Home Cooks
Occupation (5113) - 2025-Q1
- 17.9k, Workforce
- $4.4k MX, Average monthly salary
- 49.2, Average age
- 33.8, Weekly hours worked
- 4.92, Weekly days worked
- 16%, Workforce with second job
- 77.4%, Informal Workforce
- 7.44, Average years of Schooling
About Home Cooks
#permalink to sectionThe workforce of Home Cooks during first quarter of 2025 was 17.9k people, whose salary averaged $4.4k MX working around 33.8 hours per week.
The average age of Home Cooks was 49.2 years. The workforce was distributed in 24.4% men with an average salary of $365 MX and, 75.6% women with average salary of $5.7k MX.
The best average salaries received by Home Cooks were in Quintana Roo ($13.9k MX), Durango ($12k MX), and Morelos ($9.79k MX) while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (3.74k), Nuevo León (1.54k), and Sonora (1.44k).
84.4% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $5.59k MX and 15.6% to men with an average salary of $741 MX.
At the level of states, Yucatán had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 1.34k from 1.34k workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Sonora with a 23.8% corresponding to 342 from 1.44k workers.
Employment
#permalink to sectionWorkforce and Salaries Evolution
#permalink to section- 17.9k, Workforce 2025-Q1
- $4.4k MX, Average monthly salary 2025-Q1
At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Home Cooks were 17.9k being a 10.9% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024. (20k).
In the same period, an average salary of $4.4k MX was observed, registering an increase of 47.3%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($2.99k MX).
Workforce by State
#permalink to sectionThe states with the highest number of Home Cooks during the first quarter of 2025 were Estado de México (3.74k), Nuevo León (1.54k), and Sonora (1.44k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Estado de México and Nuevo León with an increase of 2.72k (267%) and 1.31k (572%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Puebla and Oaxaca with a decrease of 941 (42.4%) and 903 (63.1%), respectively.
Salaries by State
#permalink to sectionThe states with the best average salaries for Home Cooks during first quarter of 2025 were Quintana Roo ($13.9k MX), Durango ($12k MX), and Morelos ($9.79k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Morelos and Durango with an increase of $7.58k MX (344%) and $6.41k MX (115%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Baja California Sur and Chihuahua with a decrease of $11.2k MX (74%) and $6.45k MX (60%), respectively.
Labor Informality
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#permalink to sectionLabor Informality 2025-Q1
- 77.4%, Home Cooks
- 54.3%, Average Informality in Mexico
During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Home Cooks reached a 77.4%, which implied a decrease from 18.1 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 (95.6%).
The labor informality of this occupation was higher than informality at the country level in 23.1 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.
Labor Informality by State
#permalink to sectionAt first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Home Cooks were Yucatán (100%), Tlaxcala (100%), and Tamaulipas (100%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Estado de México (46.2%), Baja California Sur (30.2%), and Sonora (23.8%).
Labor Informality by Age and Education
#permalink to sectionThe workforce of Home Cooks during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with 45 to 54 years concentrating 8.65k workers of which 37.4% corresponds to formal employment (3.23k) and 62.6% to informal employment (5.42k).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 7 to 9 years of schooling concentrating 6.53k workers of which 34.4% corresponds to formal employment (2.24k) and 65.6% corresponds to informal employment (4.28k).