--- description: After 68 months of losses, that's reason to celebrate title: Spain's Jobs Figures Rise for the First Time Since 2008 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c45e1dd93d537a6/6986841f810bbb51dbc9053e/464601419.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Employment](/tag/employment/) ## Employment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Spain Created Jobs!  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 9:14 AM CUT  A municipal worker cleans the ground as people walk outside a government employment office in Madrid on January 23, 2014. A municipal worker cleans the ground as people walk outside a government employment office in Madrid on January 23, 2014.GERARD JULIEN / AFP / Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 9:14 AM CUT The last time Spain [posted](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/755e4bfa-a39e-11e3-aa85-00144feab7de.html#axzz2v9mvD3Lh "undefined") positive job numbers, it was 2008 and Miley Cyrus was still fully clothed on the Disney Channel. Finally, after 68 consecutive months of losses and stagnation, the number of employed Spaniards rose to 16.2 million in February, 60,000 higher than the same month last year, [according](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/755e4bfa-a39e-11e3-aa85-00144feab7de.html#axzz2v9mvD3Lh "undefined") to the _Financial Times_. Madrid hailed the improvement as a sign of a greater recovery to come. But the gains could be fleeting. The newspaper reports that only 9% of February’s job contracts were permanent offers, and the vast majority of recent hires were contract positions that do not bestow the pension and related benefits of full-time employment. \[[_FT_](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/755e4bfa-a39e-11e3-aa85-00144feab7de.html#axzz2v9mvD3Lh "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13732/spain-created-jobs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13732/spain-created-jobs/"},"headline":"Spain Created Jobs!","datePublished":"2014-03-06T09:14:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:36:39.294Z","description":"After 68 months of losses, that's reason to celebrate","url":"https://time.com/13732/spain-created-jobs/","keywords":["Employment","Jobs","Recession","europe","Unemployment","Recovery","crisis","Spain","euro"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c45e1dd93d537a6/6986841f810bbb51dbc9053e/464601419.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c45e1dd93d537a6/6986841f810bbb51dbc9053e/464601419.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SPAIN-ECONOMY-UNEMPLOYMENT-INDICATOR","caption":"SPAIN-ECONOMY-UNEMPLOYMENT-INDICATOR","creditText":"GERARD JULIEN / AFP / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/employment/","name":"Employment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13732/spain-created-jobs/","name":"Spain Created Jobs!"}}]}] ```