Minimum Wage

Minimum wage.
The minimum wage is the lowest quantity a worker must receive in cash for services rendered in one work shift. The minimum wage must be sufficient to satisfy the normal necessities of the head of the family in the material, social and cultural order, and to provide for the obligatory education of his children. The minimum wage always must be paid in cash without any amountdiscount.
The minimum wages can be general for one or several geographical areas of application that can be extended to one or more States or professional entities, for specific branch of economic activity or by specific professions, trades, or specialties, within one or several geographic areas.
The general minimum wages will be affecting for all the workers of an area or specific geographical areas,independently from the branches of economic activity, professions, trades, or specialties.
General Minimum Wage for the year 2012 |
Geographical Area | Daily Mexican pesos |
Geographical area “A” | $62.33 |
Geographical area “B” | $60.57 |
Geographical area “C” | $59.08 |
The minimum professional wages will apply to all workers of the branches of economic activity, professions, trades,or specialties that are determined within one or several geographic areas of application.
 

Professional Minimum Wage (with effect from January 1, 2012) |
Office No.  | Professions, Occupations & Special Works | Daily Mexican Pesos for Geographical Area (A/B/C) |
| | A | B | C |
1 | Masonry Officer | 90.83 | 88.49 | 86.1 |
2 | Pharmacies and drugstores, salesclerk | 79.05 | 76.94| 74.99 |
3 | Bulldozer and / or traxcavo, operator | 95.69 | 92.96 | 90.54 |
4 | Cashier of cash register | 80.58 | 78.6 | 76.61 |
5 | Typesetter, official | 85.77 | 83.62 | 81.22 |
6 | Bartender | 82.45 | 80.21 | 78.13 |
7 | Carpenter manufacture and repair of furniture, official | 89.16 | 86.7 | 84.38 |
8 | Chef, major in restaurants, taverns and other establishments preparing andselling food | 92.16 | 89.77 | 87.26 |
9 | Mattresses, officer in making and repairing | 83.37 | 81.21 | 79.19 |
10 | Placement of mosaics and tiles, official | 88.78 | 86.55 | 84.17 |
11 | Construction of buildings and houses, plasterer | 84.04 | 82.02 | 79.68 |
12 | Cutter in workshops and factories manufacturing shoes, official | 81.57 | 79.55 | 77.46 |
13 | Sewing in garmentfactories or workshops | 80.44 | 78.13 | 76.4 |
14 | Sewing in making clothes at home | 82.84 | 80.73 | 78.47 |
15 | Chauffeur Car parking attendant, valet parking | 84.69 | 82.42 | 80.14 |
16 | Truck driver in general | 92.95 | 90.56 | 88.19 |
17 | Cargo van driver in general | 90.02 | 87.62 | 85.17 |
18 | Operator of Vehicles with crane | 86.16 | 84.09 | 81.76 |
19 | Dredge, operator | 96.68| 94.24 | 91.55 |
20 | Cabinetmaker in making and repairing furniture, official | 90.62 | 88.22 | 85.78 |
21 | Electrician installer and repairer of electrical installations, official | 88.78 | 86.55 | 84.17 |
22 | Electrician in the repair of cars and trucks, official | 89.76 | 87.36 | 84.91 |
23 | Repairing electrical motors and / or generators in service workshops, official | 86.16 |84.09 | 81.76 |
24 | Employee gondola, shelf or section in supermarkets | 78.79 | 76.73 | 74.32 |
25 | Warehouse manager  | 81.98 | 79.81 | 77.72 |
26 | Nursing, Practical help | 84.69 | 82.42 | 80.14 |
27 | Hardware and ironmongery stores, salesclerk | 83.83 | 81.41 | 79.35 |
28 | Stoker boilers | 86.83 | 84.49 | 82.16 |
29 | Gas station, officer | 80.44 | 78.13 | 76.4 |
30 |Blacksmithing Officer | 87.5 | 85.21 | 82.82 |
31 | Tinsmith in repairing cars and trucks, official | 89.16 | 86.7 | 84.38 |
33 | Silversmith-jeweler officer | 84.69 | 82.42 | 80.14 |
34 | Silversmith-jeweler at home work, official | 88.23 | 86.09 | 83.7 |
35 | Linotypist official | 94.18 | 91.89 | 89.48 |
36 | Lubricator of cars, trucks and other motor vehicles | 81.17 | 79.03 | 76.77 |
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