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7. Labor and employment: Mexico

Labor and employment in Mexico for companies and foreign investors: minimum wage, working hours and the move to a 40 hour week, employment contracts and probation, mandatory benefits and profit sharing, dismissal costs, the outsourcing ban and social security contributions. Each rule is tied to the official text and checked against it.

Investor view. A single federal labor code, published minimum wages and contribution rates, and a phased, preannounced timetable for the shorter working week let employers in Mexico budget payroll years ahead and compete for a large, young workforce.

Employing people in Mexico: minimum wage, the move to a 40 hour week, mandatory benefits, dismissal costs, the outsourcing ban and social securityMexico has one federal labor code: the 2026 minimum wage is MXN 315.04 a day (MXN 440.87 in the northern border free zone), contracts are indefinite unless the work requires otherwise, and every emplo