3,236 jobs added to employment in Coahuila

Coahuila, Saltillo.- With the generation of 3,236 jobs in the formal sector last April, Coahuila’s economy accrued 16,871 in the first four months of 2012. The data, revealed this week by the Ministry of Labor, show that these 3,000+ jobs generated make of Coahuila third in jobs generation in Mexico, after Mexico City (15,035) and Chihuahua (5,811), which are the entities where more jobs were created in April. However, when January-April accrued figures are analyzed, Coahuila, with its 16,871 jobs, falls to the eighth place, while Mexico City remains as leader (40,509), followed by the State of Mexico (33,407) and Nuevo Leon (33,240) in the second and third places, respectively. Total formal employment generated throughout Mexico last April amounted to 40,760 new jobs, while accrued figures in the first four months of the year reach 343,449.