jared laurels
Newspaper La Jornada
Friday, July 8, 2022, p. 13
In June, eight states in the central and northern regions of the country lost formal jobs, while the other 23 entities have already exceeded pre-pandemic levels; while Mexico City continues without recovering.
According to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS), the country’s capital, the largest economy in the national territory, continues to be the hardest hit in the labor market, as it still has 109,639 jobs less than those they existed in February 2020.
Last month, Mexico City added 11,338 new jobs.
At the end of June, 21 million 68 thousand 708 workers were registered in the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), that is, 455 thousand 172 positions more than those reported the month before the declaration of emergency due to the covid-19 pandemic.
In the first six months of the year, 448 thousand 560 were generated, of which 358 thousand 376 are permanent and only 90 thousand 184 temporary. In June, 60,221 new formal jobs were created.
Durango, Michoacán, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas, as well as Campeche in the south of the national territory, are the states that from May to June had a slight decrease in formal jobs.
In the first half of the year, Sinaloa reports the greatest loss with 7,823 jobs; Michoacán follows, with 757; Durango, with 638, and San Luis Potosí, with 630 fewer jobs.
Meanwhile, Sinaloa and Michoacán still have not recovered pre-pandemic employment levels: the first still registers 21,640 fewer jobs, and the second, 4,321.
NL and Jalisco shine
Nuevo León continues with its recovery in the labor market, as it added 10,569 jobs in June and has 97,796 more jobs than those registered before the health emergency. Jalisco also maintains this rate, increasing 8,523 places in one month, and 58,789 more than in February 2020.
The processing industry; trade; transport and communications, and services for companies, individuals and the home are the sectors that show a recovery in jobs. In contrast, agriculture, livestock and fishing lost 26 thousand 617 formal jobs.
