Occupation (8151) - 2026-Q1
The workforce of Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers during first quarter of 2026 was 15.3k people, whose salary averaged $5.37k MX working around 44.6 hours per week.
The average age of Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers was 37 years. The workforce was distributed in 46.6% men with an average salary of $6.54k MX and, 53.4% women with average salary of $4.34k MX.
The best average salaries received by Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers were in Sonora ($12.9k MX), Querétaro ($11.6k MX), and Nuevo León ($11.2k MX) while the workforce was larger in Puebla (4.34k), Tamaulipas (2.52k), and Tlaxcala (2.27k).
17.9% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $5.37k MX and 82.1% to men with an average salary of $4.21k MX.
At the level of states, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 444 from 444 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Puebla with a 6.7% corresponding to 291 from 4.34k workers.
At first quarter of 2026, the people who worked as Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers were 15.3k being a 1.31% higher than the fourth quarter of 2025. (15.1k).
In the same period, an average salary of $5.37k MX was observed, registering a drop of 15.6%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 ($6.36k MX).
The states with the highest number of Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers during the first quarter of 2026 were Puebla (4.34k), Tamaulipas (2.52k), and Tlaxcala (2.27k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the main positive variations occurred in Puebla and Tamaulipas with an increase of 2.62k (152%) and 603 (31.4%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Nuevo León and Querétaro with a decrease of 1.64k (63.6%) and 722 (80.2%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers during first quarter of 2026 were Sonora ($12.9k MX), Querétaro ($11.6k MX), and Nuevo León ($11.2k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the positive salary growth was higher in Querétaro and Sonora with an increase of $5.48k MX (89.5%) and $4.3k MX (50%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Aguascalientes and Guanajuato with a decrease of $12k MX (100%) and $3.68k MX (38.4%), respectively.
Labor Informality 2026-Q1
During the first quarter of 2026, the labor informality of Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers reached a 9.83%, which implied an increase from 2.31 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 (7.52%).
The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 45 percentage points during the first quarter of 2026.
Greater Labor Informality: 100%, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
Less Labor Informality: 6.7 %, Puebla
At first quarter of 2026, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers were Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (100%), Tlaxcala (24%), and Nuevo León (23.4%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Tlaxcala (24%), Nuevo León (23.4%), and Puebla (6.7%).
The workforce of Operators of Machinery and Equipment for Spinning and Winding Natural and Synthetic Fibers during the first quarter of 2026 was higher in the age group with 15 to 24 years concentrating 4.45k workers of which 90% corresponds to formal employment (4k) and 9.99% to informal employment (444).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 7 to 9 years of schooling concentrating 6.32k workers of which 93.7% corresponds to formal employment (5.92k) and 6.27% corresponds to informal employment (396).