2023-10-03 10:05:44
He Girona’s labor market closes September with a loss strong following the end of the tourist season. According to the Social Security affiliation data, this month alone more than 14,000 jobs in the demarcation It is the highest drop in all of Catalonia, and denotes the dependency that has the economy of the territory of tourism and services. Moved in percentages, membership has dropped by one in September alone 3.73% in the Girona counties and it is back more or less at the levels of the month of May. On the contrary, unemployment has remained practically unchanged, and has even fallen slightly, with only ten fewer unemployed. In the demarcation, there are now 29,822 people looking for work.
After two months of rising, unemployment closes September with an almost imperceptible drop. During this month, there have been ten people who have left the lists, which represents a minuscule decrease of 0.03%, but which is nevertheless in line with that of the rest of Catalonia (because in Lleida it was 0 .07%, in Tarragona 0.30% and only in Barcelona has it been above 1%).
Right now, there are 29,822 people looking for work in the demarcation. Compared to a year ago, it is still below the records of September 2022 (because at that time there were 10% more unemployed in the Girona counties.
By sector, as is usual, the vast majority of those on the lists are service workers (including trade and hospitality). Specifically, in the regions of Girona there are 20,717 unemployed in the tertiary sector, followed by 3,441 in industry, 2,795 in construction and 643 in agriculture. Finally, there are 2,226 unemployed who do not have any previous job.
But although unemployment has remained unchanged, what has changed – and a lot – is affiliation to Social Security, a thermometer used to see job creation. The end of the high season takes its toll on the Girona labor market, and according to the data that the ministry periodically makes public, this September alone the demarcation has lost 14,081 members.
It is a significant decrease, which when translated into percentages means a drop of 3.73%, and shows the dependence that Girona’s economy has on tourism. In fact, it is the highest decline in membership recorded throughout Catalonia, doubling those of Lleida and Tarragona (which lose 6,249 and 5,337 members) and which contrasts with Barcelona, where employment was created here during September (because 35,060 affiliates have been gained).
The one of the whole summer
Right now in the Girona counties there are 363,867 members. Compared to September 2022, they are 2.76% more (specifically, 9,781). However, if this data is compared to previous months, it practically equals that of May 2023 (when there were 360,143 members in the demarcation). That is to say, that only during September, all that employment that had been created in the summer months has been destroyed.
Finally, the ministry’s data also includes the evolution of contracts. During September, 20,749 were registered in the demarcation. Compared to August, they are 10.87% more; specifically, 2,085. However, compared to last year, they are fewer. Because if they are contrasted with those of September 2022, then 15.89% more were signed.
Out of all this overall, the sector that concentrates the most contracts during September is that of services (14,270). And by typology, the indefinite and the temporary are distributed almost equally (with 10,529 and 10,220, respectively).
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