Country Overview

Wages and Prices in Mexico

Mexico provides an Americas comparison point with a lower displayed wage and below-benchmark Overall price reading, presented without drawing an unsupported affordability conclusion.

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Wage history

How Wages Have Changed in Mexico

Explore Mexico’s PPP-adjusted annual wage history using a reported range rather than a filled-in series.

PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)2000–2025 · touch or hover points for the selected range

Price levels

Price Levels in Mexico

Compare everyday price levels using the United States benchmark of 100.

Overall

50.90Below U.S.49.1% below U.S.

Food

88.30Below U.S.11.7% below U.S.

Clothing

72.00Below U.S.28.0% below U.S.

Housing

42.70Below U.S.57.3% below U.S.

Health

46.00Below U.S.54.0% below U.S.

Transport

80.60Below U.S.19.4% below U.S.

Recreation

63.30Below U.S.36.7% below U.S.

Restaurants

65.10Below U.S.34.9% below U.S.

How to Read This View

Use 100 as the reference

The United States is fixed at 100 for every category. A value of 50.9 means that Mexico’s price level is about 49.1% below the U.S. benchmark, while a value of 88.3 means it is approximately 12% lower.

Compare categories, not household bills

Each row represents a separate spending category. The values show relative price levels rather than the actual amount a household spends. A higher food index does not necessarily mean that total living costs are higher by the same amount.

Check the selected year

The year buttons update all displayed categories together. Missing observations are shown as unavailable and are never replaced with values from another year.

Relative context

Mexico in Context

See how Mexico’s wage and selected price level compare with the OECD median and the United States.

Average Annual Wage

Mexico$24,463

OECD Median$60,690

United States$86,977

Selected Price Level

Mexico50.90

OECD Median67.25

United States100

Read the placement

Mexico’s 2025 PPP-adjusted annual wage is 59.7% below the OECD median. Its 2024 Overall price index of 50.9 is 49.1% below the U.S. benchmark, meaning that both measures sit on the same side of their references in this dataset. Wage and price observations refer to separately labelled years and should not be read as a household affordability score.

Country note

Understanding Wages and Prices in Mexico

Mexico is shown with its current common-year wage and a separate price-year label. The chart exposes the selected historical span without interpolation, while the page avoids converting a measured change into a causal story.

The highest displayed category indices for Mexico are Food at 88.30, Transport at 80.60, and Clothing at 72.00, while the overall index remains below the United States reference. Those measures describe relative prices, not an estimate of a household budget or a recommendation about where to live.