- It represents a year-on-year growth of 4% and an increase of 1.48% compared to the month of September
- The global number of contributors in the Community of Madrid reaches 3,985,982 people
- The region concentrated 19% of the 490,586 members in discharge related to the process of extraordinary regularization
- Throughout the country, Social Security exceeds 22.6 million members, after adding 784,573 members in the last year
The Social Security registered in the Community of Madrid 3,985,982 contributors in the month of October, according to data published today by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. These figures represent an increase in contributors of 1.48% compared to the month of September, with 58,128 more contributors.
In the year-on-year comparison, the region has 156,755 members in the last year, 4% more than in October 2025. Of the total number of members of Social Security in the Community of Madrid, 3,530,630 are covered by the General Regime, 451,766 are self-employed and 3,586 are registered in the Regime of the Sea. Likewise, 2,228 belong to the agricultural sector and 107,168 to household services.
New record of affiliates
Throughout the country, Social Security closed the month of October with an average number of members that exceeds 22.6 million in its original series. In particular, 22,624,165 employees were registered on average, which is the highest level of the records, after adding 186,612 with respect to the month of September. This figure represents the largest increase in the series in a month of October.
In the last year, the dynamism in job creation accelerated to a rate of 3.6%, which means an increase of 784,573 affiliates compared to the same month of 2025. If seasonality and the calendar effect are discounted, the labor market reached a total of 22,571,105 participants, after adding 90,309 this month, thus achieving the highest level in the series; there are 69 consecutive months of increases.
More than 3.5 million self-employed
In the case of the General Social Security System, the average membership has shown a year-on-year growth of 3.8% (704,996). This percentage has been widely exceeded in sectors such as Construction (+8.4%), Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fisheries (+6.8%), Hospitality (+5.4%) and Artistic, Sports and Entertainment Activities (+5.2%), among others.
The membership of the Special System of Self-Employed Workers experiences a year-on-year increase of 2.3% and exceeds for the first time in the series the 3.5 million employed. The highest growth is recorded in: Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply (+16.1%), Telecommunications, Computer Programming, Consulting and Computer Infrastructure (+15%), Publishing Activities, Broadcasting and Content Production and Distribution (+9.1%) and Real Estate Activities (+8.8%). Overall, the number of self-employed workers amounts to 3,501,598, which is 79,163 more than a year ago.
Members in high school related to the regularization process
If a photograph of the labor market is made, at the end of October, the number of foreign affiliates in discharge related to the extraordinary regularization process was 490,586, 19.3% of which was concentrated in the Community of Madrid. By country of origin, Colombia (27.6%), followed by Venezuela (15.7%), has the highest number of registered members. For its part, since April, 557,410 affiliates have been on leave for at least one day. Of these 490,586, 75.2% are covered by the General Social Security System, while 5.9% are covered by the Special System of Self-Employed Persons (without taking into account SETA). In addition, by sex, 59.7% are men and 40.3% women.
Women account for 47.4% of the total
Women’s employment has exceeded 10.7 million jobs this month (10,712,135). There are 367,537 more workers than a year ago. Affiliated women account for 47.4 per cent of the total. Its presence in the labor market grows at a year-on-year rate of 3.6%. At the same time, employment in men also experiences a maximum, with 11,912,029 affiliates, after adding 417,036 in the last year.
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