On December 26, 2018, Mexico's National Minimum Wage
Commission ("CONASAMI" for its acronym in Spanish)
published in the Official Gazette of the Federation its resolution
establishing the new general and professional minimum wages,
effective January 1, 2019, and confirming the new geographical
regions for minimum wage purposes.
The two geographical zones are as follows:
- Northern Border's Free
Zone includes (i) Baja California: Ensenada, Playas de
Rosarito, Tijuana, Tecate and Mexicali; (ii) Sonora: San Luis Rio
Colorado, Puerto Peñasco, General Plutarco Elias Calles,
Caborca, Altar, Saric, Nogales, Santa Cruz, Cananea, Naco and Agua
Prieta; (iii) Chihuahua: Janos, Ascension, Juarez, Praxedis G.
Guerrero, Guadalupe, Coyame del Sotol, Ojinagua and Manuel
Benavides; (iv) Coahuila: Ocampo, Acuña, Zaragoza, Jimenez,
Piedras Negras, Nava, Guerrero and Hidalgo; (v) Nuevo Leon:
Anahuac; and (vi) Tamaulipas: Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel
Aleman, Camargo, Gustavo
