Español
Data · Work and wages

Jobs

Formal jobs, informal work and unemployment, nationally and by state.

22,927,276Jobs registered with IMSS, all employersend of September 2026Source: IMSS, monthly employment bulletin

Formal private jobs per 1,000 people

July 2026; jobs counted by IMSS registration, people living in private dwellings (our arithmetic)

A register count of jobs, not of people: one person can hold two registered jobs.

The Texas-Facing NorthThe Pacific BorderThe Bajío and Center-NorthThe CenterThe WestThe Gulf and the IsthmusThe PeninsulaThe Deep South

Source: IMSS open data as processed by Lokus Data (private formal jobs and average daily contribution wage; the national wage of 673.9 pesos covers all IMSS-insured workers) (published July 2026); INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025 (people in private dwellings) (published 22 September 2026); ratio: derived. The national tile above is IMSS's own monthly total, a different processing.

Informal work by state

Percent of the employed working informally, second quarter of 2026 (a household survey, not the register above)

From 34.8% to 80.1%; the dashed line is the national 55.1%.

Source: INEGI, ENOE second quarter 2026, bulletin 503/26 (published 25 August 2026).

Unemployment, the national rate

Percent of the labour force, national estimate, 2014 to 2025

2.5%3%3.5%4%4.5%5%201520172019202120232025Unemployment 2014: 4.8%Unemployment 2015: 4.3%Unemployment 2016: 3.9%Unemployment 2017: 3.4%Unemployment 2018: 3.3%Unemployment 2019: 3.5%Unemployment 2020: 4.4%Unemployment 2021: 3.9%Unemployment 2022: 3.2%Unemployment 2023: 2.7%Unemployment 2024: 2.6%Unemployment 2025: 2.5%2.5%Unemployment

2.5% in 2025. Low unemployment and high informality sit together: almost everyone who wants work has some, and more than half of it is informal. A modelled ILO series also exists; it is not drawn here.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.NE.ZS, last updated 8 October 2026, read 4 November 2026.

Related on this site The peopleConsulting: people and wages

Deciding on these figures

We read the figures for your case, your product and your states, in writing first.

How we work

More data All the chartsThe comparison tableGrowth and outputPrices and the policy rateBanxico's rate since 2008The pesoExports and importsExports by stateWho buys from Mexico, and whatPorts and sea cargoHours to the border by roadTrucks entering the USA by portForeign investmentInvestment by stateForeign investment by type, country and sectorForeign investment: every country and sectorWages and payroll taxSecurity by stateCargo theft by stateFactory wages and productivityEngineering and technical graduates by statePower and gasThe grid by control regionRemittancesThe release calendar