December 2023 closed with a figure of 1,000,976 workers contributing to the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS).

According to a SIMEL graph, which, shared by Rolando Castro, head of the state portfolio of labor, it can be seen that workers who are already formal has been growing.

The statistic shows that december 2017 closed with 837,577 formal workers, while 2018 culminated with 856,497; by 2019 they had already joined 875,368, however, in the same period of 2020 a drop in ISSS contributors was seen, reducing to 846,692 (period in which the COVID19 pandemic began), but in 2021 an increase was seen, closing that year with 915,096 contributors; in 2022 they were already 968,245; finally by 2023 they surpassed one million contributing workers.

"Something that many actors said was impossible, we have achieved in the government led by President Nayib Bukele. The historical record of one million formal workers in El Salvador has been surpassed. Although the international context is complex and our country is not an island, we continue to grow in formal employment. Much remains to be done, but we are on the right path of history", said the official in his social networks.

It should be noted that SIMEL is a network of institutions, people and information that have mutually recognized roles, agreements and functions with respect to the production, storage, dissemination and use of information and results related to the labor market to maximize the potential for the formulation and implementation of relevant policies and programs.

Translated by: A.M