- The data show a year-on-month growth of 0.7% with 4,367 new affiliates in February.
- Foreign affiliates in the region account for 16.7% of the total of 3,076,841 foreign workers nationwide
- Of the total, 52.76% are men, while 47.24% are women.
- By contribution system, 87.43% contribute to the General Social Security System; while 12.55% are self-employed
Social Security registered 627,742 foreign affiliates in the Community of Madrid in February, after adding 27,633 affiliates in the last 12 months, an increase of 4.6%. In month-on-month terms, growth was 0.7% compared to February, with 4,367 new affiliates.
Of the total, 52.76% (331,177) are men, while 47.24% (296,564) are women. As for the countries of origin, the distribution resembles the national panorama with 30.82% (193,369) coming from countries of the European Union while 68.88% (434,372) come from outside the European Union. As for the EU countries, Romania (81,159), Italy (41,657) and Portugal (16,674) are the countries with the highest representation. In relation to countries outside the European Union, the three most numerous nationalities in the region are Venezuela (74,867), Colombia (57,585) and Peru (38,175).
By contribution system, 87.43% contribute to the General Social Security System, with the most representative sectors being Hospitality (14.23%); Commerce (13.02%); Administrative Activities and Auxiliary Services (12.6%); and Construction (10.11%). As in the national panorama, there is a growing contribution to sectors with higher qualifications such as Scientific and Technical Activities (5.61%); Telecommunications and Computer Programming (5.6%); or Health and Social Services Activities (5.04%).
For its part, the number of foreign self-employed members in the region stood at 78,801 workers in January, 12.55% of the total. In this group, the sectors of activity with the most representation are Commerce (22.12%); Construction (17.68%); Hospitality (10.51%) and Transport and Storage (9.84%).
Set of the system
At the national level, Social Security registered in February 3,076,841 foreign affiliates in the original series, with a year-on-year variation exceeding 7%, after adding 202,443 affiliates in the last year. Compared to January, it has 38,683 more jobs, which means a growth of 1.27%.
Overall, the number of foreign affiliates has totaled more than 800,000 employed since February 2022. In fact, 43.7% of the employment created since the implementation of the labor reform corresponds to foreign workers. In the system as a whole, foreign workers already represent 14.2% of the total social security contributions, six tenths more than a year ago. If we discounted seasonality and the calendar effect, in the last month, the number of employed people from other countries increased by 22,221, to 3,181,111 affiliates.
Of the total number of foreign affiliates, almost 1.8 million are men, while the number of women exceeds 1.3 million. The presence of working women from other countries represents 42.6% of the total number of foreign workers.
About 30% of foreign affiliates come from European Union countries. Among the different nationalities, the workers from Venezuela are the group that has grown the most in the last year, 35,289 members more than February 2025. The number of Venezuelan nationals registered in the Social Security has multiplied by nine in the last decade. The increase has also occurred especially among workers from Colombia, which has increased fourfold, and from Peru, by 2.5. On the other hand, Morocco continues to be the country with the most social security affiliates, with 375,845 contributors, followed by Romania (336,214), Colombia (252,869), Venezuela (213,476), Italy (203,562), China (125,764), Peru (101,559) and Ukraine (78,824).
The contribution of foreign workers is particularly relevant in some sectors of the General Social Security System. In Hospitality, they represent 28.9% of the members; in Agriculture, 26.8%; in Construction, they represent 24%; in Transport, 17.7%; and in Administrative Activities, 17.4%. In the Special Household System, they account for 42.4% and in the Agrarian System, 37.9%.
The growth of foreign affiliation is especially significant in self-employment, which in February exceeds 500,000 workers (500,037). This growth is 6% compared to the same month of 2025, well above the evolution of the autonomous regime at a global level (+1.1%). We must point out the growing presence of foreign workers who undertake in highly qualified sectors such as Telecommunications and Computer Programming and Editing Activities, Broadcasting and Content Production and Distribution. The number of foreign self-employed people in Telecommunications has grown by 10.7% in the last year and in Publishing Activities, by 9.22%.