Search for a second job skyrockets in several states; Morelos leads

Éricka works from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. as a support in the administrative area of ​​a company that installs security cameras, so she says she can have a second job in the afternoons or even on the weekend.

She earns around 12,000 pesos a month, but to cover all her household expenses and have a little more “slack”, she needs another job, which is why she has already attended a few job interviews.

In Mexico, the underemployed population stood at 4.4 million people in the second quarter of 2024. According to Inegi, these are the people who declared they had the need and availability to work more hours.

Within this underemployed population, 328,971 people said they were looking for additional work.

Although nationwide this number of people is 18% lower than in the second quarter of 2023, some entities experienced a significant increase in Mexicans seeking a second job.

This is the case of Morelos, where the population under this condition increased by 148.1% when comparing the second quarter of 2024 against the same period in 2023.

Next comes Aguascalientes, with an increase of 88.1%; San Luis Potosí, with 87.1%; Chihuahua, with 73%, and Hidalgo, with 71%.

From there, with a more moderate increase in this population seeking additional employment, there is Hidalgo, with a growth of 41.1%; Nayarit, with 28.6%; Nuevo León, with 23.8%, and Michoacán, with 11.6%.

While Guerrero, Campeche, Sonora, Tlaxcala and Baja California Sur registered increases below 10%.