Occupation (4211) - 2025-Q1
The workforce of Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade during first quarter of 2025 was 3.64M people, whose salary averaged $3.94k MX working around 43.9 hours per week.
The average age of Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade was 34.4 years. The workforce was distributed in 38.8% men with an average salary of $4.52k MX and, 61.2% women with average salary of $3.57k MX.
The best average salaries received by Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade were in Baja California Sur ($8.23k MX), Coahuila de Zaragoza ($6.89k MX), and Nayarit ($6.1k MX) while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (638k), Ciudad de México (262k), and Jalisco (259k).
In terms of industries, the best average salaries were in Multiple Banking ($24.7k MX), Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Commercialization ($16k MX), and Metallic Ore Mining ($15.5k MX), while the workforce was concentrated on Retail Trade of Groceries and Food (2.24M), Retail Trade of Textile Products, except Apparel (874k), and Retail Trade of Automobiles and Pickup Trucks (635k).
66% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $2.84k MX and 34% to men with an average salary of $3.48k MX.
At the level of states, Chiapas had the highest percentage of informal workers with 82.6% corresponding to 106k from 128k workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Baja California Sur with a 34% corresponding to 5.73k from 16.8k workers.
At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade were 3.64M being a 1.03% higher than the fourth quarter of 2024. (3.6M).
In the same period, an average salary of $3.94k MX was observed, registering a drop of 2.59%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($4.04k MX).
The states with the highest number of Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade during the first quarter of 2025 were Estado de México (638k), Ciudad de México (262k), and Jalisco (259k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Estado de México and Hidalgo with an increase of 41.6k (6.98%) and 29.5k (29.1%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Ciudad de México and Coahuila de Zaragoza with a decrease of 42.7k (14%) and 12.2k (14.7%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade during first quarter of 2025 were Baja California Sur ($8.23k MX), Coahuila de Zaragoza ($6.89k MX), and Nayarit ($6.1k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Quintana Roo and Nayarit with an increase of $622 MX (12%) and $442 MX (7.81%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Baja California Sur and Chihuahua with a decrease of $4.15k MX (33.5%) and $1.11k MX (17.1%), respectively.
Average Age 2025-Q1
At first quarter of 2025, the male workforce in Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade represented the 38.8% of the employed population and women 61.2%. The male and female workforce was higher in the age group 15 to 24 years (461k men and 653k women).
The highest average salary was $6.18k MX received by men from 35 to 44 years, while the lowest average salary was $332 MX received by women from 75 or more years.
* The data regarding salaries have low statistical precision so it should not be used as conclusions.
Average Schooling in Years (2025-Q1)
During the first quarter of 2025, male and female workforce in Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade was concentrated in the educational segment with 10 to 12 years of schooling (561k men and 898k women).
The highest average salary was $6.73k MX received by men with 16 to 18 years of schooling, while the lowest average salary was $2.4k MX received by women with 0 to 3 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 Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade in different industries and economic sectors.
At first quarter of 2025, the workforce was higher in Retail Trade of Groceries and Food (38.9%), Retail Trade of Textile Products, except Apparel (15.2%), and Retail Trade of Automobiles and Pickup Trucks (11%).
In the same period, the best average salaries were received in Multiple Banking ($24.7k MX), Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Commercialization ($16k MX), and Metallic Ore Mining ($15.5k MX).
Labor Informality 2025-Q1
During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade reached a 64.7%, which implied an increase from 1.7 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 (63%).
The labor informality of this occupation was higher than informality at the country level in 10.3 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.
Greater Labor Informality: 82.6%, Chiapas
Less Labor Informality: 34 %, Baja California Sur
At first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade were Chiapas (82.6%), Hidalgo (80.5%), and Tlaxcala (80.5%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Quintana Roo (41.5%), Sonora (37.6%), and Baja California Sur (34%).
The workforce of Sales Employees, Dispatchers and Dependent on Trade during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with 15 to 24 years concentrating 1.11M workers of which 21.4% corresponds to formal employment (238k) and 78.6% to informal employment (876k).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 10 to 12 years of schooling concentrating 1.46M workers of which 38.5% corresponds to formal employment (561k) and 61.5% corresponds to informal employment (898k).