{"id":152030,"date":"2026-01-08T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:48:06","slug":"balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/","title":{"rendered":"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with the highest annual average Social Security affiliation in their history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Balearic Islands<\/strong> closed the year <strong>2025<\/strong> with the <strong>highest annual average Social Security affiliation in the entire historical series<\/strong>, reaching <strong>584,875 people in employment<\/strong>. This figure represents <strong>14,865 more affiliates than in 2024<\/strong>, equivalent to <strong>year-on-year growth of 2.6%<\/strong>, consolidating the positive momentum of the Balearic labour market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34049 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg\" alt=\"employment third quarter 2023 balearic islands\" width=\"781\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The positive employment trend is also reflected in the <strong>decline in unemployment<\/strong>, which fell by <strong>2.9% year-on-year<\/strong>, closing the year with <strong>29,305 unemployed people<\/strong>, that is, <strong>887 fewer than a year ago<\/strong>. These figures confirm a favourable evolution in both job creation and labour market stability.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Labour, Public Service and Social Dialogue, <strong>Catalina Cabrer<\/strong>, highlighted that the Balearic Islands remain in a <strong>situation of full employment throughout the year<\/strong>, with clear signs of <strong>labour market de-seasonalisation<\/strong>, even during months of lower tourism activity.<\/p>\n<h2>Labour market data for December 2025<\/h2>\n<p>In <strong>December 2025<\/strong>, average Social Security affiliation stood at <strong>500,310 people<\/strong>, representing <strong>12,314 more affiliates than in December 2024<\/strong> (<strong>+2.52% year-on-year<\/strong>). Compared with November, affiliation fell by <strong>1.19%<\/strong>, a typical adjustment linked to year-end seasonality.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>self-employed scheme<\/strong> reached <strong>101,824 affiliates<\/strong> in December, accounting for <strong>20.4% of total employment<\/strong> in the Balearic Islands, a significantly higher share than the national average (<strong>15.7%<\/strong>). With these figures, the <strong>administrative unemployment rate<\/strong> stands at <strong>5.53%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Affiliation by island<\/h3>\n<p>According to the latest available data (November 2025), Social Security affiliation by island is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mallorca<\/strong>: 415,804 affiliates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Menorca<\/strong>: 30,471 affiliates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibiza<\/strong>: 56,798 affiliates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formentera<\/strong>: 3,243 affiliates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Trends by age and gender<\/h3>\n<p>In December, affiliation increased year-on-year across all age groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Under 25s<\/strong>: +5.63%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aged 25 to 44<\/strong>: +1.41%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Over 45s<\/strong>: +3.30%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By gender, employment grew in a balanced way, both among <strong>men (+2.63%)<\/strong> and <strong>women (+2.62%)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Trends by sector<\/h3>\n<p>Affiliation recorded year-on-year increases across <strong>all economic sectors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Agriculture<\/strong>: +2.25%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry<\/strong>: +1.62%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction<\/strong>: +2.61%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Services<\/strong>: +2.83%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Within the services sector, notable increases were recorded in <strong>other services (+3.65%)<\/strong>, <strong>hospitality (+1.71%)<\/strong> and <strong>retail (+1.10%)<\/strong>. Both the number of <strong>self-employed workers (+2.14%)<\/strong> and the number of <strong>companies (+1.03%)<\/strong> also increased.<\/p>\n<h2>Unemployment: the Balearic Islands lead the national decline<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Registered unemployment in December 2025<\/strong> stood at <strong>29,305 people<\/strong>, with a reduction of <strong>914 people compared with November (-3.02%)<\/strong>. In month-on-month terms, the Balearic Islands <strong>led the fall in unemployment nationwide<\/strong>, compared with a national average of <strong>-0.7%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By island, unemployment figures are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mallorca<\/strong>: 24,437 people (-4.0% year-on-year).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Menorca<\/strong>: 1,832 people (-2.5%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibiza<\/strong>: 2,899 people (+6.1%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formentera<\/strong>: 137 people (+3.8%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Minister also highlighted the success in tackling <strong>long-term unemployment<\/strong>, with reductions of <strong>11.7%<\/strong> among those unemployed for 10 to 12 months and <strong>6.6%<\/strong> among those unemployed for more than 12 months, thanks to the <strong>Intensive Monitoring Plan (SI Plan)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Recruitment and job quality<\/h2>\n<p>During December, a total of <strong>47,982 contracts<\/strong> were registered in the Balearic Islands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mallorca<\/strong>: 14,248 contracts (-1.1% year-on-year).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Menorca<\/strong>: 1,288 contracts (+21.7%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibiza<\/strong>: 2,157 contracts (-5.1%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formentera<\/strong>: 148 contracts (+41.0%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the total number of contracts, <strong>58.2% were permanent<\/strong>, well above the national average (<strong>37.3%<\/strong>), positioning the Balearic Islands as <strong>the national leader in permanent recruitment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Balearic Islands show <strong>better structural indicators than the national average<\/strong>, with a <strong>temporary employment rate of 9.16%<\/strong> (Spain: 13.50%) and a <strong>part-time employment rate of 16.01%<\/strong> (Spain: 20.61%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balearic Islands closed the year 2025 with the highest annual <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152030","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>The Balearic Islands close 2025 with record average employment - Mallorca Global Mag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last year\u2019s labour market review confirms the strength of employment, with lower unemployment and a clear trend towards de-seasonalisation.\" \/>\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\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with record average employment - Mallorca Global Mag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last year\u2019s labour market review confirms the strength of employment, with lower unemployment and a clear trend towards de-seasonalisation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mallorca Global Mag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T07:30:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T15:48:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Redacci\u00f3n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Redacci\u00f3n\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/\",\"name\":\"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with record average employment - Mallorca Global Mag\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T07:30:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-08T15:48:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3cf523d44bd4905a14be13db051907\"},\"description\":\"Last year\u2019s labour market review confirms the strength of employment, with lower unemployment and a clear trend towards de-seasonalisation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":666,\"caption\":\"paro-cae-baleares-diciembre\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with the highest annual average Social Security affiliation in their history\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/\",\"name\":\"Mallorca Global Mag\",\"description\":\"Revista de informaci\u00f3n general de Mallorca\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3cf523d44bd4905a14be13db051907\",\"name\":\"Redacci\u00f3n\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54a4bcd1a68eccdda3505d7ee5d6ebb8e5dd78095a07d388940305fac2e49572?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54a4bcd1a68eccdda3505d7ee5d6ebb8e5dd78095a07d388940305fac2e49572?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Redacci\u00f3n\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/author\/elena\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with record average employment - Mallorca Global Mag","description":"Last year\u2019s labour market review confirms the strength of employment, with lower unemployment and a clear trend towards de-seasonalisation.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with record average employment - Mallorca Global Mag","og_description":"Last year\u2019s labour market review confirms the strength of employment, with lower unemployment and a clear trend towards de-seasonalisation.","og_url":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/","og_site_name":"Mallorca Global Mag","article_published_time":"2026-01-08T07:30:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-08T15:48:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":666,"url":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Redacci\u00f3n","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Redacci\u00f3n","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/","url":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/","name":"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with record average employment - Mallorca Global Mag","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-08T07:30:22+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-08T15:48:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3cf523d44bd4905a14be13db051907"},"description":"Last year\u2019s labour market review confirms the strength of employment, with lower unemployment and a clear trend towards de-seasonalisation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/empleo-1-e1738141836386.jpg","width":1000,"height":666,"caption":"paro-cae-baleares-diciembre"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/balears-cierra-2025-mayor-afiliacion-media-historica\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Balearic Islands close 2025 with the highest annual average Social Security affiliation in their history"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/","name":"Mallorca Global Mag","description":"Revista de informaci\u00f3n general de Mallorca","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#\/schema\/person\/9a3cf523d44bd4905a14be13db051907","name":"Redacci\u00f3n","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54a4bcd1a68eccdda3505d7ee5d6ebb8e5dd78095a07d388940305fac2e49572?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54a4bcd1a68eccdda3505d7ee5d6ebb8e5dd78095a07d388940305fac2e49572?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Redacci\u00f3n"},"url":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/author\/elena\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152033,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152030\/revisions\/152033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}