In general, unemployment among foreign workers in Spain is almost double that of Spanish-born individuals: 28% as opposed to 16% for Spaniards. The overall unemployment rate is 18.1%.
Not even the Spanish government dares to make predictions on what is going to happen when Prime Minister Zapatero's 8 billion Euro aid package (Plan E) for the public construction sector runs out in the Autumn. Once the work is finished so will be the job contracts, which are almost 100% temporary contracts.

The construction industry employs 17% of foreign workers. According to the Association of Large Temporary Employment Agencies (Agett), 88% of job lossses in August were caused by the fact that Plan E is coming to an end.

The highly seasonal hotel sector employs 22% of foreign workers and huge job losses are predicted once the tourist season is over.