As of the third quarter of 2023, in Mexico, Mexico City and Nuevo León reported the highest average monthly salary, reaching over 19,000 Mexican pesos each. Additionally, Baja California and Baja California Sur ranked third and fourth in terms of highest incomes, with an average monthly salary of 18,868 and 18,596 Mexican pesos, respectively.

In 2023, the average wage in Mexico achieved its highest level since 2009, amounting to around 20,090 U.S. dollars per year. Moreover, the average annual wage increased for the third consecutive year. Employment conditions In light of the crucial role that employment plays as a primary source of income, perceiving their working conditions to be poor, a sentiment held by nearly half of Mexico's workforce. Furthermore, the distribution of working hours skews towards non-monetarily compensated positions, particularly impacting the female demographic on households. This imbalance poses challenges to sustaining motivation. Informal employment also exhibits a higher prevalence among females, presenting regulatory complexities. Furthermore, a perceived gender-based disparity in employment opportunities subsists, amplifying the overarching concerns. As these factors coalesce, one out of every two individuals' harbors apprehensions about potential job loss. Salaries vs. Life expenses In 2023, the minimum wage has witnessed a considerable increase. Nevertheless, it continues to fall short of meeting essential living costs. Calculations indicate that a worker should ideally earn at least twice the amount of the latest increment to adequately cover these necessary expenses. A significant portion of the population—approximately one-third—finds itself residing beneath the threshold of basic food basket expenses. Consequently, Mexico ranks as the country where grocery expenses constitute the highest percentage of earnings. Furthermore, this predicament disproportionately impacts women, as they are often remunerated at lower wage rates.

The minimum wage per day guaranteed by law in Mexico was decreed to increase by approximately 12 percent between 2024 and 2025, reaching 278.8 Mexican pesos in 2025. The Northern Free Zone located near the northern border was the exception, where the minimum daily wage increased to 419.88 Mexican pesos. Education and income disparity The income distribution is entirely a new story than minimum wages, in fact, there are many factors that influence the level of salaries for Mexican workers. One of the main differences is by the number of schooling years, someone with more than 18 years of study earns on average double than employees with seven to nine years. Moreover, the area of study, while statistics and finance mean salaries, the highest wages by degree, are above 30,000 Mexican pesos per month, others such as performing arts and theology rank as the lowest paying degrees in Mexico.
Poverty still among the main problems
Despite one of the main reasons for minimum wage increases being moving people out from poverty conditions, poverty continues to be one of the main problems Mexican society faces. The number of people living under poverty conditions has decreased by 8.54 million inhabitants from 2014 to 2022, nonetheless, the figure is still higher than 46.5 million. The poverty rate varies among states, with Chiapas leading the ranking with 67.4 percent of the population under such conditions, while both Baja California and Baja California Sur recorded less than 14 percent.

How much do IT professionals earn in Mexico? It was found that an average salary in the Mexican IT sector amounted to 417 thousand Mexican pesos a year as of April 2020. A Java developer made 336 thousand pesos annually. A software test engineer earned 424 thousand.

As of the last quarter of 2023, the Mexican population receiving an average monthly salary recorded the lowest amount for the females aging 15 to 24 years with 4,740 Mexican pesos. On the other hand, the topmost value was also for the females between 65 and 74 years with 8,690 pesos.

In Mexico as the third quarter of 2023, there was a higher standard monthly wage for the male population with 8,473 Mexican pesos, while women got 7,281 MXP. Thus, the male population got a higher income around 16 percent more than the female population.

In Mexico as of the third quarter of 2023, the sectors of occupation measured by the average monthly salary had the extractive industry as the clear leader, in terms of highest average salary, with 10,612 Mexican pesos, followed by the governmental, education and health areas.

This statistic depicts the average hourly wage in the manufacturing sector in Mexico compared to the U.S. from 2015 to 2017. As of June 2017, a manufacturing worker in Mexico earned approximately 2.3 U.S. dollars an hour, whereas the average salary in the U.S. stood at 20.8 U.S. dollars an hour.

As of the third quarter of 2023, the two highest paid professional degrees among all professional development areas were from the economic and administrative sector. Statistics ranked first with over 31,000 Mexican pesos.

According to a survey carried out between April 2022 and March 2023, 65 percent of graduates from public and private universities in Mexico earned less than 8,001 Mexican pesos during their first job, while only 6.9 percent got a salary higher than 15,001 Mexican pesos.

As of December 2024, among the surveyed jobs in the automotive manufacturing industry in Mexico, the position of Manufacturing engineering manager presented an average salary of around 635,000 Mexican pesos a year. Meanwhile, that year, mechanical and project engineers earned on average around 560,000 pesos a year.

As of the third quarter of 2023 in Mexico, the lowest paid degrees by professional degree were for the music and performing arts professionals with an average monthly salary of 9,270 Mexican pesos.

How much do software services professionals earn in Mexico? According to the data, the average annual salary of a software engineer amounted to 564.8 thousand Mexican pesos as on January 2022. On the other hand, one of the highest average salaries in the Mexican software services sector was that of a Software architect, totaling 900 thousand Mexican pesos a year.

This statistic displays the average annual salary of laborers in selected Mexican states as of October 2018 (in Mexican pesos). Among the surveyed states, the state of Nuevo León presented the highest average salary for general laborers or workers, with about 66,288 Mexican pesos a year, followed by Jalisco with 59,376 pesos.

In 2023, the Mexican manufacturing industry of pharmaceutical products spent around 21.8 billion Mexican pesos on salaries and remuneration, up from 21 billion pesos reported a year earlier. Salary expenditure in this sector has been increasing since 2015 when it amounted to about 10.87 billion Mexican pesos. As of 2023, the gross production value of the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico amounted to almost 206 billion Mexican pesos.

How much do marketing, advertising and media professionals earn in Mexico? It was found that an average salary in the Mexican marketing, advertising and media sector amounted to 228 thousand Mexican pesos a year as of May 2021. A marketing manager made 480 thousand pesos annually. An social media manager earned 240 thousand.

In 2021, the average gross salary for general practitioners in Mexico reached around 23.4 thousand U.S. dollars, up from an average remuneration of 21.34 thousand U.S dollars a year earlier. The highest income that Mexican physicians earned on average in a year during the period depicted was about 27.4 thousand U.S. dollars in 2013, while the lowest figure reached 20.9 thousand U.S. dollars in 2016.

In 2022, there was a gender pay gap in Mexico when considering the average income per family. The male population had a higher average income compared to the female population, regardless of the number of children in the household. For men with two children, the highest average income recorded was 38,168 Mexican pesos, while for women with the same number of children, the average income was nearly half that amount, at 20,711 Mexican pesos.

This statistic shows the average annual salary for selected jobs in Information Technology (IT) consulting jobs in Mexico, as of February 19, 2019. Among the surveyed profiles, the position of SAP Consultant showed the highest average salary, with about 792,000 Mexican pesos a year.

In the second quarter of 2024, the construction industry in Mexico demonstrated a wide salary distribution across various occupations. Directors and managers earned the highest monthly salary, amounting to over 18,000 Mexican pesos. In contrast, secretaries had the lowest wages among these selected occupations in the construction workers.