Empleo IMSS 2018 - 2026

Evolución del empleo formal

Fuente: IMSS. Datos mensuales 2018-2026

Total Trabajadores

Trabajadores Permanentes

Trabajadores Eventuales

Observaciones: En julio/2025 el IMSS registró inicialmente un salto atípico por la incorporación de trabajadores de plataformas digitales. Los datos fueron posteriormente revisados y corregidos por el IMSS; julio/2025 quedó en 22.43 millones, consistente con la tendencia histórica.

Empleo en México

Enero 2018 – Marzo 2026

Período	Total Trabajadores	Trabajadores Permanentes	Trabajadores Eventuales	Eventuales Urbanos	Eventuales del Campo
2018/Ene	19,532,177	16,713,722	2,818,455	2,564,242	254,213
2018/Feb	19,696,488	16,836,378	2,860,110	2,605,067	255,043
2018/Mar	19,786,997	16,897,240	2,889,757	2,610,239	279,518
2018/Abr	19,874,106	16,978,714	2,895,392	2,649,666	245,726
2018/May	19,908,072	17,030,670	2,877,402	2,652,183	225,219
2018/Jun	19,894,575	17,066,113	2,828,462	2,653,830	174,632
2018/Jul	19,949,244	17,085,693	2,863,551	2,693,923	169,628
2018/Ago	20,063,433	17,182,201	2,881,232	2,707,388	173,844
2018/Sep	20,192,960	17,281,192	2,911,768	2,717,867	193,901
2018/Oct	20,356,179	17,408,758	2,947,421	2,749,745	197,676
2018/Nov	20,457,926	17,480,130	2,977,796	2,749,458	228,338
2018/Dic	20,079,365	17,229,742	2,849,623	2,597,677	251,946
2019/Ene	20,174,011	17,266,442	2,907,569	2,631,923	275,646
2019/Feb	20,299,993	17,354,643	2,945,350	2,664,060	281,290
2019/Mar	20,348,508	17,399,580	2,948,928	2,661,168	287,760
2019/Abr	20,378,927	17,433,079	2,945,848	2,671,344	274,504
2019/May	20,382,910	17,473,743	2,909,167	2,681,070	228,097
2019/Jun	20,368,666	17,507,714	2,860,952	2,666,063	194,889
2019/Jul	20,385,379	17,503,677	2,881,702	2,699,073	182,629
2019/Ago	20,422,010	17,551,307	2,870,703	2,681,720	188,983
2019/Sep	20,567,426	17,641,816	2,925,610	2,715,461	210,149
2019/Oct	20,727,424	17,749,105	2,978,319	2,755,840	222,479
2019/Nov	20,803,652	17,805,501	2,998,151	2,768,673	229,478
2019/Dic	20,421,442	17,556,181	2,865,261	2,612,700	252,561
2020/Ene	20,490,397	17,583,451	2,906,946	2,622,023	284,923
2020/Feb	20,613,536	17,653,202	2,960,334	2,658,228	302,106
2020/Mar	20,482,943	17,590,001	2,892,942	2,589,243	303,699
2020/Abr	19,927,696	17,224,187	2,703,509	2,416,452	287,057
2020/May	19,583,170	16,969,433	2,613,737	2,368,823	244,914
2020/Jun	19,499,859	16,883,879	2,615,980	2,403,455	212,525
2020/Jul	19,495,952	16,861,554	2,634,398	2,436,253	198,145
2020/Ago	19,588,342	16,909,339	2,679,003	2,479,361	199,642
2020/Sep	19,702,192	16,973,132	2,729,060	2,516,101	212,959
2020/Oct	19,902,833	17,084,964	2,817,869	2,588,395	229,474
2020/Nov	20,051,552	17,186,803	2,864,749	2,625,992	238,757
2020/Dic	19,773,732	16,995,708	2,778,024	2,518,057	259,967
2021/Ene	19,821,651	16,992,336	2,829,315	2,545,590	283,725
2021/Feb	19,936,938	17,075,277	2,861,661	2,569,708	291,953
2021/Mar	20,025,709	17,133,121	2,892,588	2,596,180	296,408
2021/Abr	20,070,483	17,184,311	2,886,172	2,608,912	277,260
2021/May	20,109,444	17,236,527	2,872,917	2,634,594	238,323
2021/Jun	20,175,380	17,328,797	2,846,583	2,629,525	217,058
2021/Jul	20,291,923	17,674,231	2,617,692	2,404,410	213,282
2021/Ago	20,420,823	17,800,227	2,620,596	2,407,357	213,239
2021/Sep	20,594,919	17,927,247	2,667,672	2,431,819	235,853
2021/Oct	20,767,587	18,039,383	2,728,204	2,483,638	244,566
2021/Nov	20,933,050	18,160,738	2,772,312	2,510,570	261,742
2021/Dic	20,620,148	17,944,419	2,675,729	2,403,412	272,317
2022/Ene	20,762,419	17,994,275	2,768,144	2,456,213	311,931
2022/Feb	20,941,286	18,125,955	2,815,331	2,492,801	322,530
2022/Mar	21,005,852	18,188,428	2,817,424	2,507,037	310,387
2022/Abr	21,011,342	18,208,587	2,802,755	2,513,103	289,652
2022/May	21,008,487	18,237,387	2,771,100	2,520,179	250,921
2022/Jun	21,068,708	18,302,795	2,765,913	2,541,393	224,520
2022/Jul	21,079,434	18,306,552	2,772,882	2,563,403	209,479
2022/Ago	21,236,866	18,414,515	2,822,351	2,604,386	217,965
2022/Sep	21,409,358	18,530,571	2,878,787	2,641,055	237,732
2022/Oct	21,617,326	18,672,759	2,944,567	2,697,407	247,160
2022/Nov	21,718,601	18,752,967	2,965,634	2,705,722	259,912
2022/Dic	21,372,896	18,516,074	2,856,822	2,589,256	267,566
2023/Ene	21,484,595	18,545,990	2,938,605	2,635,895	302,710
2023/Feb	21,660,469	18,675,911	2,984,558	2,673,751	310,807
2023/Mar	21,796,280	18,775,321	3,020,959	2,707,188	313,771
2023/Abr	21,820,291	18,797,350	3,022,941	2,719,787	303,154
2023/May	21,862,909	18,862,785	3,000,124	2,739,408	260,716
2023/Jun	21,887,307	18,906,328	2,980,979	2,752,237	228,742
2023/Jul	21,885,139	18,895,236	2,989,903	2,776,910	212,993
2023/Ago	21,996,875	18,976,230	3,020,645	2,804,362	216,283
2023/Sep	22,129,433	19,061,752	3,067,681	2,834,537	233,144
2023/Oct	22,302,690	19,202,241	3,100,449	2,869,655	230,794
2023/Nov	22,409,268	19,277,272	3,131,996	2,885,606	246,390
2023/Dic	22,024,386	19,010,270	3,014,116	2,756,691	257,425
2024/Ene	22,133,407	19,055,348	3,078,059	2,794,651	283,408
2024/Feb	22,289,810	19,170,897	3,118,913	2,814,977	303,936
2024/Mar	22,289,345	19,180,693	3,108,652	2,800,339	308,313
2024/Abr	22,374,202	19,269,545	3,104,657	2,819,638	285,019
2024/May	22,348,999	19,290,869	3,058,130	2,811,708	246,422
2024/Jun	22,319,444	19,295,979	3,023,465	2,806,768	216,697
2024/Jul	22,331,788	19,332,110	2,999,678	2,809,065	190,613
2024/Ago	22,389,835	19,383,168	3,006,667	2,811,546	195,121
2024/Sep	22,480,803	19,469,726	3,011,077	2,802,990	208,087
2024/Oct	22,618,942	19,585,244	3,033,698	2,818,684	215,014
2024/Nov	22,643,638	19,613,927	3,029,711	2,799,076	230,635
2024/Dic	22,238,379	19,356,929	2,881,450	2,640,272	241,178
2025/Ene	22,311,546	19,366,392	2,945,154	2,666,640	278,514
2025/Feb	22,430,931	19,461,202	2,969,729	2,685,574	284,155
2025/Mar	22,465,110	19,510,094	2,955,016	2,670,235	284,781
2025/Abr	22,417,668	19,511,459	2,906,209	2,651,797	254,412
2025/May	22,372,044	19,510,919	2,861,125	2,639,213	221,912
2025/Jun	22,325,666	19,529,248	2,796,418	2,601,332	195,086
2025/Jul	22,433,167	19,512,519	2,920,648	2,744,421	176,227
2025/Ago	22,454,917	19,526,782	2,928,135	2,751,986	176,149
2025/Sep	22,571,682	19,639,820	2,931,862	2,749,142	182,720
2025/Oct	22,789,173	19,777,386	3,011,787	2,823,215	188,572
2025/Nov	22,837,768	19,800,325	3,037,443	2,840,770	196,673
2025/Dic	22,517,076	19,565,620	2,951,456	2,743,118	208,338
2026/Ene	22,508,972	19,568,657	2,940,315	2,691,608	248,707
2026/Feb	22,691,750	19,696,459	2,995,291	2,740,705	254,586
2026/Mar	22,724,680	19,738,191	2,986,489	2,729,638	256,851

Resumen de la Serie Histórica

Total de observaciones: 99 meses consecutivos

Período cubierto: Enero 2018 – Marzo 2026

Promedio 2026 (Ene–Mar): 22,641,801 trabajadores totales

Fuente: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS)

Notas Importantes

• Los datos muestran un crecimiento del empleo formal en México de 19.5 millones en enero de 2018 a 22.7 millones en marzo de 2026
• Se observa una caída significativa durante 2020 (abril–mayo) debido a la pandemia de COVID-19
• Los trabajadores permanentes constituyen aproximadamente el 87% del total del empleo
• El empleo eventual urbano representa la mayor parte de los trabajadores eventuales
• El empleo agrícola eventual muestra variaciones estacionales típicas
• Julio 2025 registró inicialmente un salto atípico (~23.6M) por la incorporación de trabajadores de plataformas digitales al IMSS; el dato fue revisado y corregido por el IMSS a 22.43M, consistente con la tendencia histórica
• Cada año está identificado con un color diferente en la barra lateral izquierda para facilitar la visualización