The minimum wage in force in Mexico until 2024 has increased by 12% as of January 1, 2025. This was announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum in her morning press conference on December 5. “With this increase, we send a boost to the rest of the salaries, it is a salary income policy from below,” said the head of the Ministry of Labor, Marath Bolaños, at the same meeting with the press.
New minimum wage in Mexico
The minimum wage that workers will receive nationwide in 2025 will go from 248.93 pesos per day to 278.80 pesos per day, except for those who belong to the Free Zone of the Northern Border.
What is the minimum wage on the border?
The amount for the Free Zone of the Northern Border will go from 374.89 pesos to 419.88 pesos. This strategy has been implemented by the Government since 2019 with the aim of boosting economic development in the region by offering greater competitiveness, taking into account the salaries paid by American companies.
The municipalities contemplated are:
Baja California: Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito, Mexicali, Tecate, Tijuana, San Quintín and San Felipe.
Sonora: San Luis Río Colorado, Puerto Peñasco, General Plutarco Elías Calles, Caborca, Altar, Sáric, Nogales, Santa Cruz, Cananea, Naco and Agua Prieta.
Chihuahua: Janos, Ascensión, Juárez, Práxedis G. Guerrero, Guadalupe, Coyame del Sotol, Ojinaga and Manuel Benavides.
Coahuila de Zaragoza: Ocampo, Acuña, Zaragoza, Jiménez, Piedras Negras, Nava, Guerrero and Hidalgo.
Nuevo León: Anáhuac
Tamaulipas: Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso and Matamoros.
Here are the professional minimum wages
Professional minimum wages, which include salaries for trades such as bricklayer, mechanic, welder, among others, also increased by 12% for 2025. The complete list with the final amounts can be consulted at the following link.
Its impact on the economy in Mexico
Mexican authorities have reiterated that increases to the minimum wage do not have negative effects on inflation. In a statement, the National Commission on Minimum Wages (Conasami) explained that the adjustments made have not impacted companies because the percentage of the additional wage mass is much lower than the growth of the minimum wage in real terms.
Among Sheinbaum’s commitments for the end of her six-year term is to set a minimum wage equivalent to 2.5 basic baskets. However, the increase in the minimum wage announced for 2024 is lower than the increases made by the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. For reference, in 2024 the increase was 20%.
Source: elpais
