In Mexico, published figures put pay for a reporter at MX$705.46 a day.
What reporter work in Mexico pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
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What reporter job ads in Mexico offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 10 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | No. 47 Reportero(a) en prensa diaria impresa | MX$705.46 a day | $37.83 | CONASAMI · Statutory minimum · 1 Jan 2026 |
| Freelance | ENOE, Mexico City average | MX$10,200 a month | $25.24 | Official statistics |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
$705.46DocumentMexico professional minimum wage for daily print press reporters, 2026 · Statutory minimum StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2026 Pesos per ordinary daily shift (jornada ordinaria)
un salario promedio de 10,200 pesosDocumentWhat journalists earn in Mexico: ENOE and IMCO averages, Sep 2025 · Official statistics StatusIn force
Reportero(a) en prensa diaria impresa: $624.30DocumentMexico professional minimum wage for daily print press reporters and photojournalists, 2025 · Statutory minimum StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025
el salario promedio mensual reportado fue de 8,060 pesosDocumentWhat journalists earn in Mexico: ENOE and IMCO averages, Sep 2025 · Official statistics StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025
El pago que recibía Adriana era de $200 pesos por notaDocumentWorking conditions of Guadalajara journalists (ITESO): freelance per-note pay · Survey StatusReplaced or expired
30 pesos que pagan a un periodista por nota publicadaDocumentWorking conditions of journalists in Mexico (CIMAC), 2015: pay per published note · Survey StatusReplaced or expired
Questions people ask
In Mexico, published figures put pay for a reporter at MX$705.46 a day.
CIMAC, CONASAMI, ITESO, in 5 documents.
MX$11,650 a month in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half MX$11,058.50–MX$12,000 · 10 ads.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
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