Spain has broken its all-time employment record after registering 22.46 million people in work in June.

The country added 128,533 workers in last month alone, taking the total number of contributors to 22,466,339, according to the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.

It means Spain has now passed the 22.4 million employment mark for the first time, after gaining 621,925 workers in the first six months of the year.

The annual growth rate now stands at 2.8%, the fastest pace of job creation since May 2023.

Only two previous Junes in the historical series performed better: 2005 and 2021, when Spain was emerging from the Covid pandemic.

In seasonally adjusted terms, employment rose by 92,531 in June to reach 22,208,553, extending Spain’s run of job creation to 65 consecutive months.

The ministry also highlighted that, between June 15 and 19, Spain recorded more than 22.5 million workers on five consecutive days, with a historic daily peak of 22,566,248 registered on June 18.

Foreign workers are playing a growing role in the labour market.

Spain now has 3,446,178 foreign Social Security contributors, up 86,630 from May and 350,163 more than a year ago. They now represent 15.3% of all registered workers.

Employment Minister Elma Saiz said Spain is outperforming other major European economies. According to the ministry, Spain accounted for 54.5% of all jobs created in the EU during the first quarter of 2026.

Since 2018, the number of workers has risen by 13.8% in Spain, compared with 6.6% in France, 4.7% in Italy and 2.1% in Germany.

Women also continue to drive job growth. Spain now has more than 10.6 million female workers, up 291,371 in the past year and 1.8 million since 2018. Women now represent 47.3% of all workers.

The number of self-employed workers has also reached 3,472,460, up 12,017 compared with a year ago and almost 199,000 more than in June 2018.

The strongest annual growth by sector was recorded in publishing, broadcasting and content production, followed by real estate and construction.

The government also pointed to improved job stability since Spain’s labour reform. Since June 2021, there are now almost 4.9 million more workers on permanent contracts and nearly 2 million fewer temporary workers.

Temporary employment has fallen to 12.3%, compared with 27.9% in June 2021. Among under-30s, the temporary employment rate has fallen from 51.1% five years ago to 20.6% today.

Spain’s ratio of contributors to pensioners has also risen to 2.5, its highest level since 2011.