How Did the Employed Population of San Luis Potosí Change Between 2020 and 2025?

Between 2020 and 2025, services remained the primary sector of activity for the employed population aged 12 and over in San Luis Potosí, increasing from 38.3% to 38.6%. By occupation, artisans, construction personnel, and support staff constituted the largest group in 2025, at 28.0%. Commerce rose from 17.7% to 18.5%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography’s (INEGI) 2025 Intercensal Survey (EIC).

Employed Population by Sector: Commerce Increased from 17.7% to 18.5%

In 2025, the services sector registered the largest proportion of the employed population in San Luis Potosí, at 38.6%. This category includes transportation, communication, professional and financial services, social services, government, and others.

The combined sector of mining, manufacturing industries, electricity, and water accounted for 21.1%. Commerce reached 18.5%. Agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing, and hunting totaled 12.3%. Construction registered 8.3%.

Economic Activity Sector	2020	2025
Transportation, communication, professional, financial, social, government, and other services	38.3%	38.6%
Mining, manufacturing industries, electricity, and water	20.7%	21.1%
Commerce	17.7%	18.5%
Agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing, and hunting	12.4%	12.3%
Construction	9.2%	8.3%

Among the included sectors, commerce experienced the largest percentage increase between 2020 and 2025. Construction showed the most significant decrease. The percentages represent the proportion each sector contributes to the employed population aged 12 and over.

Occupations and Trades: Administrative Support Staff Reached 13.6%

The classification by occupation or trade identified artisans, construction personnel, and support staff as the largest group in 2025, at 28.0%. In 2020, this group represented 29.2%.

The group of officials, professionals, and technicians reached 21.0%, compared to 21.4% five years prior. Operators of machinery and transport drivers represented 14.1% in 2025; in 2020, they totaled 13.5%.

Occupation or Trade	2020	2025
Artisans, construction personnel, and support staff	29.2%	28.0%
Officials, professionals, and technicians	21.4%	21.0%
Operators of machinery and transport drivers	13.5%	14.1%
Administrative support and personal services staff	12.7%	13.6%
Salespersons and retail employees	12.7%	13.4%
Agricultural, livestock, forestry, fishing, and hunting workers	8.8%	8.6%

Administrative support and personal services occupations registered the highest increase among the occupational categories in the table, rising from 12.7% to 13.6%.

Salespersons and retail employees increased from 12.7% to 13.4%. In contrast, artisans, construction personnel, and support staff decreased by 1.2 percentage points.

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