The Madrid region has experienced a +1.8% growth in the number of employed individuals over the last twelve months, adding more than 75,000 people, which represents 17% of the national increase. This data positions Madrid as the autonomous community with the most employment growth in Spain over the past year.
The Active Population Survey (EPA), published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), also indicates that the activity rate in the Community of Madrid stands at 63.3%, an increase of 4 tenths year-on-year and 3.8 points above the state average.
The employment created in the region is characterized by its quality, with 88.9% of salaried employees having a permanent contract, exceeding the national average by 4.3 points.
Furthermore, the unemployment rate in the Community of Madrid is 8.2%, two points below the national figure. This difference is more pronounced in the case of female unemployment, which, at 9.1%, is 2.2 points lower than that registered in the country as a whole.
