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In the last year the recovery of the labor market has been generalized in all indicators with an increase in employment and a reduction in unemployment also reaching practically all economic sectors and autonomous communities.The number of employed persons increased in the third quarter of the year by 359300 people which represents an increase of 1.8 according to data from the Active Population Survey EPA published today by the National Institute of Statistics INE . With this increase the total number of employed persons reaches 20031000 people the highest figure since 2008 which reflects the recovery of the labor market. In seasonally adjusted terms the quarterly variation is 1.3. Compared to the same period last year employment grew by 854100 people 4.4.The recovery of the labor market in the last year has occurred in all indicators with an increase in the active population occupation and hours worked a reduction in unemployment and a decrease in the number of households with all members in unemployment. It is a comprehensive recovery that has also spread to practically all economic sectors and all autonomous communities.The increase in occupancy that has occurred from June to September is the second largest in the historical series in a third quarter and is also higher than the average registered between 2015 and 2019 which shows the acceleration of the economic recovery during the summer.The momentum in the recovery of the labor market is also reflected in the reduction in the number of unemployed which has fallen this quarter by 127100 people 3.6 placing the total number of unemployed at 3416700. The unemployment rate continues to fall and drops to 14.57 half a point lower than the Governments forecast for the whole of the year reflected in the Budget Plan sent to the European Commission .This increase in employment and reduction in unemployment has resulted in an increase in the number of active persons by 232200 reaching an activity rate of 59.1 the highest in five years.This process has also been parallel to the incorporation to their jobs of people who were in Temporary Employment Regulation Files ERTE. The total number of effective hours worked increased by 5 compared to the same period last year.OccupationIn the third quarter the increase in employment was concentrated in the service sector with an increase of 377200 employed persons and in Industry with 63000 more people working. On the contrary employment fell in Agriculture 49600 less and in Construction with 31200 fewer employed persons.In interannual terms employment increased in all sectors especially in Services with an increase of 739100 and Construction with 44300 more employed persons.Most of the Autonomous Communities have registered an increase in employment in the third quarter with the exception of Andalusia La Rioja Ceuta and Melilla. The largest increases occurred in Catalonia with 62300 more employed persons followed by the Canary Islands with 50000 and the Balearic Islands with 47900.In the last year there was an increase in employment in all the Autonomous Communities with the exception of Ceuta. The communities in which more jobs were created are Andalusia with 162200 more Catalonia with 155500 and the Community of Madrid with 124000 more employed persons.Job creation in the third quarter was concentrated in the private sector with 314800 more employed compared to 44500 that were created in the public sector. This has also been the dynamic in the last year in which the private sector created 707200 jobs compared to 146900 in the public sector.The increase in employment in the third quarter has continued to be concentrated in workers with a temporary contract with 264200 more employed compared to 145000 with a permanent contract which raises the temporary rate to 26. However it should be noted that the number of permanent contracts reaches 12.5 million the highest level in the entire historical series.The increase in employment in the quarter was greater among women with 185400 more employed compared to 173900 men. In year-on-year terms job creation was higher among women 525900 more employed than among men with an increase in employment of 328300 people. This greater dynamism in female employment has allowed the number of employed women to reach 9248500.Also in the last quarter there has been an increase in employment among almost all age groups with the greatest increase among young people aged 20 to 24 with 132400 more employed.UnemploymentDuring the third quarter unemployment continued to fall with a decrease of 127100 people -3.59 and stood at 3416700 people. In seasonally adjusted terms the quarterly variation is -2.35. With this decrease the unemployment rate stands at 14.57 with a reduction of 1.7 percentage points in the quarter and standing at the same level as in 2018.Unemployment has increased in the third quarter in Services with 42100 more unemployed Agriculture 28700 and Construction 20600 and has decreased in Industry with 18800 fewer unemployed. Unemployment has fallen by 171200 people among those who lost their job more than a year ago and by 28500 among those seeking their first job.In annual terms in the last year unemployment fell by 306200 -8.2 people with a general reduction in all sectors especially Services with 475100 fewer unemployed. In the last year the number of people who lost their jobs more than a year ago increased by 260300 and those looking for their first job by 5600.By Autonomous Communities in the third quarter the communities in which unemployment fell the most were Catalonia with 51900 fewer unemployed followed by the Balearic Islands with 28400 and Castilla y Len with 27600 fewer unemployed. On the contrary unemployment in Andalusia rises by 41100 more unemployed people.