Overview

• Total affiliations associated with an employer reached 23,761,340, a figure that includes beneficiaries from app platforms.
• Counting only insured jobs, IMSS lists 22,571,682 puestos de trabajo, a record high for a September.
• IMSS did not break out how many of the September gains came from platforms; 125,757 platform workers have surpassed the income threshold and are counted as formal jobs.
• From January to September, 333,303 formal jobs were created, about 27% fewer than a year earlier and the weakest January–September outcome since 2020, according to private analyses.
• Registered employers fell to 1,039,227, down 2.4% year over year after 17 consecutive monthly declines, while the average daily wage rose to a September record of 623.1 pesos.