemployment has therefore fallen by 30.4 %.
Unemployment by sector
Unemployment in June experienced a generalised fall in all sectors with the specific exception of Agriculture, which registered only 220 more people (0.21%).
With respect to May, the sector with the most significant decrease was Services with 42,133 fewer people (-2.16 %) in unemployment, Industry with 4,888 fewer (-2.24 %) and Construction with 1,688 fewer (-0.80 %). In addition, there are 1,779 fewer people (-0.71 %) in the group Without Previous Employment.
In interannual terms, the Services sector registered almost 110,000 fewer unemployed people (-109,754) than in June last year, while in Agriculture there are 40,302 fewer, in Industry 21,544 fewer and in Construction 19,028 fewer.
Unemployment by sex and age
The month of June saw a new record low for young people under the age of 25 registered with the SEPE, the figure falling to 184,491 people. This figure is almost half of that recorded in February 2021.
Unemployment among the under-25s fell in June by 3,552 people (-1.89%) compared to the previous month.
Also significant is the decline among women to its lowest level since 2008, with 30,710 fewer unemployed women registered in June. This is a reduction of 1.86% compared to May. The total number of unemployed people remains at 1,624,317.
Compared to June last year, female unemployment fell by almost 100,000 people (-99,498 people).
For its part, male unemployment stood at 1,064,525, as the total number of unemployed men fell by 19,558 (-1.80%) compared to May.
Unemployment by autonomous community
In the 17 autonomous communities as a whole, there was a general decline in June. In absolute figures, Andalusia (-8,780 people), Catalonia (-6,359 people) and Galicia (-5,410 people) are the autonomous communities with the largest decreases.
Meanwhile, in percentage terms, the most notable decreases were recorded in Asturias (-4.57 %) and Cantabria (-4.36 %), with a weaker decrease in the Community of Madrid (-0.80 %) and Andalusia (-1.24 %).
Recruitment
In a month prone to seasonality, permanent contracts were consolidated: 631,810 permanent contracts were signed in June, 42.32% of the total.
A total of 1,492,803 contracts were signed in June, 15.61% less than the same month last year.
So far this year, 7,662,826 contracts have been signed, which is almost two million fewer contracts (-1,909,080, -19.94%) than during the first half of 2022.
Benefits in May
The coverage of the unemployment protection system in May 2023 was 64.93%, while the same indicator in May 2022 was 60.65%.
The average monthly expenditure per beneficiary in May, excluding the agricultural subsidy in Andalusia and Extremadura, was €1,064.2, representing an increase of €90.7 over the same month the previous year.
In May, total benefit expenditure amounted to over €1.73 billion.
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