{"id":150572,"date":"2025-12-05T14:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/paro-femenino-palma-nivel-mas-bajo-20-anos\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:15:41","slug":"paro-femenino-palma-nivel-mas-bajo-20-anos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/paro-femenino-palma-nivel-mas-bajo-20-anos\/","title":{"rendered":"Female unemployment in Palma reaches its lowest level in 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"430\">The <strong>labour market in Palma<\/strong> closed <strong>November<\/strong> with <strong>three historic milestones<\/strong>. <strong>Female unemployment<\/strong> fell to its <strong>lowest level in two decades<\/strong>. <strong>Long-term unemployment<\/strong> reached the <strong>lowest figure<\/strong> of the <strong>last 10 years<\/strong>. <strong>Youth unemployment<\/strong> stood at the <strong>lowest level in 7 years<\/strong>. These improvements consolidate the <strong>positive trend<\/strong> the city has experienced since the <strong>start of 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105832\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105832\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105832\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/empleo-palma2.webp\" alt=\"unemployment Balearic Islands September 2024\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/empleo-palma2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/empleo-palma2.webp 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Ajuntament de Palma.<\/p><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"543\">All of these groups recorded notable decreases compared with last year:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"762\">\n<li data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"613\">\n<p data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"613\"><strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"564\">Female unemployment:<\/strong> 7,447 women. <strong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"611\">6.23% fewer than in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"682\">\n<p data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"682\"><strong data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"633\">Youth unemployment:<\/strong> 2,558 young people. <strong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"680\">5.96% fewer than in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"762\">\n<p data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"762\"><strong data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"712\">Long-term unemployment:<\/strong> 5,053 people over the age of 45. <strong data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"760\">7.25% fewer than in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"847\">In total, Palma recorded <strong>12,988 people out of work in November<\/strong>. This represents a <strong>year-on-year decrease of 6.64%<\/strong>. That is <strong>923 fewer people<\/strong> than in 2024. The councillor for Comer\u00e7, Restauraci\u00f3 i Aut\u00f2noms, <strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"639\">Lupe Ferrer<\/strong>, highlighted the evolution of the labour market and underlined the reduction in unemployment among the most vulnerable groups. She also recalled that the <strong>unemployment rate for October<\/strong> stood at <strong>4.48%<\/strong>, the <strong>lowest figure in 20 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1220\">Reduction in unemployment by sectors and occupations<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1631\">The construction sector recorded the largest fall in unemployment in November, with -2.53%. Among women, the biggest decreases were seen in hairdressers and shelf stackers. Among men, the drop was most notable in construction labourers and bricklayers.<br data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1472\" \/>As for activities, the largest decrease among women was in education. For men, the most significant fall was in specialised construction.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1689\">Hiring: more than 11,700 contracts in November<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1917\">In November, <strong data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1735\">11,717 contracts<\/strong> were signed in Palma. Of these, 7,054 were permanent contracts. Permanent hiring grew by <strong data-start=\"1819\" data-end=\"1839\">8.41% year-on-year<\/strong>. Commerce was the sector with the most new hires, followed by hospitality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1919\" data-end=\"2230\">Among women, cleaners and sales assistants were the occupations with the highest number of contracts. Among men, waiters and bricklayers topped the list. Commerce and building services accounted for most of the contracts signed by women. For men, food and beverage services and construction stood out.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2232\" data-end=\"2289\">Social security affiliation: record high for a month of October<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2534\">Palma reached <strong data-start=\"2304\" data-end=\"2334\">268,579 people affiliated<\/strong> to social security in October, the highest figure for this month in 20 years. This represents 47.72% of all affiliations in the Balearic Islands. Although the number of people affiliated fell compared with September, it increased by <strong data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2533\">4.01% year-on-year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The labour market in Palma closed November with three historic <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/paro-femenino-palma-nivel-mas-bajo-20-anos\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":105833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-and-tourism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Female unemployment in Palma hits a 20-year low - Mallorca Global Mag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palma recorded 7,447 women unemployed in November, together with lows in youth and long-term unemployment, and an overall decrease of 6.64%.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/paro-femenino-palma-nivel-mas-bajo-20-anos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Female unemployment in Palma hits a 20-year low - 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