The Ministry of Labour and Social Economy has published official data showing that regional unemployment rose by 2,921 people compared with October last year, representing year-on-year growth of 5.99%.
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES IN ALL THREE PROVINCES
All three Aragonese provinces saw their unemployment rolls grow during the month. Huesca recorded the largest relative increase, adding 268 unemployed people (+3.74% monthly), bringing its total to 7,427 and reflecting an annual increase of 13.51%.
Zaragoza, meanwhile, recorded 984 new unemployed people (+2.53%), reaching 39,918 jobless people (+4.69% year-on-year), while Teruel added 104 people (+2.45%), bringing its provincial total to 4,355 unemployed (+6.06% year-on-year).
The services sector was the main driver of the monthly increase in the region, adding 771 unemployed people compared with September and reaching a total of 34,600 jobless people, including 26,950 in Zaragoza, 4,766 in Huesca and 2,884 in Teruel.
Likewise, the group with no previous employment grew by 252 people to 6,887 unemployed. Agriculture added 170 jobless people to reach a total of 2,153, industry increased by 126 people to 5,398 unemployed, and construction added 37 jobless people for a total of 2,662.
Aragon's labour market formalized a total of 47,163 contracts in October, a figure that represents an 11.41% decline from September, with 6,077 fewer contracts, although it maintained year-on-year growth of 3.49%. Of the total agreements, 16,078 were permanent contracts, representing a monthly decrease of 17.93%, while 31,085 were temporary contracts, down 7.62%.
Unemployment benefit coverage in Aragon processed 16,828 applications in September and handled 15,309 benefit approvals, with an average resolution period of 1.63 days. Spending on benefits reached 50.89 million euros in the region, putting the average amount received by each beneficiary under the contributory scheme at 1,036.5 euros per month.
