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Almería's Employment Stagnates in March, Diverging from Andalusian Trend

The province sees a minimal decrease of 33 unemployed individuals, while Social Security affiliation grows by 0.90%.

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The labor market in Almería concluded March 2026 with remarkable stability, recording a reduction of only 33 unemployed individuals, a figure that contrasts sharply with the significant decrease in unemployment across the rest of Andalusia.

While the autonomous community of Andalusia led the decline in unemployment in Spain with 8,836 fewer unemployed people, representing a 1.50% drop, the province of Almería positioned itself as the Andalusian province with the smallest positive variation, only ahead of Jaén, where unemployment actually increased. This modest performance in Almería differs from the dynamism observed in provinces like Cádiz and Málaga, which reduced their unemployment lists by nearly 2,000 people each, driven by the services sector and Easter Week hirings.
Despite the timid monthly data, the long-term outlook for Almería continues to show structural improvement, in line with the trend in Andalusia, which has managed to reduce the number of unemployed by 63,584 people over the last year, a 9.89% decrease. Regionally, the services sector was the main driver of this improvement, with 7,351 fewer unemployed, while agriculture saw a slight increase of 522 unemployed. This dynamic is also reflected at the national level, where unemployment fell by 22,934 people in March, reaching its lowest level for this month in the last 18 years, with a total of 2.4 million unemployed nationwide.
Regarding employment quality, the Andalusian scenario presents significant duality: in March, over 292,000 contracts were registered, of which 42.7% were permanent, an increase of 17.6% compared to the previous year. Nationally, this permanence rate is slightly higher, reaching 44%. Furthermore, social protection continues to strengthen, with unemployment coverage rising to 80.7%, the highest in the historical series for a month of February. Thus, Almería begins spring with a labor market that, although flat this past month, benefits from a regional and national context of historical lows in unemployment and highs in permanent contracts.
Social Security affiliation in Andalusia during February showed growth in seven of the eight provinces. Only Jaén recorded decreases, with 12,434 fewer contributors (-4.85%). In contrast, Huelva experienced an increase of 23,216 contributors (+9.68%), followed by Málaga with 14,307 (+1.95%), Cádiz with 9,229 (+2.21%), Sevilla with 8,683 (+1.04%), Granada with 3,408 (+0.92%), Almería with 3,070 (0.90%), and Córdoba with 1,064 (0.34%).
In interannual terms, all eight Andalusian provinces have seen their number of Social Security affiliates increase. Málaga leads the list with 26,842 more affiliates (+3.73%), followed by Sevilla with 18,532 (+2.24%), Cádiz with 10,190 (+2.45%), Granada with 8,154 (+2.22%), Córdoba with 7,665 (+2.48%), Jaén with 7,646 (+3.24%), Almería with 6,228 (+1.85%), and Huelva with 5,889 more (+2.29%).

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