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Mexican regional labor poverty and informality trends

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Economic data from mid-2026 2026 indicates a divergence between Mexico’s national labor trends and specific state-level indicators. While the national labor poverty rate decreased from 35.1% to 31.9% between Q2 2025 and Q2 2026, several states reported worsening conditions. Sinaloa experienced the highest rise in labor poverty, alongside a 3.4% decrease in real per capita labor income. Coahuila Sinaloa, Coahuila, and Michoacán also saw recorded significant increases in labor poverty. Nationally, labor poverty, with Sinaloa seeing a 3.7 percentage point rise. Labor informality reached 56.2% in July 2026, affecting approximately 34.1 million people. This suggests a trend where people, suggesting job growth is concentrated in the informal sector rather than formal employment. sector. Regional disparities and wage gaps remain significant. In Puebla, persist; for example, Chihuahua saw informality reached 70.3%, ranking it seventh highest rise to 35.1% in the country and disproportionately affecting women at a rate of 72.4%. Despite a low unemployment rate of 1.8% Q2 2026, driven by declines in Puebla, 83.37% of its manufacturing sector. In the population earns only two minimum wages, with an average hourly income State of 53.24 pesos, below the national average Mexico, 55.4% of 70.26 pesos. Recent reports highlight extreme informality within the domestic work sector. Of Mexico’s more than 2.3 8.1 million domestic workers—nine out of ten of whom employed workers are women—96.6% remain in informal employment. Despite legislative reforms between 2018 and 2023 making Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) affiliation mandatory, only about 60,000 people, or less than 3% of the sector, are covered. Furthermore, only 1% of these workers possess written employment contracts. Experts note that evasion roles. High informality is also impacting federal tax collection, with Income Tax (ISR) participation dropping to 52.2% of employer contributions results total revenue, its lowest level in an estimated annual loss of 56,671 million pesos, describing two decades. Puebla continues to face extreme informality at 70.3%, disproportionately affecting women (72.4%). In response, the situation as an ‘institutional subsidy’ for employers that increases worker vulnerability. Parallel Pulso Puebla platform is collaborating with state authorities to these challenges, evaluate formalization mechanisms, such as tax incentives. Geographic wage gaps remain stark. Mexico is undergoing broader labor transformations. Since 2018, City reports the highest average daily minimum wage has risen from 88.36 pesos at 805.8 pesos, while states like Nayarit, Sinaloa, and Durango report the lowest. To address structural inequality, the Senate Labor and Social Welfare Commission recently approved a reform to 315.04 pesos the Federal Labor Law to increase salary transparency and close the gender wage gap by requiring companies to disclose salary ranges in 2026. job postings.

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