{"id":119439,"date":"2025-05-14T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/paro-palma-abril-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:18:51","slug":"paro-palma-abril-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/paro-palma-abril-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Palma accounts for 48.39% of Social Security registrations in the Balearic Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The labour market in Palma continues to show positive signs. In April, the number of unemployed people dropped by <strong>6.84% compared to April 2024<\/strong>, which means <strong>928 fewer people<\/strong> out of work. Compared to the previous month, March 2025, the decrease was <strong>5.78%<\/strong>, i.e., <strong>775 fewer people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119435\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119435\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ocupacion-Palma.webp\" alt=\"Palma employment\" width=\"780\" height=\"522\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ajuntament de Palma.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In terms of Social Security affiliation, Palma recorded <strong>259,661 affiliated individuals<\/strong> last March, representing <strong>48.39% of all affiliations in the Balearic Islands<\/strong>. This figure reflects an increase of <strong>4.33% compared to February<\/strong> and a year-on-year rise of <strong>2.16%<\/strong> compared to March 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>Unemployment drops across all groups<\/h3>\n<p>The decline in unemployment was registered across all groups. On an <strong>intermonthly<\/strong> basis (from March to April):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Youth<\/strong>: decrease of <strong>15.78%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Women<\/strong>: decrease of <strong>5.84%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>People over 45<\/strong>: decrease of <strong>2.02%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Compared to April last year (<strong>year-on-year<\/strong>), unemployment also fell:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women<\/strong>: <strong>7.11%<\/strong> less<\/li>\n<li><strong>Over 45s<\/strong>: <strong>6.69%<\/strong> less<\/li>\n<li><strong>Youth<\/strong>: <strong>5.55%<\/strong> less<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Hospitality, the sector showing the strongest recovery<\/h3>\n<p>The sector with the largest drop in unemployment was <strong>hospitality<\/strong>, with a decline of <strong>11.23%<\/strong>. The <strong>most positively affected occupations<\/strong> were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Waitresses: <strong>466 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>9.86%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Female cooks: <strong>149 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>9.15%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Male cooks: <strong>117 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>18.88%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Waiters: <strong>341 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>11.43%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regarding <strong>economic activities<\/strong> with the greatest decrease in unemployment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Accommodation services: <strong>271 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>15.84%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Professional, scientific and technical activities: <strong>293 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>10.40%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Food and beverage services: <strong>383 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>12.95%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Accommodation services: <strong>145 fewer<\/strong> (-<strong>12.65%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Permanent hiring increases<\/h3>\n<p>During April, <strong>13,813 employment contracts<\/strong> were signed in Palma, of which <strong>9,508 were permanent<\/strong> and <strong>4,305 were temporary<\/strong>. <strong>Permanent hiring increased by 15.29% compared to March<\/strong>, although compared to April last year it dropped by <strong>5.45%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>occupations with the most contracts<\/strong> were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Waitresses: <strong>1,043 hired<\/strong> (+<strong>27.35%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Cleaners: <strong>964 hired<\/strong> (-<strong>2.43%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Waiters: <strong>967 hired<\/strong> (+<strong>62.25%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Drivers: <strong>396 hired<\/strong> (+<strong>55.91%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>economic activities with the most contracts<\/strong> were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Food and beverage services: <strong>1,188 contracts<\/strong> (+<strong>5.69%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Retail: <strong>1,007 contracts<\/strong> (+<strong>24.17%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Men:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Food and beverage services: <strong>1,372 contracts<\/strong> (+<strong>38.31%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Accommodation services: <strong>673 contracts<\/strong> (+<strong>71.25%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The labour market in Palma continues to show positive signs. <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/paro-palma-abril-2025\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":119436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1515,1513],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-and-tourism","category-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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