Occupation (6226) - 2026-Q1
The workforce of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during first quarter of 2026 was 9.53k people, whose salary averaged $5.36k MX working around 24 hours per week.
The average age of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated was 43.8 years. The workforce was distributed in 78.9% men with an average salary of $6.46k MX and, 21.1% women with average salary of $1.25k MX.
The best average salaries received by Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated were in Nayarit ($15.5k MX), Coahuila de Zaragoza ($10.8k MX), and Sonora ($9.23k MX) while the workforce was larger in Sonora (1.74k), Michoacán de Ocampo (1.65k), and Guanajuato (1.14k).
21.1% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $1.1k MX and 78.9% to men with an average salary of $6.5k MX.
At the level of states, Sonora had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 1.74k from 1.74k workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Durango with a 66.7% corresponding to 434 from 651 workers.
At first quarter of 2026, the people who worked as Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated were 9.53k being a 21.5% higher than the fourth quarter of 2025. (7.84k).
In the same period, an average salary of $5.36k MX was observed, registering an increase of 58.7%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 ($3.37k MX).
The states with the highest number of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during the first quarter of 2026 were Sonora (1.74k), Michoacán de Ocampo (1.65k), and Guanajuato (1.14k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the main positive variations occurred in Morelos and Nayarit with an increase of 246 (63.1%) and -75 (-20.1%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí with a decrease of 1.02k (59.4%) and 644 (65.6%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during first quarter of 2026 were Nayarit ($15.5k MX), Coahuila de Zaragoza ($10.8k MX), and Sonora ($9.23k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2026, the positive salary growth was higher in Nayarit and Sonora with an increase of $11.6k MX (303%) and $8.37k MX (977%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León with a decrease of $1.36k MX (63.1%) and $380 MX (9.08%), respectively.
Labor Informality 2026-Q1
During the first quarter of 2026, the labor informality of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated reached a 96.2%, which implied a decrease from 1.25 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 (97.5%).
The labor informality of this occupation was higher than informality at the country level in 41.4 percentage points during the first quarter of 2026.
At first quarter of 2026, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated were Sonora (100%), San Luis Potosí (100%), and Puebla (100%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Guanajuato (100%), Coahuila de Zaragoza (75%), and Durango (66.7%).
The workforce of Workers Collection Activities Plants, Herbs and Roots Uncultivated during the first quarter of 2026 was higher in the age group with 45 to 54 years concentrating 4.06k workers of which 1.6% corresponds to formal employment (65) and 98.4% to informal employment (4k).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 4 to 6 years of schooling concentrating 5.47k workers of which 5.16% corresponds to formal employment (282) and 94.8% corresponds to informal employment (5.19k).