Mexico Posts Best Jobs Growth of 2026, but Informal Sector Drives the Gain
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Mexico posts best jobs growth of 2026, but informal sector drives the gain
Mexico added almost 1.1 million informal sector jobs in July but lost more than 400,000 formal sector positions, according to data published by the national statistics agency INEGI on Thursday. Mexico’s informality rate — the percentage of the total Mexican workforce employed in the informal sector — thus rose from 55% in June to 56.2% in July, the highest level since December 2021. INEGI’s data shows that the number of people in informal sector…
In July 2026, the labor force in informal jobs was 34.1 million people The underemployment rate decreased to 6.7%, while unemployment increased slightly to 2.9% More than 34 million Mexicans work in informality, equivalent to 56.2% of the country's occupied population, according to [...] The 56.2% entry of the employed population in Mexico works in informality aparece primero en LJA.MX Noticias México.
In July 2026, 1,084 million people entered the labor market in Mexico through informality, according to data from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) of Inegi. This is the largest monthly increase of workers in the informal occupation so far this year. Meanwhile, the generation of employment within the formal occupation suffered the contraction of 412,889 people monthly in July 2026, thus accumulating three consecutive months…
One million people got work without social security or benefits, Inegi reported
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