- May has 607,582 members, the largest number in the series so far.
- Throughout Spain the number exceeds three million for the first time, which represents 14.1% of the total contributors to the system.
The Community of Madrid has reached the highest number of the historical series in average foreign affiliates to Social Security, reaching 607,582 people in the month of May, after an increase of 2,201 compared to April and 26,527 compared to a year before.
78.7% of these workers fell within the General Social Security System, reaching 478,462 workers; while 12.7% are Self-Employed and 8.2% belong to the Special System of Domestic Employees. By activity, the five sectors with the highest number of foreign workers are: Wholesale trade (90,596), Hospitality (86,031), Administrative Activities (71,011), Construction (67,287) and Transportation and storage (40,377).
Of the total number of members from other countries in the Community of Madrid, 29.2% come from the European Union and 62.4% from other countries. By sex, 290,449 are women and 317,129 men.
More than 3 million in Spain
At the national level, May has also meant a historical record surpassing for the first time the average 3 million foreign affiliates, up to 3,070,831 workers. Once the seasonality and the calendar effect are discounted, the figure also approaches the three million employed, and reaches 2,972,086 affiliates.
In this way, foreign workers account for 14.1% of the total contributors to the system, in both series. Since the labour reform of 2022, the weight of the foreign population in our labour market has grown remarkably: 41% of the employment created in these last three years corresponds to workers of foreign origin.
There are 1.4 million foreign affiliates more than ten years ago, in 2015, which represents an increase of 84.6%, and 118% in the case of people from non-EU countries. Growth among EU citizens has also been significant, with 56.5%. Among the activities that have experienced growth of sharp foreigners higher than the average since 2018 in the system as a whole, Information and Communications stands out, in addition to Construction, Transport and Hospitality.
In line with the situation of native workers, 84% of foreign affiliates were covered by the General Social Security System, reaching 2,580,639 workers. In the last 12 months, the affiliation of foreign people in this regime has grown by about 6.8% and in seven sectors it does so especially: Transportation and Storage (25.4%), Water Supply (10.5%), Administrative Activities (9%), Financial Activities (8.9%), Construction (8.6%) and Manufacturing Industry (8.6%).
The distribution by sector in both the General System and Self-Employed Workers shows a growing diversification. For example, the year-on-year growth in the membership of foreigners is very remarkable in activities with high added value, where a notable growth is observed, as mentioned, in Financial Activities (8.9%), Scientific and Technical Professional Activities (7%) and Information and Communications (5.7%). 31% are workers from countries of the European Union. Of all nationalities, Morocco tops the list of countries from which the largest number of contributors comes, followed by Romania, Colombia, Italy, Venezuela and China.
Of the total number of affiliated persons from other countries: 1.7 million are men and 1.3 million are women, which means that the number of women members stands at 43.5% of the total number of foreign workers, a figure that is increasing. As for the temporality, its rate is at historical lows both in the group of nationals and in that of foreigners. In fact, the percentage of foreign affiliates with a temporary contract is 11.3% and that of nationals, 12%.