Group (81) - 2026-Q1
The workforce of Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery during first quarter of 2026 was 1.91M people, whose salary averaged $8.28k MX working around 43.6 hours per week.
The average age of Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery was 38 years. The workforce was distributed in 63.1% men with an average salary of $8.59k MX and, 36.9% women with average salary of $7.74k MX.
The best average salaries received by Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery were in N/A while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (265k), Guanajuato (175k), and Jalisco (168k).
In terms of industries, the best average salaries were in Medical Doctors Offices ($19k MX), Fishing ($17.2k MX), and Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Commercialization ($16.9k MX), while the workforce was concentrated on Natural Gas Supply through Mains to Final Consumers (27.7k), Retail Trade of Automobiles and Pickup Trucks (19.5k), and Metallic Ore Mining (19.3k).
37.8% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $4.97k MX and 62.2% to men with an average salary of $7.91k MX.
At the level of states, Oaxaca had the highest percentage of informal workers with 53.3% corresponding to 3.25k from 6.09k workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Querétaro with a 0.35% corresponding to 295 from 84.6k workers.
At first quarter of 2026, the people who worked as Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery were 1.91M being a 4.35% lower than the fourth quarter of 2025. (2M).
In the same period, an average salary of $8.28k MX was observed, registering an increase of 14.8%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 ($7.21k MX).
The states with the highest number of Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery during the first quarter of 2026 were Estado de México (265k), Guanajuato (175k), and Jalisco (168k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the main positive variations occurred in Jalisco and Ciudad de México with an increase of 27k (19.1%) and 20.7k (36.5%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Nuevo León and Guanajuato with a decrease of 35k (17.4%) and 31.2k (15.1%), respectively.
Average Age 2026-Q1
At first quarter of 2026, the male workforce in Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery represented the 63.1% of the employed population and women 36.9%. The male workforce was higher in the age group of 25 to 34 years (318k), while the female workforce was higher in the age group of 35 to 44 years (210k).
The highest average salary was $9.09k MX received by men from 25 to 34 years, while the lowest average salary was $7.09k MX received by women from 15 to 24 years.
* The data regarding salaries have low statistical precision so it should not be used as conclusions.
Average Schooling in Years (2026-Q1)
The highest average salary was $9.94k MX received by men with 16 to 18 years of schooling, while the lowest average salary was $5.67k MX received by men 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 Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery in different industries and economic sectors.
At first quarter of 2026, the workforce was higher in Natural Gas Supply through Mains to Final Consumers (14.6%), Retail Trade of Automobiles and Pickup Trucks (10.3%), and Metallic Ore Mining (10.2%).
In the same period, the best average salaries were received in Medical Doctors Offices ($19k MX), Fishing ($17.2k MX), and Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Commercialization ($16.9k MX).
Labor Informality 2026-Q1
During the first quarter of 2026, the labor informality of Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery reached a 13%, which implied an increase from 0.59 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 (12.4%).
The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 41.8 percentage points during the first quarter of 2026.
At first quarter of 2026, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery were Oaxaca (53.3%), Guerrero (50.9%), and Puebla (45.4%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Chihuahua (3.08%), Coahuila de Zaragoza (2.26%), and Querétaro (0.35%).
The workforce of Plant Operators and Industrial Machinery during the first quarter of 2026 was higher in the age group with 35 to 44 years concentrating 504k workers of which 87.7% corresponds to formal employment (442k) and 12.3% to informal employment (62.1k).
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).