Category (5) - 2025-Q1
The workforce of Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance during first quarter of 2025 was 5.4M people, whose salary averaged $5.82k MX working around 43.5 hours per week.
The average age of Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance was 39.5 years. The workforce was distributed in 48.2% men with an average salary of $6.48k MX and, 51.8% women with average salary of $5.2k MX.
The best average salaries received by Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance were in Baja California Sur ($12.1k MX), Nayarit ($9.19k MX), and Tamaulipas ($9.16k MX) while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (735k), Ciudad de México (462k), and Jalisco (403k).
In terms of industries, the best average salaries were in Legislative Bodies ($40k MX), Accounting, Auditing and Related Services ($27k MX), and Travel Agencies and Reservation Services ($26k MX), while the workforce was concentrated on Beauty Salons and Clinics, Public Baths and Washrooms, and Shoeshine Shops (1.5M), Secretarial Support, Photocopying, Collection, Credit Investigation and Similar Services (999k), and Justice Administration and Security and Public Order Preservation (9.14%).
64.8% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $4.76k MX and 35.2% to men with an average salary of $5.33k MX.
At the level of states, Oaxaca had the highest percentage of informal workers with 78.7% corresponding to 91.6k from 116k workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Baja California Sur with a 33.9% corresponding to 22.6k from 66.7k workers.
At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance were 5.4M being a 1.18% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024. (5.46M).
In the same period, an average salary of $5.82k MX was observed, registering an increase of 0.01%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($5.82k MX).
The states with the highest number of Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance during the first quarter of 2025 were Estado de México (735k), Ciudad de México (462k), and Jalisco (403k)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Guerrero and Puebla with an increase of 31.5k (22.5%) and 26.2k (14.4%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave and Baja California with a decrease of 37.5k (11.6%) and 19.4k (10.4%), respectively.
The states with the best average salaries for Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance during first quarter of 2025 were Baja California Sur ($12.1k MX), Nayarit ($9.19k MX), and Tamaulipas ($9.16k MX)
Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the positive salary growth was higher in Colima and Tamaulipas with an increase of $1.57k MX (24.1%) and $1.19k MX (14.9%), respectively. Por otro lado, las variaciones salariales negativas se acentuaron en Guanajuato and Baja California with a decrease of $1.15k MX (22.9%) and $971 MX (13.5%), respectively.
Average Age 2025-Q1
At first quarter of 2025, the male workforce in Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance represented the 48.2% of the employed population and women 51.8%. The male workforce was higher in the age group of 25 to 34 years (624k), while the female workforce was higher in the age group of 35 to 44 years (647k).
The highest average salary was $7.07k MX received by men from 35 to 44 years, while the lowest average salary was $2.86k MX received by women from 75 or more years.
* The data regarding salaries have low statistical precision so it should not be used as conclusions.
Average Schooling in Years (2025-Q1)
During the first quarter of 2025, male and female workforce in Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance was concentrated in the educational segment with 10 to 12 years of schooling (974k men and 955k women).
The highest average salary was $6.94k MX received by men with 16 to 18 years of schooling, while the lowest average salary was $4.64k MX received by women 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 Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance in different industries and economic sectors.
At first quarter of 2025, the workforce was higher in Beauty Salons and Clinics, Public Baths and Washrooms, and Shoeshine Shops (35.9%), Secretarial Support, Photocopying, Collection, Credit Investigation and Similar Services (23.9%), and Justice Administration and Security and Public Order Preservation (9.14%).
In the same period, the best average salaries were received in Legislative Bodies ($40k MX), Accounting, Auditing and Related Services ($27k MX), and Travel Agencies and Reservation Services ($26k MX).
Labor Informality 2025-Q1
During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance reached a 60.1%, which implied a decrease from 0.34 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 (60.5%).
The labor informality of this occupation was higher than informality at the country level in 5.81 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.
Greater Labor Informality: 78.7%, Oaxaca
Less Labor Informality: 33.9 %, Baja California Sur
At first quarter of 2025, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance were Oaxaca (78.7%), Tlaxcala (77.7%), and Hidalgo (76.3%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Chihuahua (44.2%), Quintana Roo (34.2%), and Baja California Sur (33.9%).
The workforce of Workers in Personal Services and Surveillance during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with 25 to 34 years concentrating 1.27M workers of which 42.9% corresponds to formal employment (546k) and 57.1% to informal employment (725k).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 10 to 12 years of schooling concentrating 1.93M workers of which 44.9% corresponds to formal employment (865k) and 55.1% corresponds to informal employment (1.06M).