Service contracts in the State fell by 1.16% at the end of 2025 to 16.098, according to the public employment statistics released today.
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25/06/2026
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Sfollowing the document, from the Directorate-General for Administration and Public Employment (DGAEP), there were 16,098 service providers on 31 December 2025, a reduction of 1.16% compared to 16,287 in the homologous period (-189).
This development was mainly justified by the reduction in regional and local administration, “which decreased by 816 services, mainly associated with the decrease in earnings,” explains DGAEP.
As for the modality of these services, 8,728 were per task and 7,370 per earnings.
DGAEP further points out that “the vast majority of service providers (93.2%) were active in entities falling within the activity “Public Administration, Defense and Compulsory Social Security”.
The newsletter also showed that, on 31 December 2025, employment in general administrations was 762.278 jobs, an increase of 4.8% compared to 31 December 2011 and an increase of 1.2% in homologous terms.