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The health crisis and the limitation of movement are the main factors in the contraction of activity. Regions exposed to "social consumption" sectors are more affected. The importance of "essential activities" may be sustaining production in some central communities.

In a context of economic recession and health crisis, the impact on the labor market is widespread, however, it has a greater impact on the most vulnerable workers with low-income levels and excluded from social security.

In December 2019, the IMSS registered a total of 20.4 million workers. A total of 342 thousand new formal jobs were created in 2019, an average growth of 2.3% in the year. The formal payroll maintained average growth above 5% during the year.

As predicted, the deceleration of formal employment has been persistent practically throughout the year, in November it grew 1.7% YoY, the lower level since the crisis of 2009. From January to November 724 thousand jobs have been created.

Formal employment had an annual growth of 1.9%, reaching a total of 20.5 million formal employees.

The creation of formal employment deepens its slowdown, in July formal employment grew 2.2% at an annualized rate. Four thousand permanent formal jobs were lost compared to the previous month, a situation that did not happen for a similar month since the crisis of 2009.

In April 2019, formal employment reached a figure of 20.38 million, representing an annual growth rate of 2.4%. This is the lowest rate since 2010 in the aftermath of the last recession and confirms the decreasing trend of formal job creation since May 2018.