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Entry-Level Teachers

Subgroup (233) - 2025-Q1

  • 1.34M, Workforce
  • $7.14k MX, Average monthly salary
  • 41.4, Average age
  • 27.3, Weekly hours worked
  • 4.29, Weekly days worked
  • 8.44%, Workforce with second job
  • 10.5%, Informal Workforce
  • 16.2, Average years of Schooling

About Entry-Level Teachers

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The workforce of Entry-Level Teachers during first quarter of 2025 was 1.34M people, whose salary averaged $7.14k MX working around 27.3 hours per week.

The average age of Entry-Level Teachers was 41.4 years. The workforce was distributed in N/A% men with an average salary of $8.22k MX and, N/A% women with average salary of $6.72k MX.

The best average salaries received by Entry-Level Teachers were in N/A while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (192k), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (93k), and Jalisco (86.4k).

79.7% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $4.37k MX and 20.3% to men with an average salary of $4.74k MX.

Workforce and Salaries Evolution

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  • 1.34M, Workforce 2025-Q1
  • $7.14k MX, Average monthly salary 2025-Q1

At first quarter of 2025, the people who worked as Entry-Level Teachers were 1.34M being a 2.24% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024. (1.37M).

In the same period, an average salary of $7.14k MX was observed, registering a drop of 2.77%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 ($7.34k MX).

Workforce by State

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The states with the highest number of Entry-Level Teachers during the first quarter of 2025 were Estado de México (192k), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (93k), and Jalisco (86.4k)

Comparing the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, the main positive variations occurred in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave and Oaxaca with an increase of 15k (19.3%) and 12.2k (24.5%), respectively. On the other hand, the negative variations were accentuated in Estado de México and Chiapas with a decrease of 31.1k (14%) and 12.1k (19.1%), respectively.

Average Salary and Workforce by Sex and Age

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Average Age 2025-Q1

  • 40.5, Women
  • 43.6, Men

The highest average salary was $8.67k MX received by men from 45 to 54 years, while the lowest average salary was $4.55k MX received by women from 15 to 24 years.

* The data regarding salaries have low statistical precision so it should not be used as conclusions.

Workforce and Salaries Distribution by Industries

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The visualization shows the distribution of Entry-Level Teachers in different industries and economic sectors.

At first quarter of 2025, the workforce was higher in Higher Technical Education Schools (82.1%), Basic, Middle and Special Needs Education Schools (17.5%), and General Public Administration (0.25%).

Labor Informality

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Labor Informality

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Labor Informality 2025-Q1

  • 10.5%, Entry-Level Teachers
  • 54.3%, Average Informality in Mexico

During the first quarter of 2025, the labor informality of Entry-Level Teachers reached a 10.5%, which implied a decrease from 0.1 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2024  (10.6%).

The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 43.8 percentage points during the first quarter of 2025.

Labor Informality by State

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Greater Labor Informality: N/A%, N/A

Labor Informality by Age and Education

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Workforce

The workforce of Entry-Level Teachers during the first quarter of 2025 was higher in the age group with N/A concentrating N/A workers of which N/A% corresponds to N/A (N/A) and N/A% to N/A (N/A).

Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with 16 to 18 years of schooling concentrating 1.14M workers of which 90.8%  corresponds to formal employment (1.03M) and 9.18% corresponds to informal employment (104k).