The largest increase in employment in the third quarter of the year occurred in Canary Islands, where 38,100 additional jobs were created, a 3.67% increase, according to data from the Active Population Survey (EPA) released this Tuesday by the INE.
In year-on-year terms, in the Canary Islands, 65,700 more jobs have been created between July and September of the current year than in the same period of 2025, representing an increase in the number of employed people of 6.52%.
The number of unemployed people reached 131,600 at the end of September, which represents a decrease of 3.12% compared to the previous quarter, a decline that in year-on-year terms reaches 23.55%.
Nationally, the Spanish labor market reached a new historical employment record after adding 138,300 workers between July and September, which raised the total number of employed people to over 21.82 million.
In the last year, the country has generated more than 376,000 jobs, while the global number of unemployed people has decreased to around 2.75 million, leaving the national unemployment rate at 11.21%, its lowest level in this period of the year since 2008.
In the comparison by autonomous communities, the Canary archipelago was at the forefront of job creation in absolute terms, closely followed by Catalonia, which occupied second place by registering 36,500 new employed people driven by commercial activity and summer services.
For its part, Balearic Islands completed the national podium with an increase of 32,400 jobs during the summer months, also leading the relative growth of the entire country with a quarterly increase of 4.78%.
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