Of the total employed population during the second quarter of 2024, 71.3% work as salaried employees. This is the lowest figure in the historical series
The unemployment accelerated to 7.3% in CABA during the second quarter of 2024, compared to the 6.8% of the same period of 2023, as reported by the Institute of Statistics and Censuses of the City of Buenos Aires (IDECBA). In this way, unemployment reached about 122,500 porteñosof which 48.3% are women and another 51.7% are men.
Meanwhile, 7.2% of people want to work more hours, are looking for another occupation and are available. This implies that there are some 246,500 porteños (14.5%), who belong to the economically active population, are looking for a job because they do not have one or are looking to work more hours.
Of the total unemployed population, more than half (54.9%) declared having the level of educational certifications that correspond to a complete secondary level or incomplete higher level. In the last year, the unemployed population with complete university educational certifications increased 8.2 percentage points (pp), going from 14.8% to 23%.
Number of salaried employees
Of the total employed population during the second quarter of 2024, 71.3% work as salaried employees. This is the lowest figure in the historical series. But the volume of employees with labor rights shows a decrease of 4%. “The reduction in the wage employment rate occurs especially within the female population,” the report highlights.
73.9% of the salaried population receive retirement discounts, while 7.8% contribute to social security themselves; The other 18.3% do not do so, because they do not have any type of social security registration. The salaried population that contributes itself to social security falls 31.8% in interannual terms.
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Salaried. In private companies there were 117,000 fewer jobs.
12.5% of the Buenos Aires employed population registers multiple jobs. The population with more than one occupation shows a dissimilar distribution by sex: women represent 52.9% and men 47.1%. This is because women generally earn less for the same work.
The employed population with more than one occupation records an average of 43.5 hours worked per week in all occupations. In particular, he spends 12.2 hours in secondary occupations.
Of the multi-employed employed population, 77.5% are salaried within their main occupation.
Source: Ambito
