Overview
- INEGI’s ENOE reports 658,000 women in Sonora’s economically active population at year‑end 2025, with a 22.7‑point participation gap versus men (75.3% vs 52.6%).
- Employment reached 633,000 women, while female unemployment ticked up to 3.7% compared with 3.4% for men, leaving about 24,000 women jobless.
- Female underemployment climbed to 9.0%, with roughly 57,000 women wanting more hours, nearly double the rate reported a year earlier.
- Informality affects 46.8% of employed women (about 297,000), compared with 45.6% overall in the state and 55% for women nationally.
- Women are concentrated in services (61.7%), followed by industry (27.5%) and the primary sector (9.5%), as IMCO also notes a national wage gap near 14% and heavier unpaid work burdens for women.