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Nurses and Medical Technicians

Subgroup (281) - 2025-Q1

  • 229k, Workforce
  • $7.09k MX, Average monthly salary
  • 40.8, Average age
  • 39, Weekly hours worked
  • 4.76, Weekly days worked
  • 4.24%, Workforce with second job
  • 27.5%, Informal Workforce
  • 12.9, Average years of Schooling

About Nurses and Medical Technicians

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The workforce of Nurses and Medical Technicians during first quarter of 2025 was 229k people, whose salary averaged $7.09k MX working around 39 hours per week.

The best average salaries received by Nurses and Medical Technicians were in Coahuila de Zaragoza ($12.3k MX), Guanajuato ($12.2k MX), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ($11.8k MX) while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (44.2k), Ciudad de México (36k), and Jalisco (19k).

N/A% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $6.25k MX and N/A% to men with an average salary of $5.87k MX.

At the level of states, Oaxaca had the highest percentage of informal workers with 64.3% corresponding to 3k from 4.66k workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Baja California Sur with a 6.24% corresponding to 78 from 1.25k workers.

Workforce and Salaries Evolution

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  • 229k, Workforce 2025-Q1
  • $7.09k MX, Average monthly salary 2025-Q1

At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Nurses and Medical Technicians were 229k being a 7.69% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024. (248k).

In the same period, an average salary of $7.09k MX was observed, registering an increase of 22%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($5.81k MX).

Workforce by State

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The states with the highest number of Nurses and Medical Technicians during the first quarter of 2025 were Estado de México (44.2k), Ciudad de México (36k), and Jalisco (19k)

Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Chihuahua and Guanajuato with an increase of 4.03k (72.5%) and 1.9k (22.9%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Estado de México and Puebla with a decrease of 7.07k (13.8%) and 5.3k (43.8%), respectively.

Salaries by State

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The states with the best average salaries for Nurses and Medical Technicians during first quarter of 2025 were Coahuila de Zaragoza ($12.3k MX), Guanajuato ($12.2k MX), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ($11.8k MX)

Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Chiapas and Guanajuato with an increase of $7k MX (170%) and $5.68k MX (87.5%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Zacatecas and Baja California Sur with a decrease of $10.4k MX (85.9%) and $8.61k MX (42.3%), respectively.

Workforce and Salaries Distribution by Industries

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The visualization shows the distribution of Nurses and Medical Technicians in different industries and economic sectors.

At first quarter of 2025, the workforce was higher in Psychiatric and Addiction Hospitals (40.4%), Medical Doctors Offices (34%), and Dental Offices (8.24%).

Labor Informality

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Labor Informality

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Labor Informality 2025-Q1

  • 27.5%, Nurses and Medical Technicians
  • 54.3%, Average Informality in Mexico

During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Nurses and Medical Technicians reached a 27.5%, which implied a decrease from 5.27 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024  (32.8%).

The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 26.8 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.

Labor Informality by State

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Greater Labor Informality: 64.3%, Oaxaca

Less Labor Informality: 6.24 %, Baja California Sur

At first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Nurses and Medical Technicians were Oaxaca (64.3%), Aguascalientes (61.7%), and Puebla (57.3%).

The states with the lowest informality rate were Querétaro (9.73%), Quintana Roo (7.14%), and Baja California Sur (6.24%).

Labor Informality by Age and Education

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Workforce

The workforce of Nurses and Medical Technicians during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with N/A concentrating N/A workers of which N/A% corresponds to N/A (N/A) and N/A% to N/A (N/A).

Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with N/A concentrating N/A workers of which N/A%  corresponds to N/A (N/A) and N/A% corresponds to N/A (N/A).

Technical and Nursing Staff

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The graph shows the distribution of nursing staff by type and by year.

You can analyze the distribution by total values or percentage distribution in each year by changing the option selected on the top button.