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Minimum Wage?

DianaT - 8-16-2010 at 09:29 PM

What is the minimum hourly wage in Baja California Sur right now, and what is considered a good hourly wage??

Thank you

mulegemichael - 8-16-2010 at 09:35 PM

not really sure what the legal minimum wage is but we pay our guys $6 an hour and a couple bucks an hour more for lead guys..no complaints so far...also snacks, breaks, water, and a cold one after work...i shoulda been so lucky

Donjulio - 8-16-2010 at 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by DianaT
What is the minimum hourly wage in Baja California Sur right now, and what is considered a good hourly wage??

Thank you


If I remember correctly, last time (month ago) I was in the city offices the minimum wage was 56 pesos per day. Not per hour.

Dave - 8-16-2010 at 10:23 PM

While there may be a national minimum wage (don't know who would work for that and who, in good conscience would pay that), there are also wage guidelines based on job description and experience.

Bear in mind, there's also burden. Can range from 18-25% per hour. So, if you hire someone at $4ph, it will probably cost you close to five.

irenemm - 8-17-2010 at 12:38 AM

you will need to pay all the other benefits too.
vacation, vacation bonus, profit sharing., social security
retirement, christmas bonus, overtime, holiday pay. triple time for holidays. day off pay.
yes that all goes with the 56. a day.
oh sunday bonus i am sure i forgot a few things. don;t forget if you pay them more then minimum you have to pay the taxes too. that is up to 35%.
social security is after 5 days working for you. after 28 days they are permanent and then they own YOU.

Bob and Susan - 8-17-2010 at 05:34 AM

after the month if you let them go it's
3 months and 21 days pay severance

figure 32% EXTRA for social security
and medical paid monthly by you

plus there is city tax here for having an employee

it's not triple time for holidays but double time for work
and you pay the holiday anyway:lol::lol:

what's "day off pay":lol:
i wish i got that:lol:

thank god we have an accountant:saint::saint:

monoloco - 8-17-2010 at 05:48 AM

I know that some pay their employees the minimum amount on the books and the rest in cash.

DianaT - 8-17-2010 at 07:13 AM

Thanks for the information. Gives me an idea of what I want to do in this situation.

And thanks for all the other information for when and if we start a business---good to know.

capt. mike - 8-17-2010 at 08:43 AM

minimum wages policies are nothing but a free markets interferrence mechanism which actually REDUCES the number of available jobs and restricts enterprize and profits which create new employment.
they should NEVER have been enacted in the USA.

stupid guvmint sticking its nose where it should never be allowed entry....

Santiago - 8-17-2010 at 08:49 AM

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Originally posted by bajaeng
Now I understand why the maquillas really limit how far people can advance. A good example is in Mexicali, the so called Silicon Desert. There are many outstanding engineers limited to low level production tasks and are stuck. Why should they get promoted? It will cost even more to fire them if needed.

The labor laws are really lame here.


Please explain this. Isn't someone doing the job above the 'low level production tasks'? Or are you saying that these better paying jobs are not done in Mexico and the reason for this are the labor laws?

DENNIS - 8-17-2010 at 08:58 AM

This may be the best 120 dollars ever spent for those entertaining the thought of being an employer in Mexico:

http://www.mexicanlaws.com/STPS/laborlaw.htm?gclid=CMTnzsvvw...

mtgoat666 - 8-17-2010 at 11:32 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
minimum wages policies are nothing but a free markets interferrence mechanism which actually REDUCES the number of available jobs and restricts enterprize and profits which create new employment.
they should NEVER have been enacted in the USA.

stupid guvmint sticking its nose where it should never be allowed entry....


Thank you for your opinion, Capt Oppressorr (aka Capt Cracker).

Let them eat cake!

DENNIS - 8-17-2010 at 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by fishabductor
Thanks..I added this to my favorites.



I'm thinking about ordering it so I can win some bar bets. Most round-eyes I know here wouldn't believe half of it if you didn't prove it to them.
Severence pay for a handyman??
Profit sharing??

capt. mike - 8-17-2010 at 12:13 PM

"Thank you for your opinion, Capt Oppressorr (aka Capt Cracker).
Let them eat cake! "

Oppressor has one R BTW...:smug:

not opinion - it is fact and part of contempory economics dictum for as long as it has been around [min wage and other forms of price control] as a liberal give away and indirect tax on the working public and private industry. Artificially setting - fixing wages or prices (price and wage controls) ALWAYS create shortages and inflated or artificial rates and values which then backfire in the long run much as a pressure cooker does when left on too long or set to a point it can't contain as a vessel.

Nixon's placing a price freeze nationally was a tremendous mistake and backfired as they all do.


if you HAD any training in basic economic and money theory you could be able to discuss it intelligently without emotion but of course you don't so you can't.

All minimum wage laws do is disallow millions from working at lower wages which are available for many jobs NOT intended to be as a career or for purposes of supporting a family. When employers are FORCED to pay outside of what the market may accept they HAVE to limit the number of jobs they can offer. And sometimes offer none.

Try and own/run your own business and you'll get a clue about these things...maybe.
or - you can always go to Cuba or N. Korea and partake in their "general 5 year plans" hahahahahaha. communism.....what a failed joke.

DENNIS - 8-17-2010 at 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by capt. mike

Oppressor has one R BTW...:smug:




You shouldn't give him the benefit of correction. Only mock him publicly for spelling it wrong. It's a blow to his self-esteem. Ya gotta take these opportunities as they present themselves. :lol: