Occupation (8141) - 2026-Q1
The workforce of Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood during first quarter of 2026 was 16.1k people, whose salary averaged $9.11k MX working around 39.7 hours per week.
The average age of Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood was 41.5 years. The workforce was distributed in 90.9% men with an average salary of $9.6k MX and, 9.06% women with average salary of $4.23k MX.
The best average salaries received by Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood were in Guerrero ($47.9k MX), Sonora ($13k MX), and Jalisco ($12.1k MX) while the workforce was larger in Durango (3.81k), Michoacán de Ocampo (2.7k), and Sonora (1.84k).
5.8% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $1.34k MX and 94.2% to men with an average salary of $10.4k MX.
At the level of states, Tabasco had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 428 from 428 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Durango with a 37.8% corresponding to 1.44k from 3.81k workers.
At first quarter of 2026, the people who worked as Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood were 16.1k being a 19.2% lower than the fourth quarter of 2025. (20k).
In the same period, an average salary of $9.11k MX was observed, registering a drop of 15.3%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 ($10.8k MX).
The states with the highest number of Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood during the first quarter of 2026 were Durango (3.81k), Michoacán de Ocampo (2.7k), and Sonora (1.84k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the main positive variations occurred in Michoacán de Ocampo and Durango with an increase of 1.58k (141%) and 1.35k (54.8%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Baja California and Nuevo León with a decrease of 3.23k (79.5%) and 1.98k (68.7%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood during first quarter of 2026 were Guerrero ($47.9k MX), Sonora ($13k MX), and Jalisco ($12.1k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the positive salary growth was higher in Guerrero and Estado de México with an increase of $35k MX (272%) and $2.09k MX (34.9%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Tabasco and Nuevo León with a decrease of $14.7k MX (85.1%) and $10.7k MX (100%), respectively.
Labor Informality 2026-Q1
During the first quarter of 2026, the labor informality of Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood reached a 42.9%, which implied an increase from 16.9 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 (26%).
The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 11.9 percentage points during the first quarter of 2026.
At first quarter of 2026, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood were Tabasco (100%), Oaxaca (100%), and Guerrero (100%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Tlaxcala (62.5%), Baja California (41.2%), and Durango (37.8%).
The workforce of Operators of Machines for Wood Processing and Production of Particleboard and Plywood during the first quarter of 2026 was higher in the age group with 35 to 44 years concentrating 4.84k workers of which 46.1% corresponds to formal employment (2.23k) and 53.9% to informal employment (2.61k).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 7 to 9 years of schooling concentrating 10.3k workers of which 61.2% corresponds to formal employment (6.28k) and 38.8% corresponds to informal employment (3.98k).