Overview
- Formal employment fell by 320,692 positions in December, a 1.4% monthly drop that IMSS describes as the second-smallest December decline in a decade in absolute terms and the lowest in relative terms outside the pandemic.
- For 2025, IMSS reported a net gain of 278,697 jobs (+1.3%), with 22.52 million registered positions and an 86.9% share of permanent posts, while total affiliations associated with employers reached 23.90 million.
- The platform-worker pilot covered roughly 1.26–1.3 million people, but only 206,521 surpassed the income threshold for full social-security coverage as most participants remained under risk-only insurance.
- The average base salary for contributions climbed 6.9% year over year to 627.9 pesos per day, the highest level recorded for a December.
- Employers are expected to hire cautiously in early 2026, according to ManpowerGroup, citing regulatory changes and uncertainty around USMCA discussions.