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Fashion Designers and Clothing

Occupation (2541) - 2025-Q1

  • 14.9k, Workforce
  • $7.25k MX, Average monthly salary
  • 36.3, Average age
  • 40.2, Weekly hours worked
  • 5.08, Weekly days worked
  • 1.99%, Workforce with second job
  • 51%, Informal Workforce
  • 14.3, Average years of Schooling

About Fashion Designers and Clothing

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The workforce of Fashion Designers and Clothing during first quarter of 2025 was 14.9k people, whose salary averaged $7.25k MX working around 40.2 hours per week.

The average age of Fashion Designers and Clothing was 36.3 years. The workforce was distributed in 39.1% men with an average salary of $12.8k MX and, 60.9% women with average salary of $3.65k MX.

The best average salaries received by Fashion Designers and Clothing were in Baja California ($36.6k MX), Chiapas ($18.2k MX), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ($17.2k MX) while the workforce was larger in Ciudad de México (6.1k), Jalisco (2.43k), and Guanajuato (2.37k).

In terms of industries, the best average salaries were in Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes and Similar Figures ($10k MX), Retail Trade of Textile Products, except Apparel ($8.1k MX), and Legal Services ($5.79k MX), while the workforce was concentrated on Legal Services (5.25k), Retail Trade of Textile Products, except Apparel (2.62k), and Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes and Similar Figures (280).

52.9% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $3.85k MX and 47.1% to men with an average salary of $17.5k MX.

At the level of states, Tlaxcala had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 32 from 32 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Jalisco with a 13.3% corresponding to 323 from 2.43k workers.

Workforce and Salaries Evolution

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  • 14.9k, Workforce 2025-Q1
  • $7.25k MX, Average monthly salary 2025-Q1

At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Fashion Designers and Clothing were 14.9k being a 28.9% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024. (21k).

In the same period, an average salary of $7.25k MX was observed, registering a drop of 17.2%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($8.75k MX).

Workforce by State

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The states with the highest number of Fashion Designers and Clothing during the first quarter of 2025 were Ciudad de México (6.1k), Jalisco (2.43k), and Guanajuato (2.37k)

Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Jalisco and Guanajuato with an increase of 1.44k (147%) and 1.05k (79.9%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Ciudad de México and Estado de México with a decrease of 2.17k (26.3%) and 1.37k (51.1%), respectively.

Salaries by State

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The states with the best average salaries for Fashion Designers and Clothing during first quarter of 2025 were Baja California ($36.6k MX), Chiapas ($18.2k MX), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ($17.2k MX)

Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Chiapas and Campeche with an increase of $16.1k MX (758%) and $8.36k MX (510%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Aguascalientes and Nayarit with a decrease of $6.94k MX (41%) and $6k MX (100%), respectively.

Workforce and Salaries Distribution by Industries

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The visualization shows the distribution of Fashion Designers and Clothing in different industries and economic sectors.

At first quarter of 2025, the workforce was higher in Legal Services (64.5%), Retail Trade of Textile Products, except Apparel (32.1%), and Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes and Similar Figures (3.43%).

In the same period, the best average salaries were received in Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes and Similar Figures ($10k MX), Retail Trade of Textile Products, except Apparel ($8.1k MX), and Legal Services ($5.79k MX).

Labor Informality

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Labor Informality

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Labor Informality 2025-Q1

  • 51%, Fashion Designers and Clothing
  • 54.3%, Average Informality in Mexico

During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Fashion Designers and Clothing reached a 51%, which implied a decrease from 19.5 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024  (70.5%).

The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 3.35 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.

Labor Informality by State

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Greater Labor Informality: 100%, Tlaxcala

Less Labor Informality: 13.3 %, Jalisco

At first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Fashion Designers and Clothing were Tlaxcala (100%), Tabasco (100%), and San Luis Potosí (100%).

The states with the lowest informality rate were Ciudad de México (83.5%), Guanajuato (27.8%), and Jalisco (13.3%).

Labor Informality by Age and Education

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Workforce

The workforce of Fashion Designers and Clothing during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with 25 to 34 years concentrating 7.31k workers of which 57.8% corresponds to formal employment (4.23k) and 42.2% to informal employment (3.08k).

Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 16 to 18 years of schooling concentrating 9.14k workers of which 51.5%  corresponds to formal employment (4.71k) and 48.5% corresponds to informal employment (4.44k).