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Mexico's National Minimum Wage Commission (CONASAMI) on Dec. 17, 2018, announced its decision to increase the minimum wage for 2019, the creation of a Salary Economic Area for the municipalities located 25 kilometers (approximately 15.5 miles) from the northern border and surrounding areas, and established a Border Minimum Wage.

Per the announcement, the daily minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1, 2019, from 88.36 Mexican pesos (approximately US $4.39) to 102.68 Mexican pesos (US $5.10). At the same time, the Border Minimum Wage will raise to 176.72 Mexican pesos (US $8.79).

The CONASAMI explained that this figure was squared from the current General Minimum Wage of 88.36 Mexican pesos per day, in addition to a nominal increase in Mexican pesos through the Independent Recovery Amount (MIR) of 79.94 Mexican pesos per day (US $3.97), and the consideration of an inflationary percentage adjustment of 5 percent.

The following municipalities will have to pay the Border Minimum Wage as of Jan. 1, 2019:

Baja California

• Ensenada
• Playas de Rosarito
• Tijuana
• Tecate
• Mexicali

Sonora

• San Luis Río Colorado
• Puerto Peñasco
• General Plutarco Elías Calles
• Caborca
• Altar
• Sáric
• Nogales
• Santa Cruz
• Cananea
• Naco
• Agua Prieta

Chihuahua

• Janos
• Ascensión
• Juárez
• Práxedis G. Guerrero
• Guadalupe
• Coyame del Sotol
• Ojinaga
• Manuel Benavides

Coahuila de Zaragoza

• Ocampo
• Acuña
• Zaragoza
• Jiménez
• Piedras Negras
• Nava
• Guerrero
• Hidalgo

Nuevo León

• Anáhuac

Tamaulipas

• Nuevo Laredo
• Guerrero
• Mier
• Miguel Alemán
• Camargo
• Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
• Reynosa
• Río Bravo
• Valle Hermoso
• Matamoros