In April of this year, the labor market in Mexico reported one of the most serious losses of employment In more than 20 yearswhich even exceeds the casualties reported during the Covid-19 Pandemia, said the global human capital firm Manpowergroup.
He indicated that, according to the official figures of the IMSS, 47 thousand 442 jobs were canceled in the fourth month of 2025figure that breaks with the rhythm of creating formal work spaces of the first quarter of the year.
He pointed out that Such a figure “represents the greatest loss of formal places for an April one month of the last 20 years”only behind the work closures in the health emergency of 2020, when 555 thousand 247 casualties were canceled and the cut of 60 thousand 218 positions observed in the same month of 2009.
Loss of employment in detail
Manpower said The squares of job temporary were the ones that recorded the greatest losses, With 48 thousand 807 positions lessthe highest figure in recent years for an April.
While permanent or plant squares barely added 1,365quantity that – clearly – is insufficient to deal with the casualties of temporary employees.
“For the Mexican labor market, the second quarter, from April to June, is the period with the lowest pace of generation of job opportunities Compared to the first and third quarter of each year, ”said Fernando Bermudez, Director of Institutional Relations of ManpowerGroup.
JANUARY-ABRIL EMPLOYMENT OF 2025
The company said that, based on the figures published by the IMSS, So far, the country has only managed to generate 179 thousand 289 new opportunities for employment formal In the first four months of the year.
He pointed out that This last data represents an important challenge for the countrysince it does not even cover the historical minimum that the country had registered in 2005, when the creation of 219 thousand formal jobs for the same period was reported.
For the second quarter of 2025lA Human Capital Company estimates the generation of up to 90 thousand formal jobswhile, for the closing of the year, The opening of 200 thousand to 350 thousand job opportunities.
