Politics · Mexico · 2 hrs ago
Mexico reports record formal employment as health and school programs expand
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported record formal employment in October, with 23,088,353 jobs registered by the Mexican Social Security Institute.
She also cited annual growth of 1.3% compared with October 2025.
The government also outlined progress in La Escuela es Nuestra and La Clínica es Nuestra, programs that let communities decide how to improve local schools and health facilities.
La Escuela es Nuestra has provided funding to 73,443 school communities this fiscal year, benefiting about 8.8 million students.
Across two years, the program has reached 141,025 schools, or 75.8% of schools at basic and upper-secondary levels.
La Clínica es Nuestra has funded health facilities and equipment, including 633 ISSSTE buildings and 8,483 IMSS-Bienestar health centres.
Sheinbaum said funding for the program will be deposited this week to begin work in IMSS-Bienestar facilities, including in Yucatán for the first time.
Mexico reported a record 23,088,353 formal jobs in October, according to figures from the Mexican Social Security Institute.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said formal employment rose by 571,277 over the year and by 161,000 between September and October.
Sheinbaum also presented progress in the La Escuela es Nuestra and La Clínica es Nuestra programs, which support education and health facilities.
La Escuela es Nuestra had reached 141,025 schools, while health-program officials reported funding and facility upgrades.
- Who
- President Claudia Sheinbaum and officials from the Mexican Social Security Institute, education and health programs.
- What
- Mexico reported a record number of formal jobs and presented progress in school and health programs.
- When
- November 9, 2026. The employment figure was for October.
- Where
- The National Palace in Mexico City.
- Why
- Sheinbaum presented employment figures and program progress at her news conference.
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Mexico recorded 23,088,353 formal jobs, according to figures from the Mexican Social Security Institute.
Sheinbaum presented the employment figures and updates on the school and health programs at a news conference.
- Formal jobs in October
- 23,088,353
- Annual increase in formal jobs
- 571,277
- Schools reached by La Escuela es Nuestra
- 141,025
- Students benefiting from current-year school program funding
- Around 8.8 million
- IMSS-Bienestar health centers to be reached this year
- 8,797
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This is how the graph looks: 23 million 88 thousand 353 formal jobs in the country
In the case of IMSS-Bienestar, this week the funds will be deposited so that work can begin for the fourth year of La Clínica es Nuestra in IMSS-Bienestar, for the first time in Yucatán
During the two years of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration, 141 thousand 25 schools have already benefited, out of a total of nearly 185 thousand
This year we will reach 8 thousand 797 health centers with an investment of 4 billion 761 million pesos