In the first few months of 2025, employment of Mexican immigrant workers in the United States declined. At the sectoral level, significant declines in employment occurred in food services, recreation and accommodation; educational services; professional and administrative services; health care and social assistance; and construction, while employment increased in manufacturing and agriculture.
During the period under consideration, the annual wage bill of these workers increased as a net result of the combination of the decline in employment and the increase in their average compensation, the effect of which more than offset the former.