Mallorca and other Balearics: 11,835 fewer foreign workers

Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands have 11,835 fewer foreign workers registered with social security in October than in September: a 6.4% fall while the number rises across Spain. The islands’ total stands at 173,049, according to figures released on Friday by Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. The figures cover the Balearic Islands as a whole, not Mallorca separately.

The monthly drop does not erase the rise over the past year. Compared with October 2025, the islands have 27,070 more registered foreign workers, an increase of 18.54%. Of October’s total, 141,607 are in the general social security scheme, 30,995 are self-employed and 447 are in the scheme for workers at sea.

Across Spain, the number of registered foreign workers rises by 63,899 from September, or 1.8%, to 3,699,878. The ministry also says 490,586 foreign workers were registered nationwide by 30 October as a result of an extraordinary regularisation process launched in April.

Topics: Jobs & labour

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com