Petrer hits lowest unemployment rate on record

Member of the Economic Development Council, David Morcilloexplained these data and stated the following:There is still a long way to go but the situation is positive and we are working from the City Council to have more industrial land to create more employment”.

In the historical sequence, it is necessary to go back to 2002 to find a number of unemployed similar to that of the municipality now, specifically there were 3,349 at that time. The data are more striking if we take into account that between 2012 and 2014 the registered unemployment rate was twice the current rate, hovering around 40% and even exceeding this figure for some months. Currently, the rate is 21.03% in April, the lowest level in a historical series since this record was achieved in 2006.We are in the more typical figures of the economic periods before the 2008 crisis,” he said.highlighted by the mayor.

precaution

Morcillo was cautious and stated:“While the data are good, we continue to work with the goal of getting more job offers for Petrer residents, and we are working to start new companies and diversify the productive fabric.”. In this sense, the local administrator headed by the mayor Irene Navarro It is taking steps and advancing projects to build an Advanced Industrial Zone in the La Cantera area with large industrial parcels and connected to the existing Les Pedreres industrial zone.

this women’s unemployment has also been reduced. In May 2022, 2,159 women were registered as job seekers, but it should be noted that just nine years ago, in May 2013, another 1,500 women were on the unemployment lists.

The mayor also pointed out that the average unemployment rate over the last 5 years has been 23%, which has dropped by 2 percentage points, but more importantly, a comparison to the average of the 16 years Petrer had the average unemployment rate. 30%, which is currently nine points below that average. “This shows that employment policies are working and we are on the right track,” Morcillo said.

2,500 self-employed

Another important fact is that in 2022, the number of self-employed more than 2,500 in each month of the year, with few exceptions, exceeded a figure that has been reached and consolidated in recent months.

Unemployment data represent a recovery from the health pandemic’s blow to local employment. In May 2020, two months after the alarm was declared, 1,000 unemployed were registered in the population, more than now. ““We’re at levels 16 years ago, which represents huge progress and growth in sectors like food and services is fundamental to employment.”member completed.