Unemployment fell by 3,367 people in the BAC in September, while it rose by 205 in Navarre

After a two-month increase, unemployment in the Basque Autonomous Community fell in September, while in Navarra it rose again and has now risen three times in a row.

The number of unemployed registered in the Lanbide offices decreased by 3,367 people in September compared to August (-3.02%), bringing the total number of unemployed to 107,996, according to data made public this Wednesday by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy and the Basque Labor Service, Lanbide.

In Navarre, there were another 205 people registered with the Navarrese Labor Service, 0.70%, bringing the total number of unemployed to 29,612, according to data released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.

Between September 2023 and the same month of this year, 1,271 people were counted unemployed in the CAV, which represents an increase of 1.19%. In Navarre the increase is 1.04%, while another 306 people are unemployed.

The three areas of the Basque Autonomous Community have reduced their number of unemployed compared to the previous month, with 1,616 fewer in Bizkaia (-2.57%), 1,413 fewer in Gipuzkoa (4.73%) and 338 in Álava (1. 83%). On the other hand, compared to September 2023, it increased by 1,483 people in Bizkaia (2.48%) and by 560 (2.01%) in Gipuzkoa, while in Álava it decreased by 772 people (4.08%) .

By means of sectorsCompared to the previous month, unemployment fell in September, especially in the services sector, 3,111 less (-3.92%), well ahead of industry, 181 less (-1.72%); Construction, 103 fewer (-1.72%); and Agriculture, 86 fewer (-4.6%).

In the Spanish state as a whole, registered unemployment increased by 3,164 people in September compared to the previous month (+0.1%), registering the lowest monthly increase in this month since 2004 and the best figure for September since 2007 , except for pandemic years. In addition, Social Security added 8,805 workers in September, thanks to education that compensated for the decline in catering and trade after the end of the summer season.

Membership and contract details

Social security membership again passed the one million contributor mark in the Basque Autonomous Community in September, after falling below that figure in August. According to data made public last Wednesday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, there were 1,007,609 contributors to the CAV.

From August to September, Social Security added 10,538 new contributors, or 1.06%.

Compared to the figures of last September and those of the same month in 2023, there are now 12,617 more employees, which represents an increase of 1.27%.

In terms of recruitment, 74,413 new contracts were signed in September, of which 14,705, 25.66%, one in four, were of indefinite duration.

In September, Navarre registered 212 fewer social security connections than the previous month and 3,694 more than in September of the previous year. The total number is therefore 309,828 people, according to data released by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.

Evaluation of the Basque government

The Second Vice President and Minister of Economy, Labor and Employment, Mikel Torres, has expressed the satisfaction of the Basque Government with the decrease in unemployment in the Basque Country and the restoration of social security connections.

Torres has pointed out that this data points to an employment recovery that is expected to “continue over time.” The data, he added, confirm the economic forecasts of the Basque government, which pointed to a recovery in employment as soon as autumn started after the “cyclical decline in the summer, a product mainly resulting from the declines in the education sector during the summer. these months.”

“Forecasts lead us to expect successive improvements in employment and the forecasts for the end of 2024 and for 2025 are optimistic,” he stressed.