Overview
- IMSS data show 231,527 formal jobs created from January to April 2026, including 23,923 net additions in April when app-based workers are counted.
- Despite the recent gains, total hiring has not yet offset more than 360,000 seasonal layoffs recorded in December 2025.
- Because IMSS began registering ride‑hailing and delivery workers in July 2025, comparisons look stronger than they are; excluding them, April’s net gain was 19,964 jobs.
- Growth is uneven across the map, with Jalisco contributing 47.1% of April’s new formal posts while Querétaro lost 2,497 jobs that month.
- Pay is rising even as business rolls thin, with the average insured daily wage up 6.9% to 664.5 pesos in April and the number of registered employers down by 1,040 to 1,019,230.