The National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) reported that in March 2026, the employed population reached 60.2 million people, up 422,000 from a year earlier. The unemployment rate fell to 2.4 percent and underemployment to 6.7 percent, though labor informality held steady at 54.8 percent.
Data from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) for March 2026 show the employed population at 60.2 million people, with annual growth of 422,000.
The unemployment rate dropped to 2.4 percent, below the previous month and at historically low levels. Underemployment fell to 6.7 percent, signaling improved job quality. The services sector added 240,000 jobs monthly, driven by restaurants, professional services, and others.
However, the labor informality rate stayed at 54.8 percent, with 33 million people in informal occupations, up from 32.5 million a year earlier. The formal workforce remained at 27.2 million, unchanged from March 2025.
Since January 2019, 6.9 million jobs have been created, 58 percent of which are formal, equivalent to 4 million.
