In April–June 2025 (ENEIC), trade, transport, accommodation and food services accounted for 29.2% of the employed; agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing 19.1%; manufacturing, mining and other industry 16.2%; other service activities 11.8%; public administration, defense, education and health 9.3%; and construction 8.9%. Professional, scientific, technical and administrative support activities represent 3.4%; finance and insurance 1.2%; information and communication 0.6%; and real estate 0.3%. Manufacturing has held steady at 16.2% across the three quarters from Q4 2024 to Q2 2025, while agriculture swung between 21.8% (Q1 2025) and 19.1% (Q2 2025).
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- Agricultura, ganadería, silvicultura y pesca20.2% / 21.8% / 19.1%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Manufactura, minas y otras industrias16.2% / 16.2% / 16.2%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Construcción8.6% / 8.3% / 8.9%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Comercio, transporte, alojamiento y comidas29.4% / 28.9% / 29.2%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Información y comunicación0.5% / 0.5% / 0.6%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Actividades financieras y de seguros1.1% / 1.2% / 1.2%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Actividades inmobiliarias0.3% / 0.4% / 0.3%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Profesionales, científicas, técnicas y adm./apoyo3.9% / 3.6% / 3.4%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Admón. pública, defensa, enseñanza, salud9.0% / 9.2% / 9.3%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
- Otras actividades de servicios10.7% / 10.0% / 11.8%T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025
According to AGN (19 June 2023), the technical training institute (INTECAP) trained 1.6 million Guatemalans over three years (2020–2023) and awarded 32,420 scholarships in the same period; its general manager expected '524,000 students' in 2023. Historically, the institution reports 7.3 million people trained in its first 50 years (1972–2022, Prensa Libre). For the first half of 2024 a press item speaks of 'more than 180,000 people trained', a secondary figure still to be verified. The official 2024 and 2025 figure has not been extracted: the 2024 Annual Report (96 pages, published 22 April 2025) exists only in a Calaméo viewer and requires manual mining or a request for the PDF.
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- Personas capacitadas por INTECAP1.6 millones2020–2023 (tres años)
- Becas otorgadas por INTECAP32,4202020–2023
- Estudiantes esperados (declaración del gerente)524,0002023
- Personas capacitadas, acumulado histórico7.3 millones1972–2022
- Personas capacitadas, primer semestremás de 180,000ene–jun 2024
press figures; the official 2024–2025 data await the Annual Report
In 2023 INTECAP offered 78 long-duration programs and 418 short courses or programs across 28 training centers, with more than 1 million training hours and more than 24,000 events in the previous year (AGN, 19 June 2023). It is funded by the mandatory 1% employer levy on payroll, which forms part of the total 12.67% employer contribution alongside social security (IGSS, 10.67%) and the workers' recreation institute (IRTRA, 1%). For an employer, that 1% is the cost of access to the public technical-training system; the dossier proposes the indicator intecap_capacitados_anual drawn from the annual reports.
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- Carreras de larga duración782023
- Carreras / programas cortos4182023
- Centros de capacitación282023
- Horas de formación / eventos (año previo)>1,000,000 horas / >24,000 eventos2022
- Aporte patronal INTECAP1% sobre nóminavigente 2026
In the EF English Proficiency Index 2025, Guatemala scores 510 against a global average of 488, in the 'Moderate' band, and ranks 61st worldwide (the fact sheet confirms #61; the denominator of 123 countries comes from the global report and must be confirmed against it). By skill: reading 523, listening 500, writing 498 and speaking 502. The index measures those who take the EF test online, not the general population, so it describes the segment seeking certification rather than the total bilingual pool. The dossier proposes the indicators ef_epi_score and ef_epi_rank_global, updated annually in November.
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- Puntaje EF EPI Guatemala510 (promedio global 488), banda 'Moderate'2025
- Ranking global EF EPI61 (denominador 123 por confirmar)2025
- Lectura / Escucha / Escritura / Habla523 / 500 / 498 / 5022025
self-selected sample of EF test-takers; ranking denominator to be confirmed
Guatemala's EF EPI 2025 fact sheet breaks the score down by job function: Strategy & Project Management 623, Operations 590, Sales 590, Admin & Clerical 563, HR 550, Marketing 550, Customer Service 549, Teacher 533, IT 531, Legal 517, Accounting & Finance 494 and Student 426. Management, operations and sales functions sit comfortably above the national average of 510; accounting and finance and, above all, students fall below it. These are scores from EF test-takers, not from the full labor force.
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- Strategy & PM / Operations / Sales623 / 590 / 5902025
- Admin & Clerical / HR / Marketing563 / 550 / 5502025
- Customer Service / Teacher / IT549 / 533 / 5312025
- Legal / Accounting & Finance / Student517 / 494 / 4262025
self-selected sample of EF test-takers
According to the EF EPI 2025 fact sheet (scores extracted in the 2026-08-19 audit), by region the department of Guatemala leads with 519, followed by Quetzaltenango 513, Sacatepéquez 511, Chimaltenango 486, San Marcos 460, Totonicapán 413, Chiquimula 406 and Escuintla 374. By city: Guatemala City 519, Quetzaltenango 513, Chimaltenango 485, San Marcos 458 and Antigua Guatemala 444. Only the metropolitan area, Quetzaltenango and Sacatepéquez beat the national average of 510; Escuintla, site of a proposed BPO hub, records the lowest score on the list. These are EF test-taker data, with small samples outside the capital.
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- EF EPI por regiónGuatemala 519; Quetzaltenango 513; Sacatepéquez 511; Chimaltenango 486; San Marcos 460; Totonicapán 413; Chiquimula 406; Escuintla 3742025
- EF EPI por ciudadCiudad de Guatemala 519; Quetzaltenango 513; Chimaltenango 485; San Marcos 458; Antigua Guatemala 4442025
extracted visually from the fact sheet during the audit; small regional samples
The profile the BPO sector predominantly hires is a customer-service agent with B1 English, basic office software skills and, preferably, sales experience (Forbes Centroamérica, December 2024). To feed that pipeline, companies in the sector created the Finishing School program with AGEXPORT in 2015, which placed more than 2,500 people in jobs in its first 24 months; in 2018 the sector set a target of training 30,000 young people a year in basic English, 15,000 in intensive intermediate and 1,500 in English plus advanced technical skills (AGEXPORT Hoy). The size of the employable B2+ pool is not public: AGEXPORT does not publish it and its sector website blocks automated access; the contact point is AGEXPORT's Contact Center & BPO Commission.
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- Perfil predominante contratado por BPOagente de servicio al cliente, inglés B1, ofimática básica, preferible experiencia en ventasdic. 2024
- Colocaciones del programa Finishing Schoolmás de 2,500 personas en 24 meses2015–2017
- Meta formativa anual del sector30,000 inglés básico; 15,000 intermedio-intensivo; 1,500 inglés + técnico avanzado2018
targets and placements are trade-association figures (AGEXPORT); the B2+ pool is not published
According to Forbes Centroamérica (3 December 2024), the contact center and BPO sector generates 55,000 direct formal jobs paying up to twice the minimum wage, and 138,000 indirect jobs; it pays an annual wage bill of more than Q11,000 million and contributes Q2,700 million a year in taxes and social security. The sector grew by an average of 17% a year over the past five years and requires around Q40,000 of foreign investment for each new job. In January 2018 AGEXPORT reported 42,000 direct and 126,000 indirect jobs, implying an increase of 13,000 direct positions in almost seven years. The number of seats and of companies is private trade-association data and is not published.
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- Empleos formales directos BPO55,000 (salarios hasta el doble del mínimo)dic. 2024
- Empleos indirectos BPO138,000dic. 2024
- Masa salarial anual del sector> Q11,000 millonesdic. 2024
- Aporte fiscal + IGSSQ2,700 millones/añodic. 2024
- Crecimiento promedio anual del sector17% (últimos 5 años)dic. 2024
- IED por empleo nuevo~Q40,000dic. 2024
- Empleos directos / indirectos (serie)42,000 / 126,000ene. 2018
trade-association figures reproduced by the press; seats and company numbers not public
There is no official census of developers. The best public proxy is the GitHub Innovation Graph, which counts 195,658 active developer accounts in Guatemala in Q1 2026, against 142,624 in Q1 2025 (+37% year on year) and 132,681 in Q4 2024; the intervening quarterly series runs 149,980 (Q2 2025), 164,505 (Q3 2025) and 178,072 (Q4 2025). The count excludes bots and spam but includes students and hobbyists, so it is not equivalent to professional developers. As a secondary demand signal, Terminal.io states that software developer vacancies in Guatemala grew 41% between Q4 2021 and Q4 2023 (a commercial source, still to be verified).
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- Cuentas de desarrollador GitHub en Guatemala132,681 / 142,624 / 149,980 / 164,505 / 178,072 / 195,658T4 2024 / T1 2025 / T2 2025 / T3 2025 / T4 2025 / T1 2026
- Crecimiento interanual de cuentas GitHub+37%T1 2025 → T1 2026
- Crecimiento de vacantes de software developer+41%T4 2021 → T4 2023
a proxy of GitHub accounts, not of professionals; the vacancy figure is commercial
The employee's social security (IGSS) contribution deducted from wages is 4.83% of salary. The total employer contribution is 12.67%, made up of IGSS 10.67%, the technical training institute (INTECAP) 1% and the workers' recreation institute (IRTRA) 1% (mindy.gt, cross-checked against misalario.com.gt; rates confirmed in the audit spot-check). In practical terms, every quetzal of nominal salary costs the employer Q1.1267 before annual benefits such as the aguinaldo and Bono 14.
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- Cuota laboral IGSS (trabajador)4.83%vigente 2026
- Cuota patronal total12.67%vigente 2026
- Desglose cuota patronalIGSS 10.67% + INTECAP 1% + IRTRA 1%vigente 2026
According to the full ENEIC publication for Q4 2024, the leading occupational groups are services and sales (23.6% of the employed), elementary occupations (23.5%) and craft and related trades workers (19.8%); military occupations account for 0.1%. The wage-earning population splits 63.2% urban and 36.9% rural, and 62.8% men against 37.2% women. The dossier proposes an eneic_asalariados_persons indicator on a quarterly frequency drawn from INE's bulletins.
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- Ocupación: servicios y ventas23.6% de los ocupadosT4 2024
- Ocupación: ocupaciones elementales23.5% de los ocupadosT4 2024
- Ocupación: oficiales, operarios y artesanos19.8% de los ocupadosT4 2024
- Ocupación: militares0.1% de los ocupadosT4 2024
- Población asalariada urbana / rural63.2% / 36.9%T4 2024
- Población asalariada hombres / mujeres62.8% / 37.2%T4 2024
full ENEIC IV-2024 publication, not covered by the audit spot-check; pending verification
The Q4 2024 ENEIC records that, among people aged 7 and over, 20.5% have no level of education, 44.6% reached primary, 29.5% secondary and 5.4% higher education. In other words, just under two thirds of the population went no further than primary school, and only one in twenty reached university. To size the skilled pool, this figure should be read alongside gross tertiary enrollment (27.3% in 2023, World Bank) and the university and INTECAP numbers in the same dossier.
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- Población 7+ sin nivel educativo20.5%T4 2024
- Población 7+ con primaria44.6%T4 2024
- Población 7+ con nivel medio29.5%T4 2024
- Población 7+ con nivel superior5.4%T4 2024
full ENEIC IV-2024 publication; pending verification
INE's series shows a working-age population of 11.8 million (2021), 11.9 million (2022), 11.4 million (2023, measured by ENCOVI) and 12.0 million (2024); the employed went from 7.2 to 7.0, 6.6 and 7.7 million over the same years. As a secondary contrast, the World Bank (ILO model, indicator SL.TLF.TOTL.IN) estimates the total labor force at 7,519,217 in 2024 and 7,684,762 in 2025, below the economically active population of 8.2 million that ENEIC reports for Q2 2025. The difference stems from different methodologies (national survey versus international model) and must be made explicit when citing.
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- PET (serie INE)11.8 M / 11.9 M / 11.4 M / 12.0 M2021 / 2022 / 2023 (ENCOVI) / 2024
- Ocupados (serie INE)7.2 M / 7.0 M / 6.6 M / 7.7 M2021 / 2022 / 2023 (ENCOVI) / 2024
- Fuerza laboral total (modelo OIT)7,519,217 / 7,684,7622024 / 2025
the 2023 figure comes from ENCOVI; the spot-check covered 3 of the 5 World Bank endpoints without specifying which
The INE projection based on the 2018 census, cited by the Vice-Presidency in the Government Policy 2024-2028, puts the total population at 17,843,132 in 2024: 8,777,379 men and 9,065,753 women. The projected population growth rate is 1.32% for 2024–2025, falling to 1.14% by 2030. The figure is an official projection, not a recent census count.
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- Población total (proyección INE)17,843,1322024
- Hombres / mujeres8,777,379 / 9,065,7532024
- Tasa de crecimiento poblacional1.32% (2024–2025), descendiendo a 1.14% en 2030proyección INE
official projection cited by a secondary government source; pending verification against INE
Guatemala's median age is 23.8 according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant, via Worldometers). The 15-to-64 age group represents 63.6% of the total in 2024 and 64.0% in 2025 (World Bank, SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS), meaning the working-age share is still rising. A secondary source (UNFPA/press) cited a median age of 28.1 for 2024, which contradicts the WPP figure; the dossier flags it for arbitration during the verification phase and adopts WPP as the international standard.
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- Edad mediana23.8 años2024
- Población 15–64 años (% del total)63.6% / 64.0%2024 / 2025
- Edad mediana (fuente discrepante)28.1 años2024
median age figure disputed between sources (23.8 vs 28.1); arbitration pending
The World Bank (indicator SE.ADT.LITR.ZS, sourced from UNESCO UIS) reports adult literacy (15 and over) of 82.1% in 2024 and 83.0% in 2022–2023; that is, close to one adult in six cannot read or write. The figure is modeled; the official rate from the national literacy committee (CONALFA) could not be located and is listed as pending research. For the population aged 7 and over, the Q4 2024 ENEIC records that 20.5% have no level of education.
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- Alfabetismo adulto (15+)82.1%2024
- Alfabetismo adulto (15+)83.0%2022–2023
modeled World Bank figure; official CONALFA rate pending
Mean years of schooling for the population aged 25 and over are 5.85 in 2022 (the same figure is repeated for 2023), according to the UNDP Human Development Report via Our World in Data. On a different methodology, Guate en Datos put Guatemala at 6.26 years in 2020, the lowest level in the region: Belize 10.71, Panama 10.44, Costa Rica 9.12, El Salvador 8.10, Nicaragua 7.76 and Honduras 7.51. The two series are not comparable with each other and the dossier says so; for the file it proposes the schooling_years_mean indicator drawn from OWID.
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- Años promedio de escolaridad (25+)5.852022 (repetido 2023)
- Años de escolaridad, comparativo regionalGT 6.26; Belice 10.71; Panamá 10.44; Costa Rica 9.12; El Salvador 8.10; Nicaragua 7.76; Honduras 7.512020
two different methodologies (OWID/UNDP vs Guate en Datos); do not mix them
Gross secondary enrollment was 49.6% in 2024 and gross tertiary enrollment 27.3% in 2023, against 22.6% in 2019 (World Bank, SE.SEC.ENRR and SE.TER.ENRR). As a flow reference, around 2015–2017 the BPO sector cited some 160,000 young people graduating from upper secondary each year; the figure is old and must be checked against the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) Statistical Yearbook, which publishes enrollment, promotion and graduates by level and department and has yet to be mined as a primary source.
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- Matrícula bruta secundaria49.6%2024
- Matrícula bruta terciaria27.3% (22.6% en 2019)2023
- Graduados de diversificado por año (referencia antigua)~160,000ca. 2015–2017
the graduates figure is from the press and is old; the MINEDUC Yearbook has yet to be mined
USAC, the only public university, recorded 109,562 students in 2023 according to figures from its Registry and Statistics Department published by Prensa Libre; the earlier series runs 110,005 (2019), 106,805 (2020), 119,675 (2021) and 118,470 (2022), trending down since 2021. At graduate level, 11,780 students are reported (71% in faculties), with no period specified (Soy USAC). The 2024–2025 figures are published behind a login, so 2023 is the last public year.
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- Matrícula USAC109,5622023
- Matrícula USAC, serie110,005 / 106,805 / 119,675 / 118,470 / 109,5622019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023
- Estudiantes de posgrado USAC11,780 (71% en facultades)período no precisado
press figure based on official data; 2024–2025 not public
The public figures are partial and of uneven quality: Universidad Rafael Landívar states 'more than 34,900' active students on its portal, while another source cites 31,176 (ca. 2024); Universidad del Valle reports 7,991 students across three campuses (2025, via Wikipedia); Universidad Galileo appears with about 45,000 with no date and no official public figure; and Universidad Francisco Marroquín with 2,700 (2023). The last three come from Wikipedia and must be confirmed with each university's registrar. There is no consolidated public series of national higher-education enrollment: the 14-plus private universities do not report to a unified registry, a structural gap the dossier documents.
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- Matrícula Universidad Rafael Landívar'más de 34,900 activos' (portal) / 31,176 (otra fuente)ca. 2024
- Matrícula Universidad del Valle (UVG)7,991 en tres campus2025
- Matrícula Universidad Galileo~45,000sin fecha
- Matrícula Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM)2,7002023
tertiary sources (Wikipedia) and diverging figures; verify with each university
Universidad Galileo grew out of UFM's Faculty of Systems Engineering (FISICC), was authorized on 31 October 2000 and concentrates its technology offering in FISICC (systems and computing), FICON (construction) and FACTI (science, technology and industry). Universidad del Valle has eight faculties and offers civil, food, computer science, industrial, mechanical, electronic, mechatronic and chemical engineering. USAC's Faculty of Engineering publishes an open dataset of enrollments for 2010–2024 (one CSV per year, with no totals on the page), still to be processed. Program size by university (UVG, URL, Galileo, USAC) is not consolidated and is among the dossier's outstanding items.
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- Autorización de Universidad Galileo31-oct-20002000
- Facultades de la UVG8s.f.
- Dataset FIUSAC de inscritosCSV anual 2010–20242010–2024
institutional descriptions from tertiary sources; program size not consolidated
Under the 'Guatemala No Se Detiene' plan, INTECAP and the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) awarded around 13,460 English scholarships in 2025 and project some 3,500 new recipients in 2026 with a focus on tourism, according to Prensa Libre/DCA. These are press figures: the dossier marks them as a secondary claim and lists them among the items pending verification against MINEDUC or the program. Set against a sector that by 2018 aspired to train 45,000 young people a year in basic and intermediate English, the volume of public scholarships is modest.
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- Becas de inglés otorgadas~13,4602025
- Nuevos becados proyectados (foco turismo)~3,5002026
press figure; verify against MINEDUC / Guatemala No Se Detiene
AGEXPORT attributes more than US$730 million a year in foreign exchange to the Contact Center & BPO sector (2025, sector website, seen through indexed results because the site returns a 403 on direct access). In 2016 and 2017 the sector's exports stalled at US$750 million, with an estimated US$50 million lost to regional competitors (AGEXPORT Hoy, January 2018). These are trade-association figures: the central bank (Banguat) publishes the aggregate services balance (the file's trade_balance_services_usd indicator) with no call center breakdown, so there is no official BPO export series and the distinction must always be made when citing.
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- Divisas / exportaciones del sector BPO> US$730 millones/año2025
- Exportaciones del sector (serie)US$750 millones (sin crecimiento; pérdida ~US$50 M ante competidores regionales)2016 y 2017
trade-association claim; no disaggregated official Banguat series
By 2021 the trade association had set a target of creating 100,000 quality jobs across nine hubs or secondary cities: Escuintla, Puerto Barrios, Antigua, Petén, Los Altos (Quetzaltenango), Cobán, Guatemágica, Metrópoli de Oriente and Huehuetenango (Perspectiva). In verticals, the sector has diversified into telecommunications and technology, finance, manufacturing, retail and e-commerce, human resources, media, travel and transport, health and insurance, and logistics (AGEXPORT / Forbes CA). Cross-referenced with the EF EPI 2025, Quetzaltenango (513) and Sacatepéquez (511) beat the national English average, while Escuintla (374) falls well below it.
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- Meta gremial de empleos en ciudades intermedias100,000 empleos de calidad en 9 nodosca. 2021
- Nodos / ciudades intermediasEscuintla, Puerto Barrios, Antigua, Petén, Los Altos, Cobán, Guatemágica, Metrópoli de Oriente, Huehuetenangoca. 2021
a trade-association target, not an outcome; no public tracking of progress
A recruiter in the sector (Allied Global) publishes 2026 monthly base ranges of Q5,500–Q8,500 for an entry-level bilingual agent, Q8,500–Q12,500 for an experienced agent or technical support, and Q12,500–Q19,000 for a bilingual supervisor, plus attendance, performance and commission bonuses that add 20–30% on top of the base. These are commercial, promotional figures with no official backing: social security (IGSS) does not publish wages by occupation and there is no public salary survey by role. The verified 2025 minimum wages already in the file (minimum_wage_* indicators) should be used as the reference floor, and the national average labor income of Q2,713 (Q2 2025) as context.
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- Agente bilingüe entry (base mensual)Q5,500–Q8,5002026
- Agente bilingüe con experiencia / soporte técnico (base)Q8,500–Q12,5002026
- Supervisor bilingüe (base)Q12,500–Q19,0002026
- Bonos BPO sobre base+20–30%2026
a recruiter's promotional claim; no official source for wages by occupation
The self-reported averages in Computrabajo job postings (consulted 2026-08-19) are: production assistant around Q3,510 a month, industrial electrician around Q4,712, and industrial engineer between Q5,555 and Q8,360 (two pages of the same portal disagree). They carry an urban-formal bias and the dossier classifies them as tier (b)/(c), never as official data. The official references are the national average labor income of Q2,713 (Q2 2025; Q3,901 in the metropolitan area) and the 2025 minimum wages by district and activity, already verified in the file (27 minimum_wage_* indicators). There is no official source for formal wages by occupation.
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- Operario / ayudante de producción (promedio mensual)~Q3,5102026
- Electricista industrial (promedio mensual)~Q4,7122026
- Ingeniero/a industrial (promedio mensual)Q5,555–Q8,360 (fuentes divergentes en el mismo portal)2026
- Ingreso laboral promedio nacional / urbano metropolitanoQ2,713 / Q3,901T2 2025
job-listing aggregator with self-reported salaries; urban-formal bias
The Labor Code (Decree 1441) sets the day shift (6:00–18:00) at a maximum of 8 hours a day and 48 a week; the night shift (18:00–6:00) at 6 hours a day and 36 a week; and the mixed shift at 7 hours a day and 42 a week (summary by PeersLegal). The Constitution, article 102(g), establishes 44 effective hours a week 'equivalent to 48 for the sole purpose of wage payment', a difference the dossier flags for reconciliation against the official text of article 116 of the Code in the data phase. For an investor, the key operational point is that the legal night shift is only 6 hours.
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- Jornada diurna (6:00–18:00)máx. 8 h/día y 48 h/semanavigente
- Jornada nocturna (18:00–6:00)máx. 6 h/día y 36 h/semanavigente
- Jornada mixtamáx. 7 h/día y 42 h/semanavigente
- Constitución art. 102 g)44 h semanales efectivas, equivalentes a 48 para pago de salariovigente
law-firm summary; 44 vs 48 hours to be reconciled against the official text of article 116 of the Labor Code
Overtime is paid with a minimum premium of 50% over ordinary wages (Labor Code, article 121, per PeersLegal's summary). Because the legal night shift is 6 hours (36 a week), running three continuous 8-hour shifts does not fit within ordinary working hours: the dossier infers that a 24/7 plant needs four crews or takes on overtime pay for the night shift, a structural cost that matters for maquila and manufacturing. That implication is an editorial inference from the rules, not a citable fact; the premium and the shift limits must be confirmed against the official text of the Code.
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- Recargo mínimo por hora extraordinaria+50% sobre el salario ordinario (art. 121 CT)vigente
- Turno nocturno legal6 h/día, 36 h/semanavigente
the implication for 24/7 plants is an editorial inference, not data; legal status to be confirmed
On top of employer contributions (12.67%), the employer pays two additional monthly salaries a year: the aguinaldo (Decree 76-78) and Bono 14 (Decree 42-92), each equivalent to one month's pay. To these are added the incentive bonus of Q250 a month (Decree 78-89 and amendments), already in the file as the verified indicator bonificacion_incentivo, and 15 working days of vacation after one year of service (Labor Code, article 130). The dossier found no primary online source for the decree numbers or for article 130 and lists them as pending confirmation against official publication by Congress or the Labor Ministry (MINTRAB); until then they must be treated as legal status to be confirmed.
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- Aguinaldo1 salario mensual/año (Decreto 76-78, por verificar)vigente
- Bono 141 salario mensual/año (Decreto 42-92, por verificar)vigente
- Bonificación incentivoQ250/mes (Decreto 78-89 y reformas)vigente
- Vacaciones15 días hábiles tras 1 año (art. 130 CT, por verificar)vigente
- Cuota patronal total (contexto)12.67%vigente 2026
legal status to be confirmed: the decree numbers and article 130 have no primary source in the dossier; the citations cover the payroll-contribution context and the Labor Code, not each individual benefit
