section_path: Economy/Present-day economy/Employment
section_name: Employment
paragraph_text: Employment
  
  Participation in the labour force was 1,638,200 in 2011, or 79.0%. The employed workforce comprised 49% women in 2011 (Spain, 45%).: 98 41% of economically active people are university graduates, against 24% for Spain as a whole.: 103
  
  In 2011, the unemployment rate was 15.8%, remaining lower than in Spain as a whole. Among those aged 16–24, the unemployment rate was 39.6%.: 97, 100 Unemployment reached a peak of 19.1% in 2013,: 17 but with the start of an economic recovery in 2014, employment started to increase. Employment continues to shift further towards the service sector, with 86% of all jobs in this sector by 2011, against 74% in all of Spain.: 117 In the second quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 10.06%.