In November, foreign contributions to Social Security averaged 2,667,664, signaling a slight drop. The total membership reached 16,272, placing foreign workers at 12.82 percent of the workforce, up seven-tenths of a point from the previous year. These figures come from official data released this week and reflect ongoing shifts in the composition of the job market.
Over the past year, employees born abroad contributed an average share that rose by 8.6 percent, adding 210,878 workers to payrolls. The update is published by the Ministry of Participation, Social Security and Migration and covers the latest twelve-month period ending in November.
Among foreign contributors, men accounted for 56 percent and women 44 percent. EU-born workers represented 32.5 percent of the total foreign contribution base (867,610 people), while 67.5 percent originated from non-EU countries (1,800,054).
Among the largest national groups, Romania led with 336,164 contributors, followed by Morocco (321,012), Italy (176,379), Colombia (172,985), and Venezuela (146,853).
Under the current regime, 84 percent of contributors belong to the general regime, with the remaining 16 percent participating in the RETA system for self-employed workers.
Social Security data also show that, through November, 66,005 members had joined the system. Arrivals from Ukraine stood out, with 18,746 more entrants than in January of the prior year, prior to the wartime disruption.
When seasonally adjusted, the number of foreign contributors reached nearly 2.7 million in November, marking an increase of 15,770 workers from the preceding month.
According to the adjusted figures, from February 2020 onward the system has recorded a sustained rise in the number of workers arriving from abroad, adding more than 509,853 individuals to the workforce over that period. This trend highlights the ongoing impact of international labor mobility on Social Security participation and the broader economy. — Source: Ministry of Participation, Social Security and Migration.