{"id":227960,"date":"2026-05-22T00:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diariodigitalrd.com\/?p=704332"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:17:47","slug":"bcrd-empleo-crece-en-rd-con-118-mil-nuevos-ocupados-al-primer-trimestre-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarmiento24h.com\/?p=227960","title":{"rendered":"BCRD: Empleo crece en RD con 118 mil nuevos ocupados al primer trimestre 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/diariodigitalrd.b-cdn.net\/2026\/05\/IMG_3769-1200x630.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Econom\u00eda dominicana mantiene alta ocupaci\u00f3n pese a entorno internacional incierto<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">La <strong>econom\u00eda dominicana<\/strong> comenz\u00f3 el a\u00f1o 2026 con un mercado laboral que sigue mostrando fortaleza. Entre enero y marzo, el pa\u00eds sum\u00f3 118,631 nuevos ocupados netos, un crecimiento que confirma la capacidad de absorci\u00f3n del empleo aun en medio de un contexto internacional marcado por tensiones geopol\u00edticas y presiones sobre los precios.<\/p>\n<p>De acuerdo con el Banco Central de la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana (BCRD), el total de personas ocupadas alcanz\u00f3 5,236,178 trabajadores al cierre del primer trimestre del a\u00f1o. Esta cifra representa un aumento interanual de 2.3 %, respaldado por los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional Continua de Fuerza de Trabajo (ENCFT), principal term\u00f3metro del mercado laboral del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>Uno de los datos que refuerza este desempe\u00f1o es la estabilidad del desempleo. La tasa de desocupaci\u00f3n abierta (SU1) se situ\u00f3 en 5.0 %, pr\u00e1cticamente sin variaciones respecto al promedio registrado durante 2025. En t\u00e9rminos simples, el porcentaje de personas que buscan activamente trabajo sigue en niveles hist\u00f3ricamente bajos para la econom\u00eda dominicana.<\/p>\n<p>El dinamismo del empleo tambi\u00e9n se refleja en los indicadores de participaci\u00f3n. Durante el primer trimestre, la tasa de ocupaci\u00f3n alcanz\u00f3 63.0 %, mientras que la tasa global de participaci\u00f3n se ubic\u00f3 en 66.3 %, cifras cercanas a los m\u00e1ximos de la serie estad\u00edstica. Estos niveles colocan al pa\u00eds en una posici\u00f3n favorable frente a otros mercados laborales de la regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>M\u00e1s empleo, pero con peso de la informalidad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Al analizar la calidad de los nuevos puestos de trabajo, los datos muestran un crecimiento concentrado principalmente en el sector informal. De los 118,631 nuevos ocupados, 98,127 corresponden a empleos informales, lo que equivale al 82.7 % del total. En contraste, el empleo formal aport\u00f3 20,504 nuevos trabajadores, un 17.3 % del incremento.<\/p>\n<p>Con este resultado, la tasa de informalidad se ubic\u00f3 en 54.1 %, un nivel similar al promedio observado en 2025 y todav\u00eda por debajo del promedio hist\u00f3rico de 56.7 % registrado desde 2014. El BCRD destaca que los empleos formales reportados por la ENCFT coinciden con los registros administrativos de la Tesorer\u00eda de la Seguridad Social (TSS), lo que refuerza la consistencia de las cifras.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El empleo femenino gana terreno<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Desde el punto de vista demogr\u00e1fico, el mercado laboral sigue dominado por los hombres, que representan el 56.1 % de los ocupados, frente a un 43.9 % de mujeres. Sin embargo, el crecimiento reciente ha tenido un claro protagonismo femenino: en los \u00faltimos 12 meses, 157,078 mujeres se incorporaron al empleo, superando el aporte masculino en la creaci\u00f3n neta de puestos de trabajo.<\/p>\n<p>En cuanto a la subutilizaci\u00f3n de la fuerza laboral, la tasa SU3, que incluye a personas disponibles para trabajar aunque no est\u00e9n buscando activamente, se redujo a 8.8 %, medio punto porcentual menos que en igual per\u00edodo de 2025. Este descenso sugiere una mejora gradual en el aprovechamiento del capital humano.<\/p>\n<p>La poblaci\u00f3n inactiva se situ\u00f3 en 2,802,339 personas, con una tasa de inactividad de 33.7 %, inferior a la del a\u00f1o anterior. El Banco Central subraya que estos resultados se logran en un escenario internacional complejo, marcado por el conflicto en Medio Oriente y su impacto en el transporte, el petr\u00f3leo y el crecimiento global.<\/p>\n<p>Jueves 21 de mayo de 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Econom\u00eda dominicana mantiene alta ocupaci\u00f3n pese a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economicas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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