Compared to December 2024, salaried employment decreased by 1% (equivalent to 106,2 thousand fewer workers). Declines were recorded in the private salaried sector (-1.3%, 88.8 thousand fewer people) and in the public sector (-0.5%, 18.7 thousand fewer workers), while domestic work remained relatively stable (0.3%, 1.3 thousand more people). In contrast, in December 2025, self-employment showed a positive variation of 0.7% compared to the previous month. All categories of self-employment showed expansion compared to the previous month: the number of monotributistas (simplified tax regime payers) increased by 0.5% (about 9,000 more), the number of people in the social monotributo grew by 1.7%, and those in the self-employed regime increased by 1.5%. In the year-on-year comparison, self-employment as a whole experienced a growth of 3.8% (equivalent to 104.8 thousand more people). Within this group, there were differentiated dynamics: the number of monotributo contributors increased by 5.4% (approximately 113,000 more), while the number of self-employed decreased by 0.5% (about 2,000 fewer) and the number of social monotributistas fell by 2.4% (approximately 6.2 thousand fewer). From September 2023, formal employment in the private sector began a phase of net job destruction, a trend that intensified during the first quarter of 2024, with an average monthly decline of 0.4%. Interpretation: the data show a sustained contraction of salaried employment, particularly in the private sector, which contrasts with the relative recovery of self-employment. Buenos Aires, March 13 (NA) – Between June and December 2025, private salaried employment registered negative monthly variations, accumulating a loss of 96,800 jobs, with layoffs and business closures. In December 2025, salaried employment in the private sector reached 6,197,000 workers, according to the Argentine News Agency. Thus, it recorded a loss of 12,400 people (-0.2% compared to the previous month), according to data from the Secretariat of Labor. The accumulated loss of almost 97 thousand salaried workers between June and December and the year-on-year drop of 106,2 thousand workers reveal tensions in the formal labor market, while the increase in monotributistas suggests a recomposition towards more flexible or informal forms of work within the contributory formality.
