Barbachano International

Human Capital Solutions

2018
México Salary Guide
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Welcome to the 2018 México Salary Guide

A company is only as extraordinary as its people. In today’s business

climate, if there is one true thing across every type of worker, regardless
of age, gender, ethnicity, or geography, it’s that employees who aren’t
fairly compensated for their efforts will look for other opportuni-
ties—and they will leave.

In a recent poll to our candidate database, 70% said a salary increase is

the most important form of career recognition. It’s crucial for emplo-
yers to offer the right pay in order to hire and retain the right talent.

Fortunately, our 2018 Mexico Salary Guide is back for its 21st edition,
providing you with a benchmark for assessing the strength of your pay
rates. The data presented is collected from our knowledge and analysis
of the market, conversations with senior executives, candidate salaries,
and the research carried out by our consulting experts. The information
depicts trends regarding market and labor conditions which help in
developing successful recruitment strategies. It is also an effective guide
for professionals who seek to advance further in their career or are
undergoing a hiring process.

While there is some uncertainty in 2018 as a result of ongoing NAFTA

negotiations, the potential effects of U.S. tax reform on Mexico foreign
direct investments, economics, and Mexico presidential
elections—Mexico remains stable with solid business opportunities in
many sectors. These include automotive, aerospace, cloud/software,
medical devices, tourism & hospitality, and oil & gas. The employment
market remains hot with low supply and high demand. Inflationary
pressures in Mexico have eased somewhat and the Mexican peso has
settled down between 18.50 and 19.00 pesos to the USA showing some
resiliency.

We invite you to browse our Mexico Salary Guide’s contents and

connect with us to discuss how we can support your human capital
solutions needs.

Sincerely,

Fernando Ortiz-Barbachano
President & CEO
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ABOUT OUR SALARY GUIDE

The Data
The 2017 Mexico Salary Guide by Barbachano International, Inc. is designed to help
our clients and professional candidates determine appropriate compensation for
their professional positions and job openings in Mexico. It can be used as a reference
guide to determine appropriate compensation for new hires.

The data presented in the guide has been carefully researched by our
Barbachano International Staff and is based on:

• Candidate interviews
• Internal candidate database salary information
• Job order and client salary data
• Job placements
• Conducted Mexico Salary Surveys

This data is not scientific and for some position titles is based on limited salary data.
The data includes annual salary only and does not include bonuses, commissions, or
other benefits. All salaries are in U.S. dollar denominations and are rounded to the
nearest hundred.

The salaries have been compiled resulting in ranges from low–mid–high in U.S.
dollars. A current exchange rate of 18.80 pesos per $1 U.S. dollar has been conside-
red. The average company surveyed is mid to large size and the data is based primari-
ly on larger metropolitan cities.
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Salary Range Determination

Determining salary ranges for your specific location may be affected by many factors
including company size, benefits, location within Mexico, educational requirements,
local unemployment rates, specific industry, etc. For smaller cities in Mexico, salary
ranges must be adjusted, as the cost of living is generally 10% to 15% lower. Profes-
sional level salaries in Mexico border cities are generally 10% to 25% higher than
non-border cities.

Salaries in Mexico border cities are sometimes affected by U.S. dollar indexation
practices for key management positions.

If you require a more precise Salary Range for any professional level position in
Mexico or wish to have a Mexico employment expert determine competitive com-
pensation packages, please call Barbachano International at

(619) 427-2310 or email us at barbachano@bipsearch.com

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MARKET INFORMATION DATA

90 88.36
88
Mexico Daily Min Wage
86
AMOUNT 84
YEAR (IN PESOS)
82
80.04
2018 $ 88.36 80
78
2017 $ 80.04 76
74 73.04
2016 $ 73.04 72
70
Source 68
www.sat.gob.mx 66
2016 2017 2018

Top 15 On Demand Jobs in Mexico in 2018

1 Controller/Finance Manager
2 Digital Marketing Manager
3 Business Development Director – B2B
4 Auditor
5 Software Development Engineer/Software Developer
6 Automation Engineer – Robotics
7 Project Manager – Technology
8 Sales Manager – Life Sciences
9 Operations Manager – Manufacturing
10 Brand Manager – Marketing
11 Tax Accountant
12 Supply Chain Manager
13 E-Commerce Specialist
14 Sales Engineer
15 Quality Manager

Source.
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MEXICO SALARY GUIDE 2018

Executive / Operations Low Mid High

President (CEO) $184,100 $254,700 $449,000

VP of Operations $123,900 $165,500 $292,000

General Manager / Managing Director $101,500 $143,500 $274,700

Director Operations $93,700 $131,000 $242,300

Manufacturing Operations Low Mid High

VP - Manufacturing Mexico $119,800 $154,900 $262,100

General Manager / Director of Operations $91,5040 $126,100 $219,700

Plant Manager $80,600 $105,600 $178,500

Operations Manager $70,000 $88,200 $125,800

Production Manager $49,000 $61,900 $90,000

Production Supervisor (Group Leader) $19,000 $26,300 $36,800

Engineering Low Mid High

Engineering Director $72,100 $95,9000 $144,600

Engineering Manager $60,000 $74,300 $115,500

R&D Manager $63,700 $86,500 $137,000

Manufacturing Engineering Manager $58,000 $67,700 $100,200

Test Engineering Manager $43,900 $60,300 $79,400

Product Engineering Manager $42,800 $60,800 $84,000

Industrial Engineering Manager $42,900 $58,000 $82,700

Maintenance Manager $40,000 $54,800 $80,100

Lean Manufacturing Manager / Continuous $44,800 $61,200 $83,500

Improvement Manager
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Engineering Low Mid High

Six Sigma Master Black Belt $54,200 $74,100 $99,300

Six Sigma Black Belt $34,500 $50,400 $70,300

Facilities Manager $42,300 $52,400 $73,300

Tool Room Manager $38,8000 $49,700 $71,100

Manufacturing Engineer $22,300 $36,400 $67,900

Industrial Engineer $20,200 $34,900 $62,300

Design Engineer $30,500 $48,400 $75,000

Product Engineer $23,300 $34,700 $66,800

Mechanical Engineer $23,000 $34,300 $67,500

Electrical Engineer $22,700 $35,800 $69,000

Packaging Engineer $31,200 $42,500 $78,900

RF Engineer $35,600 $45,600 $80,400

Test Engineer $23,400 $33,900 $60,800

Tool/Die Engineer $20,000 $29,600 $56,300

Quality Low Mid High

Quality Director $67,800 $91,400 $136,700

Quality Assurance Manager $52,200 $69,400 $11,500

Quality Control Supervisor $23,500 $32,700 $52,300

Quality Engineer $20,700 $30,000 $56,400

Supplier Quality Engineer $23,200 $35,800 $56,800

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Materials / Supply Chain / Logistics Low Mid High

Supply Chain Director $75,300 $101,500 $157,200

Materials Director $69,900 $95,400 $142,500

Materials Manager $57,100 $75,300 $113,500

Purchasing Manager $53,600 $70,500 $100,800

Commodity Manager $40,400 $56,100 $78,200

Production Control Manager $47,200 $53,800 $68,200

Production Control Supervisor $31,700 $39,800 $53,500

Customs / Traffic Manager $38,900 $50,800 $70,900

Warehouse Manager $34,100 $40,100 $60,300

Master Production Scheduler $36,700 $46,600 $61,800

Planner (Planner/Buyer) $21,500 $32,600 $50,500

Buyer $26,100 $40,300 $62,200

Accounting / Finance Low Mid High

CFO $116,200 $161,100 $305,300

Finance Director $75,500 $102,000 $152,700

Controller $67,100 $83,600 $136,500

Finance Manager $52,400 $69,300 $91,400

Accounting Manager $40,100 $50,300 $73,900

Cost Accounting Manager $36,700 $50,400 $74,2000

Financial Analyst $25,100 $38,400 $61,600

Cost Accountant $23,700 $37,300 $57,500

Staff Accountant $21,500 $34,200 $50,100

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Human Resources Low Mid High

Human Resource Director $68,700 $87,000 $139,500

Human Resource Manager $49,400 $66,500 $105,000

Human Resource Representative / HR Specialist $21,000 $36,200 $57,000

Organizational Development Manager $39,200 $49,200 $77,400

Training Manager $27,700 $39,000 $59,300

Compensation / Benefits Manager $27,400 $43,600 $66,300

Enviromental Health & Safety Low Mid High

Environmental Health & Safety Manager $37,400 $51,200 $74,800

Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor $24,100 $31,900 $50,000

Information Systems Low Mid High

IT Director (CIO) $69,300 $100,000 $134,000

Systems Manager $42,300 $52,800 $74,500

Project Manager $28,400 $41,900 $62,000

Network Administrator $27,700 $35,300 $54,500

Systems Analyst $19,400 $30,800 $49,800

Programmer / Developer $16,700 $27,800 $48,600

Software Engineer $23,200 $35,200 $59,100

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Sales / Marketing Low Mid High

VP Sales $92,400 $131,600 $222,000

Sales Director / Commercial Director $70,300 $110,300 $167,500

Sales Manager $50,000 $75,200 $121,000

Sales Representative / Account Manager $25,800 $46,300 $83,600

Sales Engineer $22,200 $41,400 $71,800

Marketing Manager $52,700 $72,000 $109,400

Brand Manager (Marketing) $40,700 $62,400 $88,400

Product Manager $43,200 $62,300 $91,000

Marketing Analyst $23,500 $37,600 $57,800

 ABOUT US

Barbachano International, Inc. (BIP) was founded in 1992 to help multi-national compa-

nies cope with their recruitment needs and human resource problems in Mexico. As our

client’s human capital needs grew not only in Mexico but also in the United States and our

clients expanded to South America, we introduced new solutions to satisfy their needs. In

addition to recruitment & executive search, we introduced executive coaching and outpla-

cement through our sister company, Challenger Gray & Christmas S.C. Although much has

changed since we started a quarter century ago, “helping people and companies grow”

remains our mission. We believe that people are at the center of our client’s success and

that the war on talent requires an expert who understands our client’s business, cares

about recruiting, developing and retaining the best and brightest, and becomes a trusted

advisor.

Our solutions are aimed at companies with multi-cultural workforces, Spanish-speaking

markets or Mexico and Latin American business involvement. Directly and through our

partners we have Mexico offices in Mexico City, Tijuana, Reynosa, and in the USA, Canada,

Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador and Paraguay. Our reach is

global and includes North, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. We are

headquartered in San Diego, California.

Today, Barbachano International is the marketplace leader for human capital solutions in

Mexico. Our expertise has been built by providing key talent and HR support to over 200

successful start-up operations in Mexico and the completion of over 5000 successful

marriages between companies and people. Our group has provided solutions to over half

of FORTUNE 500 companies and in 2017, Barbachano International was selected to

America’s Best Executive Search Firms list by Forbes.

 Barbachano International uses a high-impact search approach which relies on a proprietary
process based “search methodology” and a business model using functional specialty niche
and industry practice leaders. The industries we service in our search division include manu-
facturing, technology, software, life sciences, private equity, energy, telecom, consumer
goods, chemicals, retail and other sectors. Our manufacturing expertise includes automoti-
ve, aerospace, medical devices, plastics, electronics, metals fabrication, and food processing,
amongst others.

Contact Us!
San Diego Headquarters: Mexico Office:
2531 Windward Way +52-664-684-0847
Chula Vista, CA 91914
For inquiries, please contact us at
Phone: (619) 427-2310 barbachano@bipsearch.com
Fax: (619) 427-2312

www.bipsearch.com
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