Overview
- Friday data show 3,512,223 foreign-affiliated workers in Spain, a rise of 420,875 year-on-year and 66,046 over the previous month, bringing foreign workers to 15.6% of total employment.
- Officials say the extraordinary regularization that ran through June produced 262,475 new Social Security registrations by July 30, with the large majority entering the general regime.
- Foreign workers remain highly concentrated in labour-intensive sectors, representing about 32.9% of hospitality workers, 46.7% of domestic workers in the household special regime, and large shares in agriculture and construction.
- Castilla-La Mancha reported above-average growth with 113,983 foreign affiliates and 52,047 regularization applications, and unions have urged quicker, dignified final decisions plus stronger inspection to curb informal work.
- Total contributors reached a record 22.5 million in July and the foreign-affiliate rise is broadening into transport, health and higher-value services while women now make up roughly 43% of foreign affiliates and the largest origin groups are Morocco, Colombia and Romania.