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Spain Totals 97,000 Jobs in February Thanks to the Tug of Education, Hospitality and Construction

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The Spanish labor market recovers the pulse that seemed to have lost in the start of 2026. After signing the worst January in 14 years, the data on Social Security membership published on Tuesday indicate that February closed with 97,004 new jobs. A figure that, although is somewhat smaller than those seen in 2024 and 2025 (100,340 and 103,621, respectively) was clearly higher than the average of the last 25 years. Thus, Social Security closed F…

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The increase in membership is similar to that of previous years, although less than in 2024 and 2025; the increase in registered unemployment leaves a total of 2,442,646 unemployed people targeted to the public employment offices The labour market destroyed 270,800 jobs in January, the worst figure since 2012 February recorded an increase in employment by 97,000 people, a notable increase in line with those that tend to register in this month fo…

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The number of contributors is 21.7 million in a month marked by the push of education and hospitality, although unemployment is rising among women on the eve of 8M.

Lean Left

In February, as a general rule, social security membership begins an upward path that extends until the summer. This year has not been an exception, with the creation of 97,000 jobs compared to January, according to data distributed this Tuesday by the Government. It is an important increase, the third largest since 2007, although a little weaker than that of the last two years. More sour is the figure of unemployment: the unemployment recorded …

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The Spanish labor market recovers the pulse that seemed to have lost in the start of 2026. After signing the worst January in 14 years, the data on Social Security membership published on Tuesday indicate that February closed with 97,004 new jobs. A figure that, although is somewhat smaller than those seen in 2024 and 2025 (100,340 and 103,621, respectively) was clearly higher than the average of the last 25 years. Thus, Social Security closed F…

·Madrid, Spain
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Social Security has added 97,004 members in February, to 21,670,636, while unemployment has risen by 3,584 people, to a total of 2,442,646 unemployed, reports EFE.According to data provided this Tuesday by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, in February education has dropped, with 30,142 more members; hospitality with 22,932, and construction, with 17,478 more jobs.In the last year, the labour market has earned 474,482 work…

The unemployment recorded in the offices of the public employment services rose by 3,584 people in February compared to the previous month (+0.1 per cent), the highest increase in this month since 2021, which was weighed down by the services sector and the previous unemployed group, composed mostly of young people seeking their first job, according to data published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy. However, despite the in…

·Madrid, Spain
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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