Work & Labour in Mexico

1,245 indicators covering work & labour for Mexico.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 41.0% 43rd
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 5,597 Persons 2024 up 6.9% 3rd
Gender wage gap -0.307 2026 up 91.3% 52nd
Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 41.64 2026 down 4.5% 23rd
Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7,652 2026 up 15.0% 6th
Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 0 National currency 2024 3rd
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.73 Factor of decile 1 2025 down 5.6% 10th
Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 60,712 2026 up 19.4% 8th
Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 91,371 National currency 2025 up 209.2% 6th
Employees 41,322 2026 up 18.7% 6th
Public sector employees 5,908 2026 down 1.8% 3rd
Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 15,927 2026 up 74.6% 35th
Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 15,927 2026 up 74.6% 34th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2024 up 100.2% 49th
Gender wage gap 0.0% 2024 up 100.2% 49th
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 0.0% 2024 up 100.2% 49th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2024 up 100.2% 49th
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 0.0% 2024 up 100.2% 49th
Hospital employment 7.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 15.7% 30th
Gender wage gap 14.29 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2025 up 2.0% 6th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 41.81 2026 down 4.1% 32nd
Annual working hours per person employed 2,143 Hours 2016 up 0.1% 2nd
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 43.45 2026 down 4.2% 32nd
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 61.71 2025 up 96.8% 36th
Average hourly earnings of employees 65.35 2026 up 100.0% 29th
Average hourly earnings of employees 65.35 2026 up 100.0% 29th
Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.341 2026 down 8.8% 38th
Median hourly earnings of employees 50.59 2026 up 106.7% 29th
Median hourly earnings of employees 50.59 2026 up 106.7% 29th
Median hourly earnings of employees 50.59 2026 up 106.7% 29th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 32.1 2026 down 3.1% 49th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 32.35 2026 down 2.4% 49th
Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,978 2026 up 36.4% 6th
Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 60.2% 2011 up 6.7% 26th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 57.4% 2024 up 20.3% 89th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 43.8% 2024 up 70.2% 78th
Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 61 2026 up 0.6% 30th
Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 103.09 2026 up 76.7% 28th
Average hourly earnings of public sector employees 103.09 2026 up 76.7% 28th
Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 374 2020 up 210.4% 5th
Number of labour inspection visits 122,901 2018 up 195.8% 10th
Public sector employment as a share of total employment 13.7% 2020 up 20.7% 53rd
Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 40,511 Persons 2025 up 20.2% 4th
Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap 5.94 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2025 up 865.5% 6th
Number of labour inspectors 723 2018 up 145.9% 17th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM 40.01 2026 down 8.0% 34th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation 41.42 2026 down 6.1% 29th
Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 58,303 Persons 2025 up 17.8% 4th
Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 5 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 26.1% 22nd
Trade union density rate 12.4 2020 down 14.5% 59th
Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 26.21 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2025 down 13.3% 32nd
Labour inspection visits per inspector 169.99 2018 up 20.3% 14th
Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 54.68 2026 down 4.5% 3rd
Average monthly earnings of care employees 11,144 2026 up 81.6% 25th
Average monthly earnings of care employees 11,144 2026 up 81.6% 25th
SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 3 2025 unchanged 1st
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 3 score 2025 unchanged 1st
Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 54.68 2026 down 4.5% 3rd
Public sector employment 5,964 2026 down 1.9% 4th
Inspectors per 10'000 employed persons 0.14 2018 up 133.3% 57th