- Unemployment in the Community of Madrid stands at 287,356 people, 4,071 more than in September.
- About half of the contracts registered in the region during October are indefinite.
- In Spain as a whole, unemployment fell by 21,133 people compared to October 2025.
The number of unemployed people registered in the offices of the public employment services of the Community of Madrid as job seekers has increased by 4,071 people during the month of October, 2.5% more than the previous month to reach the overall figure of 287,356 people in unemployment.
This upward trend has been replicated throughout the country, with increases in the 17 autonomous communities during the last month. In year-on-year terms, unemployment in the region has increased by 422 people, which represents a slight increase of 0.15%.
Of the total number of unemployed in the Community of Madrid, 40.24% (116.168) are men and 59.76% (171.188) are women. Among the under-25s who are 22,254, the proportion changes and 11,973 are men and 10,281 are women. By sector, the largest number of unemployed registered are Services (231,231) and Construction (17,473). For its part, Industry has 14,720 unemployed people and Agriculture has 1,772. On the other hand, 22,160 unemployed people come from the previous unemployed group.
As for unemployment among foreigners in the Community of Madrid, it stood at 59,895 people in October, which translates into 4,296 more unemployed than the previous month, an increase of 7.73%; in year-on-year terms, growth reaches 25.93%. Of the total, 16,406 come from EU countries, among which unemployment has increased by 26 people, and 36,692 from non-EU countries.
The previous age range of unemployed people is, above all, between 30 to 44 and over 44 years of age, being much higher among women.
Contracts
As for contracts, in the Community of Madrid 231,468 were registered in the last month, which represents a negative variation on a monthly level, falling by 4.24%, that is, 10,254 fewer contracts. In year-on-year terms, however, the recruitment figures imply an increase of 1.13%.
Of the contracts signed, about half, 108,522, were indefinite, which means a year-on-year increase of 1.83%.
Spain
The number of unemployed persons registered in the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), at the end of October, has risen by 43,128 persons in relation to the previous month (1.81%).
The registered unemployment stood at 2,422,633. On the other hand, compared to October 2025, year-on-year unemployment fell by 21,133 people (-0.86%).
Unemployment by gender and age
Unemployment among women increased in October by 22,700 women (1.59%) compared to September, standing at 1,451,105. This is the lowest level this month since 2007.
It represents a drop in unemployment of 29,360 women (-1.98%) compared to the same month of the previous year.
Male unemployment stands at 971,528, rising by 20,428 men (2.15%). Compared to October 2025, male unemployment rose by 8,227 (0.85%).
Among young people under the age of 25, unemployment rose in October by 15,832 people (8.37%) compared to the previous month and the total is 204,973.
New contracts
The total number of contracts registered during the month of October has been 1,491,069.
Of this total, 645,173 employment contracts are indefinite and account for 43.27 per cent of all contracts.