Overview
- Official data show 182,778 formal jobs added in February, lifting IMSS‑registered employment to 22,691,750 and marking the highest February level on record.
- Including 1.25 million platform beneficiaries—163,896 of whom met the income threshold to be counted—shifts the Jan–Feb tally to 174,674 versus 217,299 if platforms are excluded, a change some analysts say overstates underlying hiring.
- The average salary base rose to about 664.1 pesos per day, a nominal annual increase of 7.2% and the highest reading for any month on record.
- Registered employers fell to 1,021,996, down 1,442 from January and 2.5% year over year, with the IMSS citing tighter controls on opening individual employer accounts.
- Sector gains were led by communications and transport, commerce and electricity, with the largest bimonthly job additions concentrated in Mexico City, Nuevo León and Sonora.