Occupation (2625) - 2026-Q1
The workforce of Technical Draftsmen during first quarter of 2026 was 13.4k people, whose salary averaged $7.49k MX working around 40.3 hours per week.
The average age of Technical Draftsmen was 43.1 years. The workforce was distributed in 91.8% men with an average salary of $7.77k MX and, 8.16% women with average salary of $4.36k MX.
The best average salaries received by Technical Draftsmen were in Chiapas ($19k MX), Yucatán ($16.1k MX), and Coahuila de Zaragoza ($13k MX) while the workforce was larger in Nuevo León (1.6k), Chiapas (1.55k), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (1.55k).
In terms of industries, the best average salaries were in Secretarial Support, Photocopying, Collection, Credit Investigation and Similar Services ($24k MX), Building Installations and Equipmen ($17.2k MX), and Building Installations and Equipment ($17.2k MX), while the workforce was concentrated on Legal Services (14.9k), Justice Administration and Security and Public Order Preservation (7.75%), and Performing Arts Companies and Groups (1.21k).
14.2% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $5.65k MX and 85.8% to men with an average salary of $7.22k MX.
At the level of states, Yucatán had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 128 from 128 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Chiapas with a 14.4% corresponding to 223 from 1.55k workers.
At first quarter of 2026, the people who worked as Technical Draftsmen were 13.4k being a 23.4% lower than the fourth quarter of 2025. (17.5k).
In the same period, an average salary of $7.49k MX was observed, registering an increase of 28.8%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 ($5.82k MX).
The states with the highest number of Technical Draftsmen during the first quarter of 2026 were Nuevo León (1.6k), Chiapas (1.55k), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (1.55k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the main positive variations occurred in Coahuila de Zaragoza and Chiapas with an increase of 744 (474%) and 715 (85.2%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Guerrero and Nuevo León with a decrease of 2.09k (88%) and 1.52k (48.7%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Technical Draftsmen during first quarter of 2026 were Chiapas ($19k MX), Yucatán ($16.1k MX), and Coahuila de Zaragoza ($13k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the positive salary growth was higher in Nuevo León and Coahuila de Zaragoza with an increase of $9.07k MX (910%) and $2.26k MX (21.1%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Campeche and Baja California with a decrease of $17k MX (61.3%) and $10.9k MX (84.6%), respectively.
The visualization shows the distribution of Technical Draftsmen in different industries and economic sectors.
At first quarter of 2026, the workforce was higher in Legal Services (74.6%), Justice Administration and Security and Public Order Preservation (7.75%), and Performing Arts Companies and Groups (6.02%).
In the same period, the best average salaries were received in Secretarial Support, Photocopying, Collection, Credit Investigation and Similar Services ($24k MX), Building Installations and Equipmen ($17.2k MX), and Building Installations and Equipment ($17.2k MX).
Labor Informality 2026-Q1
During the first quarter of 2026, the labor informality of Technical Draftsmen reached a 42.6%, which implied a decrease from 12.7 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 (55.3%).
The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 12.2 percentage points during the first quarter of 2026.
At first quarter of 2026, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Technical Draftsmen were Yucatán (100%), Tlaxcala (100%), and Puebla (100%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (28%), Coahuila de Zaragoza (26.2%), and Chiapas (14.4%).
The workforce of Technical Draftsmen during the first quarter of 2026 was higher in the age group with 45 to 54 years concentrating 3.72k workers of which 81.7% corresponds to formal employment (3.04k) and 18.3% to informal employment (680).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 10 to 12 years of schooling concentrating 5.11k workers of which 50.3% corresponds to formal employment (2.57k) and 49.7% corresponds to informal employment (2.54k).