Mexico (2)

Title and source of the series

Title: General Minimum Wages and Rural Workers' Minimum Wages (Salario Mínimo General y para Trabajadores del Campo).

Source: National legislation.

List of tables published by the ILO

A. Year Book of Labour Statistics

Wages:

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Wages in agriculture

B. Bulletin of Labour Statistics

These data are not published in the Bulletin.

Organisation responsible for the series

National Commission on Minimum Wages (Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos).

Coverage

Geographical: Whole country.

Industrial: Agriculture and other unspecified economic activities.

Occupational: Certain occupations (not specified).

Establishment: Establishments of all sizes.

Persons covered: All workers without distinction between skill levels. In ILO publications the data refer to agricultural workers.

Periodicity

Half-yearly and annual since 1946. From 1987 onwards, data are revised quarterly as salary increases are required or granted.

Definitions

Employment: Not applicable.

Hours of work: Not applicable.

Wages: They refer to national averages of wage rates in force in the various groups of wage zones. In ILO publications, the data refer to minimum daily wage rates of regular daily workers in agriculture.

Reference period

Not applicable.

Methods of data collection, estimation and adjustment

Data are derived from the statutory provisions concerning labour according to which minimum wage increases are established. Wages are calculated and revised taking into account the expected inflation.

Changes in the series

Not available.

References

The data published by the ILO are prepared specifically for the ILO and are received directly from Mexico.