National Employment Deficit: 10.7 Million

In the first quarter of 2025 the labor market in Mexico showed signs of cooling, reflected in the loss of dynamism in some indicators compared to the previous year, consistent with the expectation of low or zero growth of the national economy.In particular, the average employed population reached 59 million and decreased by almost 120 thousand people in relation to the period January-March 2024, the first negative figure since the pandemic, acco…

In the January-March 2025 quarter, the economically active population totaled 60.5 million people, a decrease of 172,000 compared to the same period of 2024. The main year-on-year declines in employment were concentrated in manufacturing, with 175,000 fewer people; agriculture, livestock, forestry, hunting and fishing fell by 228,000 people; while [...]

In the first quarter of 2025, there were 60.5 million people in the economically active population: 172 thousand less than in the same quarter of a year before.From Puebla The National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) shows the behavior of the Mexican labour market. It provides quarterly data on the economically active population (PEA), occupation, informal employment, underemployment and unemployment. Unlike the monthly publications, …

MEXICO CITY.- According to data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), from January to March of this year, 486,537 jobs were lost in both the formal and informal sectors of the economy compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. Despite the above, the number of unemployed decreased from one million 842 thousand in the last three months of last year to one million 568 thousand in the first quarter of 2025. This meant…

CDMX.- During the period from January to March of this year, 486,537 jobs were lost in both the formal and informal sectors of the economy compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).However, the number of unemployed decreased from one million 842 thousand in the last three months of last year to one million 568 thousand in the first quarter of 2025, which mean…

A total of 59 million people were employed, 120 thousand less in relation to the first quarter of 2024 Rubén Romero OEM-Reportex In the first quarter of 2025, the number of unemployed people in Mexico was 1.5 million, a reduction of 51 thousand compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). According to the results of the National Survey of Occupation and Empl…