Membership rose in September by 92,327 people to 22,437,553 workers. The extraordinary regularisation process has added 420,000 registrations since April, with 83,000 in just the last month.
The Social Security system gained 92,327 average members in September, bringing the total to 22,437,553 workers, according to data released by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. In seasonally adjusted terms, the monthly increase was 180,832 members, as noted in the analysis by CaixaBank Research.
The year-on-year growth stands at 3.4%, above the figures recorded in the previous three months, which already included the effect of the extraordinary regularisation of immigrants on the labour market.
Since April, 420,000 people have been registered with Social Security as a result of this process. In September alone, 83,000 registrations linked to regularisation were added, a figure that remains within the range expected by CaixaBank Research.
"After four months of significant impact on employment figures, we expect its contribution to job creation to be lower starting next month"
The third quarter closes with an increase in membership of 126,000 workers, a 0.6% rise compared to the second quarter. September is typically a month when jobs are lost due to the end of the tourist season, offset by hiring at the start of the school year.
The monthly increase of 0.4% exceeds the 0.1% average recorded in Septembers from 2023 to 2025. The evolution of foreign workers explains this greater increase: their year-on-year growth accelerates to 17.7%, 9.5 percentage points higher than the average for that period.
Foreign members account for 74.0% of the increase in membership over the last year and now represent 16.2% of the total, compared to 14.2% a year ago.
By sector, construction remains the most dynamic, with a growth of 6.5%. Agriculture rises by 0.8 points to 2.4%.
By autonomous communities, Valencian Community and Balearic Islands record the highest year-on-year growth, both at 4.5%, while Extremadura shows the most moderate increase at 1.1%. Employment only slows down in three communities, two of which were already among the weakest in August (Asturias and Extremadura).
Registered unemployment rises by 1.9% month-on-month in September, above the usual increase for this month (0.9% average between 2023 and 2025), also due to the effect of regularisation: some individuals obtaining work permits register for the first time as job seekers. In seasonally adjusted terms, the increase is 0.6% month-on-month, lower than the 0.8% in August.
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