From February 1he minimum wage The non-sectorized private sector will receive an increase of 8%, which would complete the step increase of a total of 20% approved by the National Salary Committee (CNS) last year.
With this adjustmentif one large company was paying 27,988.80 pesos after the 12% increase applied to the minimum wage On April 1, 2025, you will now have to pay the remaining 8%, which would raise what the worker will earn to 29,988 pesos, for an increase of 2,000 pesos.
Likewise, the medium-sized companies should apply this adjustmentgoing from the 25,656.96 pesos agreed last April to 27,489.60 pesos in which it will be in February, for an increase of 1,832.64 pesos.
In the small businesseshe adjustment of 8% will place the minimum wage in 18,421.20 pesos1,228.08 more than the 17,193.12 pesos at which the rate remained after the 12% increase in April.
Meanwhile, the minimum wage will go from 15,860 to 16,993 pesos in the microenterprises with this increase.
The size of each company is determined according to the following criteria:
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Large company: has 151 or more workers, or registers annual gross sales of more than 202 million pesos
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Medium business: It employs between 51 and 150 workers and generates annual gross sales from 54 million pesos plus one to 202 million pesos.
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Small business: It has 11 to 50 workers and records annual gross sales from 8 million plus one and up to 54 million pesos.
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Microenterprise: It employs a maximum of 10 workers and has annual gross sales of up to 8 million pesos.
Watchers in security companies
The Resolution CNS-01-2025 issued by the Ministry of Labor also contemplates salary increases in specific sectors, such as private guardian companies.
By February 2026, the watchmen who work in these companies must earn 24,633 pesos1,642.20 greater than the 22,990.80 pesos to which the minimum wage was taken on April 1.
Field workers
In this new period, the minimum wage rate for field workers it will be 714 pesos per eight-hour day, 47.6 more than the 666.40 pesos established in the resolution.
