The INDEC report on the labor market released this Monday afternoon marked an increase in the unemployment rate throughout the country and Chubut was no exception.
According to the organization’s report, the unemployment rate in the urban agglomerate made up of Trelew and Rawson grew from 4% in the fourth quarter of last year to 6.7% in the first quarter of 2024, which places it at the top of the Patagonian cities with the highest number of unemployed.
Meanwhile, in the southern area of Chubut (comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly agglomerate), unemployment went from 1.8% to 2.8% in the same period.
Another notable fact from the official report is the number of people who have an employment problem in each of these two regions of Chubut: in Comodoro-Rada Tilly, among the unemployed (3,000), employed job seekers (7,000) and underemployed (4,000). There are about 14 thousand people who have difficulty getting a job or who work less than they would like.
While in the Valley, this group reaches 13,000 people but with a greater number of unemployed: 5,000, plus 4,000 employed job seekers and another 4,000 underemployed.
What happens in the rest of Patagonia
The drama of unemployment also affects Patagonia as a region: between the third quarter of last year and the first of this year, the rate went from 3.4% on average to 4.8%.
In the entire Patagonian region, according to the INDEC, there are about 113,000 people with employment problems, among the unemployed, who in large urban agglomerations amount to about 25,000 people, and the employed and underemployed, who number another 88,000.
