A salary of $ 71,000 annually means 9% less than the people of El Caribe, who receive $ 78,000 and 11.3% less than what people from South America enter, who earn $ 80,000 a year.
The wage gap becomes larger if compared to people from other continents such as Africa, since they earn $ 87,000, 18% more, and Europeans earn $ 107,000, which means 34% more than Mexicans.
The salary difference jumps when compared to the salaries of Asians, who earn $ 115,000 a year, that is, 38% more than Mexicans.
BBVA Mexico estimates that this year remittances will have a fall of more than 5%, explained by less dynamism in the use of the United States.
Mexico would be the only country that has seen a fall in the arrival of remittances, since countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras or Colombia have registered double -digit increases.
Carlos Serrano, chief economist of BBVA Mexico, emphasizes that the salary gap that Mexicans would explain, in part, the fall of remittances that arrive.
Mexicans used in the services sector
The figures of the Migration and Remittance Yearbook 2025 highlights that 60.8% of Mexicans are used in the service sector while 33.7% in manufactures.
5.5% of Mexicans based in the United States are used in agriculture, being the highest percentage of workers in this sector compared to other nationalities.
The average salaries of Mexicans who work in the service sector are $ 45,000 annually, while in the manufacturing or secondary sector, salaries improve up to $ 48,000 per year.
In the primary sector, wages are $ 33,000.
