Despite a good labor market trend, pensioners are progressively surpassing workers in Southern Italy: in the South and the Islands, the number of pensions paid outnumbers employee and self-employed salaries. In 2024, 7.3 million pensions were given out, while slightly more than 6.4 million individuals were employed. This is corroborated by the CGIA Research Center, which indicates that in Southern Italy—the sole geographical region exhibiting this imbalance—the area with the most pronounced discrepancy is Puglia, with a deficit of 231,700. Examining the disparity between active contributors (workers) and pension payments to beneficiaries, the most significant figures in 2024 are observed in Lombardy (+803,180), Veneto (+395,338), Lazio (+377,868), Emilia-Romagna (+227,710), and Tuscany (+184,266). However, the situation is expected to worsen in Central and Northern Italy as well. Between 2025 and 2029, it is expected that little over 3 million Italians will abandon their occupations. Of them, 2,244,700 (about 74% of the total) will be employed in the Central and Northern regions, increasing the issues of entrepreneurs who are already struggling to find workers willing to travel to their factories or construction sites.