• October began in the region with 609,298 foreign affiliates, 74.8% covered by the General Regime, 31.09% of the European Union
• Women already represent 47.27% of the total number of workers in the region, showing stability
• 86% of non-professional carers are women out of a total of 9167 registered in the Community of Madrid
• Madrid has 438,139 freelancers, growing by more than 6,000 in two months

The Community of Madrid registered in October a figure of 3,608,073 members, both general and autonomous, adding more than 110,000 members in one year. Among them are non-professional caregivers in what is registered in Madrid 9,167, most of them, 86%, women.

The number of foreign affiliates was as of September 30, 609,298 of which 419,478 non-EU members, 79.4 in general, 35.17% of foreign women are in general in Madrid and represent 47.2 of foreign affiliates. While 24.55 of the EU’s foreigners work under the general regime.

Only 939 foreign people are listed under the general agricultural regime. In the special regime for domestic workers 46,988, 26 per cent of the community and only 4 per cent of this regime are male. The majority of foreign self-employed persons (77,151) are non-EU citizens, or 65%.

Of the total number of members from other countries in the Madrid region, 31% come from the European Union and 68.8% from other countries. Producing a decline in the latter. Women already represent 47.2% of the total number of foreign workers in the region, with 287,618 foreign affiliates.

In line with what happens with native workers, 79.44 of the foreign affiliates fell under the General Social Security System, reaching 484,067 workers with a slight decrease compared to previous months.

Madrid has 3,608,073 members, 432,444 self-employed, most of them the commercial and vehicle repair sector, followed by professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative activities and auxiliary services.

More than 3 million in Spain

The labor market exceeds 21.8 million average members in the best month of October of the historical series (except for the year 2021, in full de-escalation of the pandemic). There were 141,926 more people employed than in the previous month, 0.65%, reaching 21,839,592 members, which puts this series one more month in record highs. In the last year, Social Security has added more than half a million workers (507,078).

The seasonally adjusted membership series is also approaching 21.8 million members, with 21,793,519 employed. In the last year, there are 505,674 more affiliates if seasonality and calendar effect are discounted. Compared to last September, it represents an increase of 64,569 affiliates, which also shows one of the best months of the series.

For its part, the daily membership has remained above 21.8 million every day of the month except on the 3rd and 31st. The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, has highlighted that the number of women affiliated is the highest in the series: “One of the big news this month is that the employment of women is growing well above the average, there are already almost 110,000 more employed than in September. There are 10.3 million women working and they represent 47.4% of the total. We are approaching parity, which is one of our great goals.” Saiz has highlighted that it is the highest number of affiliates in the series.

The number of women affiliated to the Social Security continues in historically high numbers, with 10,344,599. There are 109,972 more employed than in September, while the number of affiliated men grows 31,955. The improvement in employment among women is 12.4% since before the labor reform, 2.8 points higher than that of men.

By age, the employment of young people has grown by 23.9% since before the labor reform and that of those over 55 by 23.2%, which is 13.8% and 13.1% respectively above the average, which grows by 10.1%. This evolution of employment by age group is aligned with the growth of the active population reflected in the Active Population Survey (EPA).

Self-employed

The number of self-employed workers remains at record levels, above 3.4 million (RETA and SETA), with 3,422,434 self-employed workers, 37,517 more than a year ago, which represents a growth of 1.1%.

Since October 2024, the membership of self-employed workers in the Information and Communications and Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sectors has increased by 10.4% and 4.7%, respectively. There are 24,592 new self-employed workers between the two, that is, these sectors account for 65.5% of the employment created in this Special System of Self-Employed Workers in the last year. If we add Health Activities and Social Services, which grows by 4.6%, Education, which increases by 5%, the percentage reaches 97%.