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DAILY MINIMUM WAGES 2007
(in Pesos)

published Dec. 29, 2006 in the DOF

The National Commission of Minimum Wages, a department of the (STPS) Secretary Of Labor and Social Welfare, acting under Article 570 of the Federal Labor Law which states that “minimum wages will be set each year and will take effect on the first day of January of the following year,” publishes every year in December, in the (DOF) Official Daily of the Federation, the revised minimum wages by profession. 

Effective January 1, 2007.

 

For the procedure and more details on the National Commission of Minimum Wages, see Articles 561, and Chapter VIII, Procedure before the National Commission of Minimum Wages, Articles 570-574 of the Federal Labor Law. (Ley Federal del Trabajo)

For the purposes of minimum wages,

Mexico is divided into three geographic areas (A, B, and C) which have distinct wages based on the analysis and studies performed by the Commission. These three geographical areas are as follows:

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHIC AREA “A”

BAJA CALIFORNIA:
All the municipalities of the State 

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR:

All the municipalities of the State 

Municipalities of the State
of CHIHUAHUA:
Guadalupe
Praxedis G.
Juárez     
Guerrero

FEDERAL DISTRICT (DF)


Municipality of the State of GUERRERO:
Acapulco de Juárez

Municipalities of the State of MEXICO:

Atizapán de Zaragoza
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Coacalco de Berriozábal
Ecatepec de Morelos
Naucalpan de Juárez
Cuautitlán
Tlalnepantla de Baz
Tultitlán
 

Municipalities of the State of SONORA:
Agua Prieta            
Cananea 
General Plutarco Elías Calles
Naco       
Puerto Peñasco
Nogales  
San Luis Río Colorado
Santa Cruz
 
Municipalities of the State of TAMAULIPAS:
Camargo
Miguel Alemán
Guerrero
Nuevo Laredo
Gustavo   Díaz Ordaz
Reynosa
Río Bravo
Matamoros
San Fernando
Mier        
Valle Hermoso
 
Municipalities of the State of VERACRUZ LLAVE:
Agua Dulce            
Minatitlán
Coatzacoalcos
Moloacán
Cosoleacaque         
Nanchital de Lázaro
Las Choapas          
Cárdenas del Río
Ixhuatlán del Sureste
 

  GEOGRAPHIC AREA “B”

Municipalities of the State of JALISCO:
Guadalajara            
Tlaquepaque
El Salto   
Tonalá
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Zapopan
 
Municipalities of the State of NUEVO LEON:
Apodaca 
Guadalupe
San Pedro              
Monterrey
Garza García          
San Nicolás
General e los Garza
Escobedo
Santa Catarina

 

 

Municipalities of the State of TAMAULIPAS:
Aldama
González
Altamira
El Mante
Antiguo    Morelos
Nuevo Morelos
Ocampo
Ciudad Madero
Tampico
Gómez Farías         
Xicoténcatl
 
Municipalities of the State of VERACRUZ LLAVE:
Coatzintla
Túxpam
Poza Rica de Hidalgo
 

 

Municipalities of the State of SONORA:
Altar       
Imuris
Atil         
Magdalena
Bácum    
Navojoa
Benito Juárez         
Opodepe
Benjamín Hill          
Oquitoa
Caborca  
Pitiquito
 
Cajeme   
San Ignacio Río Muerto
Carbó      
La Colorada            
San Miguel de Horcasitas
Cucurpe  
Empalme
Santa Ana
Etchojoa  Sáric
Guaymas
Suaqui Grande
Hermosillo              
Trincheras
Huatabampo           
Tubutama

GEOGRAPHIC AREA “C”

All the municipalities of the States of:
AGUASCALIENTES
CAMPECHE
COAHUILA
COLIMA
CHIAPAS
DURANGO
GUANAJUATO
HIDALGO
MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO
MORELOS
NAYARIT
OAXACA
PUEBLA
QUERETARO DE ARTEAGA
QUINTANA ROO
SAN LUIS POTOSI
SINALOA
TABASCO
TLAXCALA
YUCATAN
ZACATECAS
 
Plus all the municipalities of the States not contained in the areas “A” and “B” of:
CHIHUAHUA, GUERRERO, JALISCO, MEXICO, NUEVO LEON, SONORA, TAMAULIPAS y VERACRUZ


 The new general minimum wages* (PESOS) effective January 1, 2006:  *These are the legal minimum wages - it doesn't necessarily reflect what people are actually earning.

2007 2006 2005

2004

2003 2002 2001 2000
 area “A” 50.57 48.67 46.80  45.24 43.65  42.15 40.35 37.95
 area “B” 49.00 47.16 45.35  43.73 41.85  40.10 35.85 37.90
 area “C”  47.60 45.81 44.05  42.11 40.30  38.30 35.10 32.70

The general minimum daily wages by profession are listed in the following table. 

MINIMUM WAGES 2008

MINIMUM WAGES 2007

2007 PDF

MINIMUM WAGES 2000 - 2006