Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence in Mexico
Mexico: Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence was 20.79 Percentage of full-time employment in 2025. ▼ Falling
Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence in Mexico, 2005–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of full-time employment.
Analysis
In 2025, incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in Mexico stood at 20.79 Percentage of full-time employment.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in Mexico peaked at 23.06 Percentage of full-time employment in 2006 and was at its lowest, 17.62 Percentage of full-time employment, in 2019.
That places Mexico 18th out of 32 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.06 Percentage of full-time employment | 18.99 Percentage of full-time employment | 23.06 Percentage of full-time employment | 5 |
| 2010s | 20.53 Percentage of full-time employment | 17.62 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.06 Percentage of full-time employment | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.13 Percentage of full-time employment | 18.62 Percentage of full-time employment | 22.12 Percentage of full-time employment | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 15 Canada 21.96 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 16 Spain 21.3 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 17 Iceland 21 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 19 Greece 20.2 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 20 Australia 19.95 Percentage of full-time employment compare
- 21 OECD 19.61 Percentage of full-time employment compare
More reference data data for Mexico
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 16.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 32.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 32.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 13.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 7.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 84.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 157.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 9.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in Mexico?
- Incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence in Mexico was 20.79 Percentage of full-time employment in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 23.06 Percentage of full-time employment in 2006.
- What is the lowest incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.62 Percentage of full-time employment in 2019.
- How does Mexico rank for incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence?
- Mexico ranks 18th out of 32 countries with data for 2025.
- Is incidence of low and high pay — high pay incidence rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Incidence of low and high pay — High pay Incidence. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains series on the incidence of low-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning less than two-thirds of gross median earnings of all full-time workers; the incidence of high-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning more than one-and-half time gross median earnings of all full-time workers.