At the national level, the percentage of the population in working poverty went from 35.1% to 34.3% between the third quarter of 2024 and the same quarter of 2025 — a reduction of 0.8 percentage points.
In rural areas, working poverty practically remained the same (from 48.5% to 48.4%), while in urban areas the decrease was more marked (from 30.7% to 30.2%).
At the state level, the entities with the greatest work poverty continue to be those in the south and southeast. Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero registered 61.1%, 58.1% and 52.3%, respectively.
In contrast, the entities with the lowest percentages were Baja California Sur, Colima and Quintana Roo, with 13.4%, 18.4% and 19.4%, respectively.
Real per capita income is declining
Although working poverty decreased, real per capita labor income—measured in constant pesos based on the first quarter of 2020—registered a slight drop: it went from 3,346.45 pesos per month in 2024 to 3,344.22 pesos in 2025. In the urban area the drop was more pronounced, while in the rural area there was a small increase.
In addition, the real wage bill—that is, the total labor income of the employed population added up throughout the country—decreased 2.3% between the third quarter of 2024 and 2025, which means a loss of almost 8,813 million pesos in real terms.
