Minimum Wage – Guatemala

  • Valid on October 2025
  • The amounts are in Guatemalan Quetzal.

Industry

Per Day Per month Allowance per month Total per Month
Guatemala Department - Agriculture
Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025
GTQ118.14 GTQ3,593.55 GTQ250.00 GTQ3,843.55
Guatemala Department - Non-Agricultural Activities
Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025
GTQ122.40 GTQ3,723.05 GTQ250.00 GTQ3,973.05
Guatemala Department - Export activity and maquiladora
Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025
GTQ107.79 GTQ3,278.59 GTQ250.00 GTQ3,528.59
All other Departments - Agriculture
Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025
GTQ112.99 GTQ3,436.86 GTQ250.00 GTQ3,686.86
All other Departments - Non-Agricultural Activities
Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025
GTQ116.73 GTQ3,550.60 GTQ250.00 GTQ3,800.60
All other Departments - Export activity and maquiladora
Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025
GTQ101.83 GTQ3,097.21 GTQ250.00 GTQ3,347.21

Working hours

  • The ordinary workday cannot exceed 8 hours of work a day or 44 hours a week or equivalent of 48 hrs a week for the purpose of payment of wages.

Definitions

Pursuant to Agreement No. 353-2022 Gubernativos published in the Journal of Central America on 20 December 2022, the new minimum wage from 1 January 2023 is established.

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