In an economic context still marked by uncertainty, the Argentine labor market shows a slight improvement in contracting intentions for the third quarter of 2025. This is indicated by the latest ManpowerGroup report, which relieved the opinion of more than 700 employers throughout the country and recorded a Net Employment Expectation (Jan) of +3%adjusted by seasonality.
The data represents a increase of a percentage point with respect to the previous quarteralthough it does not show variation in the interannual comparison. Even so, Argentina remains the country with the weakest hiring expectations of Latin Americaaccording to the 42 markets analyzed by the human resources firm.
“The improvement is positive but insufficient. We cannot yet speak of a structural reactivation of employment,” he said Luis GuastiniGeneral Director and President of ManpowerGroup Argentina. “We continue to have the weakest hiring intentions in the world,” he added.
What does the Jan measure and how it is interpreted
The net employment expectation arises from subtract the percentage of employers who plan to reduce personnel to the percentage that projects to increase it. In this quarter, the 27% of employers expect to increase their endowmenthe 24% anticipate cutshe 44% do not expect changesand the 5% remaining do not know What decision will make.
Sectors: Energy, Transportation and Health Traction Recovery
Five of the nine analyzed sectors show positive contracting intentions. He Public Energy and Services Sector It is at the head, with a Ene of +37%followed by Transport, Logistics and Automotivewith +24%.
On the other side, Information Technology Throw one Ene of -6%located as the sector with worse perspectives for the July-September quarter.
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In terms of quarterly variation, Public Energy and Services registered the strongest rise (+34 percentage points), followed by Health and Life Sciences (+33 points).
At the year -on -year level, Transportation and logistics It was the item that grew most in hiring expectations (+24 points), followed again by energy (+22 points).
Regions: Patagonia rebounds, the NEA falls
In three of the six regions of the country, employers anticipate that their templates will increase. The Patagonia leads with an Jan of +28%followed by the Argentine Northwest (Noa) with +13%. Instead, the Northeast Argentine (NEA) shows the worst figure in the country: -4%.
Regarding the anterior quarter, the Patagonian region is the one that most improves its perspectives, with a 24 percentage points jump. In the opposite direction, Whose It shows the biggest fall, with a decrease of 18 points.
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In the interannual comparison, Four of the six regions improvebeing again the Patagonia which leads the rebound (+19 points). Whosemeanwhile, it falls 17 points compared to the same period of 2024.
International comparison: Argentina in the last position of America
The twelve countries relieved in Latin America show positive hiring perspectives for the third quarter of 2025. However, Argentina occupies the last place, with an Jan of barely +3%far from Costa Rica (+41%), Brazil (+33%), United States (+30%) and Guatemala (+29%).
Chile and Puerto Ricowith +18%they are the closest to Argentine performance, but still double or triple their levels of expectation.
Globally, The 42 countries and territories relieved by ManpowerGroup plan to increase their payrollswhich reinforces the position of structural weakness of the Argentine labor market in front of the rest of the world.
Source: Ambito
