Overview
- Official figures report 106,200 fewer salaried positions year over year, with 88,800 losses in the private sector and 18,700 in the public sector, while domestic work was essentially flat.
- Independent work grew 3.8% year over year, adding 104,800 workers, led by monotributo contributors up 5.4% (about 113,000), while autónomos fell 0.5% and monotributo social declined 2.4%.
- Private salaried employment posted seven straight monthly declines from June to December 2025, shedding 96,800 jobs; December alone fell by 12,400 to 6.197 million workers.
- Sectoral data show the steepest declines in goods-related activities, with manufacturing down 0.5% (around 5,300 jobs) and commerce down 0.3% (nearly 3,800), partly offset by construction up 0.6% (about 2,400).
- The SIPA series points to net private job losses starting in September 2023 totaling roughly 150,000 through December 2025, and economist Luis Campos separately estimates 288,815 jobs lost since Javier Milei took office alongside a 159,501 increase in monotributo.