The Mexican minimum wage is the lowest monetary amount that employers are legally obligated to pay workers for their labor in a specific period. Established by government authorities, this wage seeks to provide a minimum standard to ensure basic working conditions and the satisfaction of essential needs for workers.
| Year | Geographical Area | Current Amount | Increase by Fixation (%) | Annual Increment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Border Northern Free Zone | $374.89 | 6.0% | 20.0% |
| Rest of the country | $248.93 | 6.0% | 20.0% | |
| 2023 | Border Northern Free Zone | $312.41 | 10.0% | 20.0% |
| Rest of the country | $207.44 | 10.0% | 20.0% | |
| 2022 | Border Northern Free Zone | $260.34 | 9.0% | 22.0% |
| Rest of the country | $172.87 | 9.0% | 22.0% | |
| 2021 | Border Northern Free Zone | $213.39 | 6.0% | 15.0% |
| Rest of the country | $141.70 | 6.0% | 15.0% | |
| 2020 | Border Northern Free Zone | $185.56 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| Rest of the country | $123.22 | 5.0% | 20.0% |
- GEOGRAPHICAL AREA of the Free Zone of the Northern Border comprised of the municipalities bordering the United States of North America: Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito, Mexicali, Tecate, Tijuana, San Quintín, and San Felipe in the State of Baja California; San Luis Río Colorado, Puerto Peñasco, General Plutarco Elías Calles, Caborca, Altar, Sáric, Nogales, Santa Cruz, Cananea, Naco, and Agua Prieta in the State of Sonora; Janos, Ascensión, Juárez, Práxedis G. Guerrero, Guadalupe, Coyame del Sotol, Ojinaga, and Manuel Benavides in the State of Chihuahua; Ocampo, Acuña, Zaragoza, Jiménez, Piedras Negras, Nava, Guerrero, and Hidalgo in the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza; Anáhuac in the State of Nuevo León; and Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso, and Matamoros in the State of Tamaulipas.
- GEOGRAPHICAL AREA Rest of the country, comprised of the rest of the municipalities of the country and the territorial demarcations of Mexico City that make up the Mexican Republic.
Source: National Minimum Wage Commission