Overview

• Registered unemployment fell by 4,846 to 2.42 million, the lowest September level since 2007 outside the pandemic years.
• Social Security affiliates rose by a seasonally adjusted roughly 56,000, underscoring resilient underlying momentum.
• Education added about 61,000 affiliates and administrative activities around 23,000, countering losses of roughly 44,000 in commerce and about 32,000 in hospitality.
• Hiring remained active with about 1.53 million contracts signed, including roughly 664,000 indefinite deals, or about 43% of the total.
• Foreign-born workers accounted for about 60% of new affiliates and now total around 3 million (≈14.2%), while self-employment rebounded with 7,581 more autónomos to about 3.41 million; gains were concentrated in Madrid and Barcelona as some regions tied to tourism saw increases in unemployment.