Occupation (6226) - 2025-Q1
The workforce of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during first quarter of 2025 was 13.2k people, whose salary averaged $3.74k MX working around 25.7 hours per week.
The average age of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated was 46 years. The workforce was distributed in 41.8% men with an average salary of $5.07k MX and, 58.2% women with average salary of $2.78k MX.
The best average salaries received by Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated were in Nuevo León ($10.1k MX), Baja California ($9.46k MX), and Coahuila de Zaragoza ($9.33k MX) while the workforce was larger in Hidalgo (3.28k), San Luis Potosí (1.85k), and Oaxaca (1.59k).
58.4% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $1.51k MX and 41.6% to men with an average salary of $4.33k MX.
At the level of states, Zacatecas had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 247 from 247 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Nuevo León with a 38.2% corresponding to 363 from 951 workers.
At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated were 13.2k being a 32.6% higher than the fourth quarter of 2024. (9.98k).
In the same period, an average salary of $3.74k MX was observed, registering a drop of 43.7%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($6.63k MX).
The states with the highest number of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during the first quarter of 2025 were Hidalgo (3.28k), San Luis Potosí (1.85k), and Oaxaca (1.59k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato with an increase of 1.1k (145%) and 787 (129%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Nuevo León and Coahuila de Zaragoza with a decrease of 900 (48.6%) and 325 (31%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during first quarter of 2025 were Nuevo León ($10.1k MX), Baja California ($9.46k MX), and Coahuila de Zaragoza ($9.33k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí with an increase of $3.06k MX (43.2%) and -$735 (-44.7%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Coahuila de Zaragoza and San Luis Potosí with a decrease of $13.7k MX (59.5%) and $735 MX (44.7%), respectively.
Labor Informality 2025-Q1
During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated reached a 83.8%, which implied an increase from 0.3 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 (83.5%).
The labor informality of this occupation was higher than informality at the country level in 29.5 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.
Greater Labor Informality: 100%, Zacatecas
Less Labor Informality: 38.2 %, Nuevo León
At first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated were Zacatecas (100%), San Luis Potosí (100%), and Oaxaca (100%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Ciudad de México (100%), Coahuila de Zaragoza (55.3%), and Nuevo León (38.2%).
The workforce of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with 35 to 44 years concentrating 5.64k workers of which 23.9% corresponds to formal employment (1.35k) and 76.1% to informal employment (4.29k).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 7 to 9 years of schooling concentrating 4.98k workers of which 24.7% corresponds to formal employment (1.23k) and 75.3% corresponds to informal employment (3.75k).