Jobs at firms with 1,000+ staff: Mexican states ranked (2024)
Measure: Jobs at firms with 1,000+ staff (%). All 32 estados with data in Formal jobs by employer size by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.
National value: 26.9 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 10.3 to 19.4 %
- Group 2: 19.4 to 23 %
- Group 3: 23 to 25.7 %
- Group 4: 25.7 to 30.5 %
- Highest: 30.5 to 42.1 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.
Note: The 251–1,000 group combines IMSS's 251–500 and 501–1,000 bands. Figures include IMSS itself as an employer.
| 1 | Chihuahua | 42.1 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 35.5 |
| 3 | Baja California | 32.9 |
| 4 | Ciudad de México | 32 |
| 5 | Aguascalientes | 31.2 |
| 6 | Zacatecas | 30.8 |
| 7 | Tamaulipas | 30.5 |
| 8 | Yucatán | 30.1 |
| 9 | Chiapas | 26.4 |
| 10 | San Luis Potosí | 26.3 |
| 10 | Sinaloa | 26.3 |
| 12 | Quintana Roo | 26 |
| 13 | Guanajuato | 25.7 |
| 14 | Oaxaca | 25.4 |
| 15 | Nuevo León | 25.1 |
| 16 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 24.9 |
| 17 | Jalisco | 24.7 |
| 18 | Tlaxcala | 24.6 |
| 19 | Sonora | 23.4 |
| 20 | Durango | 23 |
| 21 | Querétaro | 22 |
| 22 | Morelos | 21.7 |
| 23 | México | 21.6 |
| 24 | Campeche | 21 |
| 25 | Puebla | 20.4 |
| 26 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 19.4 |
| 27 | Colima | 19 |
| 28 | Nayarit | 18.5 |
| 29 | Hidalgo | 18.4 |
| 30 | Tabasco | 14.1 |
| 31 | Guerrero | 11.2 |
| 32 | Baja California Sur | 10.3 |
Source: IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), Memoria Estadística 2024, Cuadro III.4: patrones y puestos de trabajo por rango de tamaño de patrón y OOAD, 2024 (03-PatronesSalarios.xlsx). Reference period: 2024.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by jobs at firms with 1,000+ staff (%) (2024). Data: IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), Memoria Estadística 2024; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-jobs-at-firms-with-1000-plus-staff/