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Table 6 Employment distribution across Mexican States; Average values, 2005–2018.

From: The effect of FDI on low and high-skilled employment and wages in Mexico: a study for the manufacture and service sectors

State

Manufacture employment

Services employment

Low skilled

%

High skilled

%

Low skilled

%

High skilled

%

Estado de Mexico

820,626

13.5

1,692,239

14.0

311,789

14.3

1,143,951

12.2

Mexico City

303,848

5.0

1,113,072

9.2

179,402

8.2

1,210,375

12.9

Jalisco

426,909

7.0

731,174

6.1

149,888

6.9

539,360

5.8

Veracruz

204,052

3.4

622,907

5.2

80,992

3.7

437,722

4.7

Puebla

307,481

5.1

432,779

3.6

90,090

4.1

319,540

3.4

Nuevo Leon

344,895

5.7

598,906

5.0

106,720

4.9

324,198

3.5

Guanajuato

403,055

6.6

460,579

3.8

102,897

4.7

265,470

2.8

Tamaulipas

166,195

2.7

335,442

2.8

91,132

4.2

254,266

2.7

Baja California

209,704

3.4

288,887

2.4

82,998

3.8

238,976

2.6

Chihuahua

247,651

4.1

295,606

2.4

90,648

4.1

227,961

2.4

Sinaloa

91,119

1.5

253,425

2.1

38,882

1.8

232,437

2.5

Sonora

139,969

2.3

251,248

2.1

60,714

2.8

222,294

2.4

Chiapas

104,600

1.7

283,913

2.4

21,361

1.0

233,473

2.5

Michoacan

245,059

4.0

502,765

4.2

62,376

2.9

332,723

3.6

Coahuila

214,302

3.5

340,929

2.8

89,849

4.1

275,060

2.9

Guerrero

137,781

2.3

282,567

2.3

25,853

1.2

236,446

2.5

Oaxaca

185,636

3.1

311,022

2.6

34,972

1.6

228,359

2.4

Tabasco

53,490

0.9

212,541

1.8

20,833

1.0

172,345

1.8

Hidalgo

124,788

2.1

223,342

1.8

35,036

1.6

169,701

1.8

San Luis Potosi

127,974

2.1

228,552

1.9

41,564

1.9

159,978

1.7

Yucatan

143,443

2.4

276,569

2.3

30,559

1.4

175,605

1.9

Quintana Roo

36,305

0.6

221,175

1.8

11,396

0.5

171,463

1.8

Morelos

68,072

1.1

216,530

1.8

28,209

1.3

153,139

1.6

Queretaro

127,682

2.1

188,952

1.6

54,585

2.5

151,358

1.6

Durango

76,363

1.3

143,698

1.2

20,251

0.9

103,373

1.1

Aguascalientes

491,166

8.1

917,986

7.6

224,607

10.3

858,809

9.2

Nayarit

33,764

0.6

122,654

1.0

11,427

0.5

103,612

1.1

Tlaxcala

94,202

1.5

105,608

0.9

36,114

1.7

94,871

1.0

Zacatecas

53,106

0.9

125,800

1.0

12,821

0.6

89,891

1.0

Baja California Sur

31,268

0.5

101,367

0.8

15,652

0.7

94,966

1.0

Campeche

26,722

0.4

86,395

0.7

6,909

0.3

72,536

0.8

Colima

37,943

0.6

104,294

0.9

14,885

0.7

77,324

0.8

Total

6,079,169

100

12,072,919

100

2,185,413

100

9,371,581

100