On December 16, 2019 an amendment was issued by the National Minimum Wage Commission for a 20% increase in the General Minimum Wage for the area known as: “The Rest of the Country” from $102.68 to $123.22 pesos, which is applicable from January 01, 2020. This increase is assimilated based on the current General Minimum Wage, in addition to the 14.67 pesos obtained through the Independent Recovery Amount [in Spanish: MIR], and a 5% inflation factor; in order to preserve the purchasing power of the workers.

For the Northern Border Free Zone the General Minimum Wage is set from $176.22 to $185.56 pesos for a working day, increasing 5% pertaining to the behavior of inflation.

The following shows the States and Municipalities that comprise the Border Area:

Baja California	Sonora	Chihuahua	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Nuevo León	Tamaulipas
Ensenada	San Luis Río Colorado	Janos	Ocampo	Anáhuac	Nuevo Laredo
Playas de Rosarito	Puerto Peñasco	Ascensión	Acuña		Guerrero
Tecate	General Plutarco Elías Calles	Juárez	Zaragoza		Mier
Mexicali	Caborca	Práxedis G. Guerrero	Jiménez		Miguel Alemán
	Altar	Guadalupe	Piedras Negras		Camargo
	Sáric	Coyame del Sotol	Nava		Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
	Nogales	Ojinaga	Guerrero		Río Bravo
	Santa Cruz	Manuel Benavides	Hidalgo		Valle Hermoso
	Cananea				Matamoros
	Naco
	Agua Prieta

We suggest that you review your salary schedules to see whether you are affected by this situation.

The Minimum Wage has still not been published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, and it will be issued at the end of  2019. There might be minor modifications to the same.

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