BC registers more than 1.7 million employed people in the fo ...
March 20, 2025
According to an analysis conducted by the Metropolitan Center for Economic and Business Information (CEMDI) using information published in the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE), the states with the highest number of employed personnel during the fourth quarter of 2024 were, first, the State of Mexico with 8,142,207 people. Mexico City followed with 5,010,045 employed people, and Jalisco in third place with 3,894,860.
Aram Hodoyán, leader of CEMDI, noted that INEGI defines the employed population as the total number of people who produce goods and/or services, whether within a company with a salary, without a salary, or independently. He stated that Baja California ranked 11th out of the country's 32 states in terms of employed personnel, with 1,060,006 men and 711,127 women, for a total of 1,771,133 employed people.
He noted that it is crucial to analyze the causes impacting job losses, since the fact that this is the fourth consecutive quarter with a reduction in employed personnel and that this trend continues to increase is a warning sign. Furthermore, this situation has not occurred since the COVID-19 pandemic, reinforcing the need to monitor and understand the factors affecting the labor market.
He reported that, by company size in the state, microbusinesses account for the largest number of employed people, with a total of 541,803 workers. Large companies are in second place with 347,036 workers. In contrast, all establishments registered a loss, with the exception of large companies. The largest loss occurred in medium-sized businesses, with 23,406 fewer workers.
Regarding employment by sector, he noted that 61.08% corresponds to tertiary activities, 30.43% to secondary activities, 4.46% to primary activities, and 4.02% to unspecified activities in the state.
He highlighted that, since the tertiary sector accounts for more than half of the employed population, it registered an increase of 8,251 workers, while the secondary sector experienced a loss of 16,352 compared to the previous quarter.
"However, construction, a traditionally important sector for job creation, showed the largest decrease with 13,397 fewer workers, which could be related to the slowdown in infrastructure projects or investment in the sector," he concluded.