In January, more than 111,000 formal jobs were created: IMSS
He Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in the month of January of this 2023, 111 thousand 699 were created formal jobs in the country21.4 percent less than in the first month of 2021 when they totaled 142,271.
According to statistics, 73.2% of the job positions created in January were temporary, that is, they have fixed-term contracts, while the permanent ones corresponded to 29,916 jobs.
The IMSS points out that at the end of the first month of the yearthe number of affiliates to the health organization reached 21 million 484 thousand 595, of which 86.3% are permanent and 13.7% temporary.
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The sectors with the highest annual growth were transport and communications
The monthly report on the behavior of formal employment in the country indicates that the sectors with the highest annual growth were transportation and communications with 5.8%, construction with 5.7%, and business services with 4.3 percent.
By federal entity, they highlighted Tabasco, Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo with annual increases above 8.0%, while the lowest were Tamaulipas with 0.4% and Durango with 0.6%. Instead, Zacatecas fell 0.3 percent.
As we have mentioned in other informative notes of The Truth Newsthe health agency also reported that the average contribution base salary reached 519.2 pesos, which represented a nominal annual increase of 11.2%.
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Regarding employers, the record reached 1,063,429, equivalent to an annual increase of 1.0 percent. However, in January, 2,127 companies withdrew.
On this subject, Mónica Flores, president of the consultancy specialized in human capital ManpowerGroup in Latin America, stated that the commerce and services sectors affected by the job losses in December are recovering in the first months of the year; if not all jobs, then a good part of them.
With information from Excelsior and the IMSS
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