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Mexican government hikes minimum wage, pushes shorter work week
The 2026 wage hike will raise minimum pay by 13%, with a 154% cumulative increase since 2018; a 40-hour workweek will be phased in by 2030 to create jobs, officials said.
- On December 3, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Mexico will raise the minimum wage by 13% to 315.04 pesos per day starting on Jan. 1, 2026, an agreement Labor Minister Marath Bolanos confirmed.
- The government says the increases aim to help poor workers and continue pro-worker policies promoted by consecutive leftist administrations, crediting past hikes and programs with lifting more than 13 million Mexicans out of poverty.
- The government said the calculation uses the MIR and a 6.5% adjustment, raising the monthly minimum wage to 9,582.47 pesos in 2026 while the Northern Border Free Zone daily rate rises 5% to 440.87 pesos for 61 professions.
- Analysts cautioned that raising the minimum wage near the median salary could fuel inflation despite headline inflation nearing the 3% target amid a 0.3% contraction and U.S. tariffs and USMCA review concerns.
- By 2030, the government aims to reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours, starting in 2027, and has sent a bill to Congress, Sheinbaum said.
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UPDATE 3-Mexican government hikes minimum wage, pushes shorter work week
Starting in January, the minimum wage will rise 13% to 315.04 pesos ($17.27) per day, part of an agreement between labor, business and government leaders, Labor Minister Marath Bolanos said. The daily wage, however, will increase to about 440.87 pesos in parts of northern Mexico near the border with the United States, where wages are higher.
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