What did the president say?
The head of state referred to the issue of minimum wage in his press conference on October 3, in which he recalled his proposal to reach 2.5 basic baskets at the end of his mandate and that requires a increase in the minimum wage close to 12% per year.
“Let us sit down with businessmen and workers’ representativesthat the minimum wage continues to increase, our objective is that each minimum wage reaches 2.5 basic baskets, it is now on 1.6. We work on it with economists so that it does not impact inflation. “That would mean a salary increase of around 12% next year and so on every year,” Sheinbaum said.
The National Minimum Wages Commission (Conasami) is the body in charge of reporting on the increase in the minimum wage for 2025. However, the declaration of constitutionality has not yet been issued.
On October 9, The Senate approved in general and particular with 124 votes in favor the reform to article 123 of the Constitution to order that general and professional minimum salaries are not below inflation. This reform is one of the 20 that Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented as president.
How much would the increase in the minimum wage be in 2025?
Currently, it is 248.93 pesos per day and 374.89 pesos per day for the Northern Border Free Zone, so an increase of 12% would represent an increase of 29.87 pesos and 44.98 pesos, respectively.
If it is published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the minimum wage for next year would be 278.80 pesos daily and in the Free Zone of the Northern Border it would be in 419.87 pesos per day. However, this amount requires the endorsement of employers and workers.
