The unemployment trend in the town remains in line with previous years. After six consecutive months of decline, August breaks the pattern and the number of unemployed people in the town rises by two. August 2026 closed with 787 people out of work, an increase of 2 on July (785), and the figures remain positive compared with August in previous years.
Provincial and national data
August saw a slight fall of 409 in the number of unemployed in the province of Málaga, bringing the total to 97,095 people, according to data published this Wednesday by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy. Málaga has thus bucked the general upward trend in unemployment recorded in Spain, where the figure rose by 44,419 to a total of 2.35 million on the registers of the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE).
Málaga, together with the province of Las Palmas (-94) and the Autonomous City of Ceuta (-148), is one of the only places in Spain where unemployment fell in August.
Figures for the last year in Manilva:
- August 2026: 787 +2 unemployed
- July 2026: 785 -23 unemployed
- June 2026: 808 -73 unemployed
- May 2026: 881 -24 unemployed
- April 2026: 905 -37 unemployed
- March 2026: 942 -29 unemployed
- February 2026: 971 -7 unemployed
- January 2026: 978 +39 unemployed
- December 2025: 939 = unemployed
- November 2025: 939 +42 unemployed
- October 2025: 897 +27 unemployed
- September 2025: 870 +16 unemployed
- August 2025: 854 +10 unemployed
- July 2025: 842 -10 unemployed
- June 2025: 852 -43 unemployed
- May 2025: 895 -27 unemployed
- April 2025: 922 -27 unemployed
- March 2025: 949 -22 unemployed
- February 2025: 971 -29 unemployed
- January 2025: 1000 Unchanged
- December 2024: 1000 +14 unemployed
- November 2024: 986 -10 unemployed
- October 2024: 996 +34 unemployed
- September 2024: 962 +35 unemployed
- August 2024: 927 +21 unemployed
- July 2024: 906 -62 unemployed
- June 2024: 968 -61 unemployed
- May 2024: 1029 -6 unemployed
- April 2024: 1035 -58 unemployed
- March 2024: 1093 -51 unemployed
- February 2024: 1144 -49 unemployed
- January 2024: 1193 +24 unemployed
- December 2023: 1169 -2 unemployed
- November 2023: 1171 +57 unemployed
- October 2023: 1114 +37 unemployed
- September 2023: 1077 +88 unemployed
The Employment Promotion department of Manilva Town Hall continues to maintain the web platform that gives local businesses an ideal tool for publishing job offers or finding potential candidates, who can also register on the application to post their CV completely free of charge. It can be accessed at: https://empleomanilva.com
The historical unemployment data recorded in Manilva since 2005 can be viewed by clicking here
