Occupation (5311) - 2025-Q1
The workforce of Firefighters during first quarter of 2025 was 20.6k people, whose salary averaged $9.98k MX working around 51.1 hours per week.
The average age of Firefighters was 38.3 years. The workforce was distributed in 95.8% men with an average salary of $10.2k MX and, 4.2% women with average salary of $4.24k MX.
The best average salaries received by Firefighters were in Sonora ($32k MX), Guanajuato ($20k MX), and Ciudad de México ($16k MX) while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (3.77k), Jalisco (2.13k), and Chihuahua (1.92k).
In terms of industries, the best average salaries were in Secretarial Support, Photocopying, Collection, Credit Investigation and Similar Services ($17.1k MX), Medical Doctors Offices ($14k MX), and General Public Administration ($12.7k MX), while the workforce was concentrated on Justice Administration and Security and Public Order Preservation (48.4%), Regulation and Promotion of Economic Developmen (15.6%), and Regulation and Promotion of Economic Development (15.6%).
13.5% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $1.6k MX and 86.5% to men with an average salary of $6.05k MX.
At the level of states, Yucatán had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 549 from 549 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Baja California with a 24.6% corresponding to 88 from 357 workers.
At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Firefighters were 20.6k being a 16.9% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024. (24.8k).
In the same period, an average salary of $9.98k MX was observed, registering an increase of 20.4%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($8.29k MX).
The states with the highest number of Firefighters during the first quarter of 2025 were Estado de México (3.77k), Jalisco (2.13k), and Chihuahua (1.92k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Sinaloa and Guerrero with an increase of 880 (1.33k%) and 791 (108%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Estado de México and Guanajuato with a decrease of 5.22k (58%) and 959 (56.5%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Firefighters during first quarter of 2025 were Sonora ($32k MX), Guanajuato ($20k MX), and Ciudad de México ($16k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Sonora and Estado de México with an increase of $22.3k MX (229%) and $8.02k MX (496%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Oaxaca and Yucatán with a decrease of $16.2k MX (100%) and $13k MX (92.8%), respectively.
Average Schooling in Years (2025-Q1): 11.1, Men
At first quarter of 2025 the male workforce in Firefighters was higher in the educational segment with 10 to 12 years of schooling (9.28k), while the female workforce was higher in the educational segment with 7 to 9 years of schooling (866).
The highest average salary was $9.73k MX received by men with 10 to 12 years of schooling, while the lowest average salary was $9.73k MX received by men with 10 to 12 years of schooling.
* The data regarding salaries have low statistical precision so it should not be used as conclusions.
The visualization shows the distribution of Firefighters in different industries and economic sectors.
At first quarter of 2025, the workforce was higher in Justice Administration and Security and Public Order Preservation (48.4%), Regulation and Promotion of Economic Developmen (15.6%), and Regulation and Promotion of Economic Development (15.6%).
In the same period, the best average salaries were received in Secretarial Support, Photocopying, Collection, Credit Investigation and Similar Services ($17.1k MX), Medical Doctors Offices ($14k MX), and General Public Administration ($12.7k MX).
Labor Informality 2025-Q1
During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Firefighters reached a 12.4%, which implied an increase from 3.37 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 (9.05%).
The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 41.9 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.
Greater Labor Informality: 100%, Yucatán
Less Labor Informality: 24.6 %, Baja California
At first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Firefighters were Yucatán (100%), Tlaxcala (100%), and Querétaro (100%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Tamaulipas (83.5%), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (55%), and Baja California (24.6%).
The workforce of Firefighters during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with 35 to 44 years concentrating 5.89k workers of which 89.5% corresponds to formal employment (5.27k) and 10.5% to informal employment (616).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 10 to 12 years of schooling concentrating 9.28k workers of which 87.7% corresponds to formal employment (8.13k) and 12.3% corresponds to informal employment (1.14k).