It happened again. The end of the Christmas campaign had devastating effects on employment in the province of Alicantestarted the year with 11,613 fewer Social Security members. As expected, accommodation and trade were the sectors where the biggest decrease was recorded, a dynamic that was not spared by industry, construction and agriculture, albeit to a much lesser extent. On the other hand, unemployment increased by 1,217 people, with the same activities as the main heroes. However, on the positive side, it should also be noted that The county now has the highest number of Social Security affiliates in the historical series for January, with a total of 718,402..
Alicante stayed true to the statistics and started the year with significant job losses once again. 11,613 fewer members, very close to last year’s 11,835 membersand they act on scales very similar to those of the last five years, including 2019, when the epidemic had not yet emerged. The reason for this constant decline in business is the seasonal factor, due to the strong dependence on the service sector, which is experiencing one of its best times coinciding with the Christmas campaign.
So things are like this: The accommodation sector was the one that destroyed employment the most on a monthly basis; With 4,126 fewer affiliates, the total number was 78,713.. The trade sector remained at 139,226 with 2,382 fewer workers. The remaining activities have not escaped this trend, although they are much further away. This is the situation in the manufacturing industry, which lost 872 employees and remained at 82,790 employees; construction, with a decrease of 179 and a balance of 57,638; and agriculture, with 39 and 4,688.
Unemployment increased by 1,217 people, reaching a total of 133,828 people. In this field of statistics Services are the only productive sector to register an increase, notably 1,522 unemployed. We aim to stay at 92.300. In construction, the number of unemployed people decreased by 170 and remained at 11 thousand 700; sector of 159 and balance of 15,838; and agriculture of 16 and 4,189. Unemployment in the group of people who had no previous job increased by 40 people, reaching 9 thousand 801. In any case, there are now 8,590 fewer unemployed people in the state than there were a year ago..