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Content of wages&hours_LAC.xls
1. Hourly wage in main activity in nominal LCU, by gender, age, education, and area
2. Hourly wage in main activity in nominal LCU, by labor relationship, type of firm and labor category
3. Hourly wage in main activity in nominal LCU, by informality status
4. Hourly wage in main activity in nominal LCU, by economic sector
5. Weekly hours in all jobs, by gender, age, education, and area
6. Weekly hours in all jobs, by labor relationship, type of firm and labor category
7. Weekly hours in all jobs, by informality status
8. Weekly hours in all jobs, by economic sector
9. Monthly labor income in nominal LCU, by gender, age, education, and area
10. Monthly labor income in nominal LCU, by labor relationship, type of firm and labor category
11. Monthly labor income in nominal LCU, by informality status
12. Monthly labor income in nominal LCU, by economic sector
13. Distribution of labor income by labor relationship
14. Inequality in earning (Gini coefficients for the distribution of wages and earnings)
15. Linear correlation coefficients between hours of work and hourly wages
16. Ratio of hourly wages by educational groups. Prime-age males.
17. Mincer: Coefficients of educational dummies in Mincer equations. Males and females
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Hourly wages
Hourly wage in main activity in nominal LCU
By gender, age, education and area
Gender Age
Total Female Male (15-24)
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.2
1987 3.8 3.5 4.0 2.4
1988 16.1 14.9 16.8 9.7
1991 26,896 25,730 27,582 18,254
1992 3.7 3.5 3.8 2.5
15 main cities
1992 3.5 3.3 3.6 2.4
1993 3.8 3.6 3.9 2.7
1994 4.4 4.5 4.4 3.0
1995 4.4 4.3 4.5 2.9
1996 4.4 4.4 4.3 2.7
1997 4.3 4.3 4.3 2.8
1998 4.5 4.3 4.7 2.8
28 main cities
1998 4.3 4.1 4.4 2.6
1999 4.1 4.0 4.1 2.7
2000 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.5
2001 4.0 3.9 4.0 2.5
2002 3.9 3.6 4.1 2.4
2003 3.9 3.7 4.1 2.4
EPHC
2003-II 4.4 4.4 4.4 2.6
2004-I 4.5 4.3 4.7 2.8
2004-II 4.6 4.5 4.7 2.9
2005-I 4.9 4.8 4.9 3.0
2005-II 5.7 5.6 5.7 3.6
2006-I 6.1 5.9 6.3 4.0
2006-II 6.9 6.5 7.2 4.2
2007-I 7.3 7.2 7.4 4.8
2007-II 8.4 8.0 8.6 5.3
2008-I 9.1 8.9 9.3 6.2
2008-II 10.6 10.4 10.7 7.1
2009-I 11.6 11.6 11.5 7.5
2009-II 12.5 12.5 12.6 8.3
2010-I 13.9 13.8 14.0 9.5
2010-II 16.0 15.7 16.3 11.3
2011-I 17.8 17.1 18.3 12.4
2011-II 20.6 20.4 20.8 14.7
2012-I 22.6 22.8 22.5 16.3
2012-II 25.7 25.5 25.8 18.2
2013-I 29.2 28.5 29.7 20.6
2013-II 32.7 31.9 33.3 22.7
2014-I 37.1 36.0 37.8 26.0
2014-II 43.5 42.7 44.0 31.3
2015-I 48.8 49.2 48.6 35.5
Formal workers
Type of work Salaried workers
Entrepreneurs Wage earners Self-employed Entrepreneurs Large firms Public sector
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 4.3 1.6 2.0 4.3
1987 7.5 3.5 4.1 7.5 3.9
1988 31.0 14.9 17.1 31.0 17.5
1991 59,752 24,641 29,507 59,752
1992 7.9 3.3 4.3 7.9 3.5 3.5
15 main cities
1992 7.4 3.1 3.9 7.4 3.5 3.5
1993 8.5 3.6 4.2 8.5 3.9 4.2
1994 7.8 4.2 4.9 7.8 4.6 5.4
1995 9.3 4.1 4.5 9.3 4.4 5.0
1996 10.1 4.0 4.6 10.1 4.2 5.1
1997 8.1 4.0 4.5 8.1 4.2 5.3
1998 9.1 4.2 4.8 9.1 4.5 5.6
28 main cities
1998 8.7 4.0 4.4 8.7 4.3 5.3
1999 7.7 3.9 4.1 7.7 4.1 5.2
2000 7.1 3.9 3.9 7.1 4.2 5.1
2001 7.8 3.9 3.7 7.8 4.2 5.0
2002 9.3 3.7 3.6 9.3 4.2 4.3
2003 8.4 3.8 3.9 8.4 4.2 4.4
EPHC
2003-II 7.4 4.1 4.7 7.4 4.5 5.4
2004-I 6.9 4.3 5.0 6.9 4.8 5.5
2004-II 6.8 4.4 5.0 6.8 4.8 5.7
2005-I 8.0 4.6 5.0 8.0 5.1 6.2
2005-II 12.0 5.3 5.5 12.0 5.7 7.6
2006-I 11.3 5.8 6.4 11.3 6.2 8.2
2006-II 17.8 6.4 6.2 17.8 6.9 9.2
2007-I 11.2 7.0 7.6 11.2 7.5 10.0
2007-II 13.8 7.9 8.8 13.8 8.6 10.9
2008-I 12.8 9.0 8.7 12.8 9.4 13.1
2008-II 15.2 10.5 9.8 15.2 11.3 14.5
2009-I 17.3 11.1 11.7 17.3 11.5 15.9
2009-II 17.2 12.5 11.4 17.2 12.9 18.0
2010-I 20.6 13.5 13.9 20.6 14.0 18.7
2010-II 22.6 15.8 15.5 22.6 16.4 21.7
2011-I 23.6 17.5 17.3 23.6 18.2 24.1
2011-II 23.7 20.8 19.0 23.7 21.4 28.9
2012-I 25.6 23.0 20.6 25.6 23.7 31.3
2012-II 27.1 25.5 25.8 27.1 26.1 35.1
2013-I 37.4 29.0 28.4 37.4 30.1 39.2
2013-II 39.5 33.1 29.8 39.5 33.9 44.9
2014-I 45.1 37.3 34.9 45.1 38.6 49.3
2014-II 56.1 43.4 41.6 56.1 43.5 60.4
2015-I 54.2 49.3 46.0 54.2 49.3 67.1
5.3 1.8
10.6 2.4 3.5
46.7 9.2 14.1
63,301 25,484
9.1 2.7 3.9
426 102
1,276 191
2,338 433
7,372 1,235
22,214 4,354
89.3 14.8
234 40.2
1,702 269
25.4 4.8
784 56.2 126
2.1 1.2
4.7 2.3
20.4 8.4
30,045 20,766
4.1 3.0
3.9 2.8
4.4 3.1
5.5 3.6
5.2 3.5
5.4 3.5
5.2 3.7
5.6 3.3
5.4 3.1
5.4 3.0
5.1 2.9
5.0 2.9
4.8 2.9
4.8 3.0
6.0 3.0
5.8 3.1
6.4 3.1
6.6 3.1
7.3 3.5
8.8 3.7
9.1 3.9
9.9 4.2
11.9 4.9
12.7 5.6
14.5 6.3
16.1 7.0
16.8 8.3
18.7 9.3
21.9 10.3
23.5 11.1
27.6 13.3
30.8 14.8
36.0 16.7
38.7 19.3
42.1 22.0
49.6 25.9
55.8 28.5
64.9 36.1
101.6 55.3
115.8 68.3
131.5 73.3
146.9 76.0
164.4 91.5
194.4 99.4
232.8 115.8
316.1 143.8
378.7 161.5
418.4 200.3
483.9 233.1
4.2 1.0
4.6 1.1
9.5 2.1
9.0 2.3
10.3 3.2
9.9 3.3
10.9 3.4
11.6 3.1
13.3 5.3
13.2 4.3
15.9 7.0
16.4 6.2
18.7 7.5
20.6 7.6
27.4 8.9
26.4 9.3
27.4 10.5
31.8 11.5
32.0 10.6
33.4 11.2
34.5 12.1
34.9 12.0
36.1 11.9
176 39.5
352 80
716 156
2,093 413
7,268 1,427
21.1 4.7
66.3 15.5
477 104
7.2 1.6
214 49
9,355 3,141
234 64
3.5 1.0
4.1 1.3
4.2 1.4
4.5 1.5
4.5 1.4
5.2 1.5
5.8 1.8
6.0 1.8
6.0 1.8
7.0 2.0
7.3 2.3
8.0 2.7
8.4 2.7
9.7 3.0
12.2 4.5
13.6 5.2
16.5 6.0
16.7 6.4
20.0 7.5
11.5 4.3
12.7 4.8
13.8 5.4
14.7 5.8
15.8 6.3
16.6 6.7
17.7 7.0
18.0 7.2
18.7 7.4
20.6 7.6
582 189
833 734
1,861 575
2,031 698
1,691 610
1,921 741
2,141 852
2,714 1,087
2,882 1,485
3,510 1,472
3,692 1,778
4,493 1,952
3,498 1,170
4,912 1,404
4,100 1,579
4,555 1,702
4,874 1,764
5,845 2,170
5,989 2,273
6,374 2,474
6,679 2,731
7,098 2,910
7,424 3,113
7,655 3,307
8,054 3,538
8,403 3,797
9,007 3,991
9,332 4,264
9,778 4,464
9,583 4,327
9,978 4,723
159 48
181 57
250 74
286 90
391 129
440 159
511 183
571 229
677 235
808 260
891 311
982 370
1,031 377
1,264 411
1,298 430
1,423 473
1,476 524
1,652 590
1,837 690
2,305 779
2,609 874
2,623 1,076
3,124 1,169
3,204 1,235
3,693 1,413
3,562 1,451
3,679 1,400
3,679 1,495
3,569 1,623
3,602 1,608
3,709 1,668
4,283 1,827
3,641 1,746
23.0 6.1
33.5 14.3
37.6 11.8
40.6 12.2
40.3 13.6
46.0 16.9
50.0 19.3
72.4 33.6
76.9 33.8
75.9 41.1
89.3 40.6
89.3 39.0
95.0 47.7
94.2 45.8
101.2 53.8
106.3 53.2
109.8 59.0
112.2 60.1
125.1 62.8
121.9 64.4
135.8 70.4
134.7 71.8
134.7 84.9
156.7 78.2
169.4 78.5
3,157 1,600
7,482 2,790
11,501 4,421
2.9 1.1
1.7 0.6
2.0 0.8
2.1 0.8
2.1 0.9
2.2 1.0
2.3 1.1
2.4 1.2
2.7 1.3
3.1 1.5
3.4 1.8
3.4 1.9
3.3 2.2
3.6 2.1
3.8 2.5
3.7 2.2
4.1 2.2
3.7 2.3
3.6 2.3
3.6 2.2
17.9 5.6
18.3 5.4
20.4 5.6
17.8 6.1
2.1 0.7
2.3 0.8
2.5 1.0
2.4 0.9
2.5 0.9
2.4 0.9
2.5 1.0
2.5 1.0
2.6 1.1
2.7 1.2
2.7 1.2
2.7 1.2
2.8 1.2
3.1 1.2
3.2 1.3
3.3 1.4
3.7 1.5
3.5 1.5
11.8 3.7
19.0 7.3
22.2 7.6
24.7 8.0
17.2 4.7
15.9 5.9
16.0 6.0
4.2 0.8
4.7 0.9
5.2 1.0
6.9 1.3
7.8 2.0
9.3 1.9
11.7 2.8
13.7 6.1
17.6 7.0
29.5 5.2
27.2 6.0
31.3 7.3
33.0 8.9
38.6 12.6
42.5 10.9
47.3 11.7
54.4 13.6
56.7 15.4
58.8 16.1
73.5 19.7
62.5 15.8
64.4 21.3
62.0 16.9
65.8 18.1
81.9 21.7
64.4 21.8
69.8 21.0
4,574 1,722
9,788 3,198
12.6 3.9
15.7 5.3
25.8 7.0
33.1 9.1
37.3 14.9
55.6 18.0
54.9 19.1
57.5 23.3
60.8 22.7
63.6 24.3
71.9 29.0
78.1 29.4
12.2 5.2
16.8 6.2
16.0 8.4
26.7 14.5
44.6 23.0
2.5 2.1
2.6 0.6
2.8 0.6
2.7 0.7
3.3 0.7
3.1 0.9
3.2 1.1
3.0 0.8
3.1 0.9
3.0 0.9
3.2 0.8
3.1 1.0
3.2 0.9
3.3 1.0
3.4 1.1
3.9 1.2
4.0 1.3
4.4 1.6
5.0 1.7
5.0 2.1
5.3 2.2
6.3 2.4
5.9 2.5
6.3 2.7
6.5 2.7
6.5 2.7
9.7 3.4
4,962 1,725
6,425 2,368
7,337 2,549
6,785 2,695
6,165 2,562
7,311 2,728
6,640 3,016
8,524 3,139
9,174 3,288
9,682 3,644
10,222 4,400
11,725 4,231
12,606 5,383
14,339 5,109
15,096 6,266
16,778 6,375
15,032 6,856
15,099 7,510
17,156 7,525
16,985 8,213
16,797 8,909
17,836 9,576
16,138 9,464
17,251 9,701
4.6 3.0
4.9 2.6
5.1 3.1
4.8 2.3
5.3 2.2
5.9 2.3
4.9 2.5
5.2 2.4
5.2 2.2
5.1 2.2
6.1 2.5
6.1 2.6
6.1 2.7
7.1 3.2
7.0 3.2
7.1 3.7
8.4 4.1
8.6 4.3
9.5 4.4
9.3 4.8
9.7 5.4
10.7 5.3
11.0 5.4
11.2 6.0
12.5 5.9
11.7 6.2
1.1
5.1 2.8
19.6 9.9
26.8 14.2
32.8 16.8
40.2 22.2
45.7 21.8
53.9 23.3
50.0 21.6
47.9 23.4
55.3 23.3
60.2 26.1
69.1 31.8
68.1 31.5
76.4 33.6
81.1 38.5
103.8 41.0
112.3 43.5
124.8 54.5
131.5 64.4
150.3 70.4
166.5 84.4
181.9 91.4
201.0 100.4
227.1 115.8
242.7 126.8
260.0 133.1
279.1 151.5
283.5 149.6
43.1 13.5
104.0 31.2
285.5 115.7
857.6 320.0
1,140.1 550.2
1,263.3 619.3
1,564.6 894.0
1,858 901
2,081 1,046
2,342 1,172
2,961 1,292
3,751 1,746
4,993 2,513
Hours of work
Weekly hours in all jobs
By gender, age, education and area
Gender Age
Total Female Male (15-24)
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 45.3 38.6 49.3 41.6
1987 45.2 38.3 49.3 43.3
1988 45.3 38.1 49.5 42.6
1991 44.3 37.2 48.6 41.5
1992 44.5 37.8 48.5 41.7
15 main cities
1992 44.3 37.6 48.4 41.5
1993 44.6 37.8 48.8 42.2
1994 44.0 36.5 48.4 42.0
1995 43.5 36.2 48.0 41.2
1996 43.6 36.2 48.2 41.0
1997 43.8 37.3 47.8 41.3
1998 43.9 37.0 48.5 40.5
28 main cities
1998 44.0 37.1 48.5 40.9
1999 43.6 36.8 48.3 40.1
2000 43.1 36.6 47.5 39.4
2001 41.9 35.3 46.5 37.2
2002 39.5 33.6 44.0 36.2
2003 39.6 33.0 44.7 35.5
EPHC
2003-II 40.0 33.4 44.8 36.7
2004-I 40.7 34.2 45.3 37.1
2004-II 40.8 34.1 45.5 37.3
2005-I 41.5 34.9 46.1 38.9
2005-II 41.5 34.8 46.3 38.1
2006-I 41.5 34.6 46.5 38.1
2006-II 41.6 35.2 46.2 37.5
2007-I 41.7 35.3 46.2 38.5
2007-II 42.1 35.7 46.5 38.9
2008-I 42.4 36.0 46.8 39.2
2008-II 41.5 35.5 45.7 37.9
2009-I 41.0 34.9 45.4 36.9
2009-II 41.1 35.1 45.4 37.3
2010-I 41.3 35.4 45.4 37.1
2010-II 41.3 35.2 45.5 37.2
2011-I 41.5 35.8 45.4 38.3
2011-II 41.0 35.1 45.2 36.9
2012-I 40.9 35.0 45.0 37.4
2012-II 40.5 34.6 44.6 35.9
2013-I 40.5 34.8 44.4 36.9
2013-II 40.3 34.6 44.3 36.9
2014-I 40.2 34.5 44.0 37.1
2014-II 39.7 34.2 43.7 36.2
2015-I 39.8 34.0 43.7 37.1
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45.9
45.9
45.7
45.5
45.3
45.3
45.6
45.5
44.7
43.8
43.9
43.8
43.7
43.5
44.0
43.4
43.6
43.7
43.4
40.1
42.3
45.7
45.0
43.9
43.3
43.5
43.7
42.8
42.6
41.7
41.1
41.8
41.5
41.3
41.5
41.2
41.6
41.2
41.0
40.9
40.6
40.4
40.3
40.0
39.5
39.0
38.7
38.2
38.1
38.3
41.9
42.7
42.6
42.5
42.7
41.9
41.2
42.8
41.5
39.5
Hours of work
Weekly hours in all jobs
By labor relationship, type of firm and labor category
A firm is considered small when it employs less than 5 workers; it's considered large when there are 5 or more employees
Type of work
Entrepreneurs Wage earners Self-employed Zero-income
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 54.2 44.9 45.5 37.8
1987 55.9 44.8 44.6 42.7
1988 56.6 45.0 44.7 32.1
1991 54.9 44.2 43.3 36.0
1992 55.5 44.0 43.5 46.1
15 main cities
1992 55.5 43.6 44.2 45.2
1993 57.4 44.5 44.3 41.8
1994 57.7 43.9 43.8 38.1
1995 56.0 43.0 42.9 40.9
1996 56.1 43.1 43.7 36.4
1997 57.6 43.5 42.6 39.1
1998 58.4 43.6 42.6 39.5
28 main cities
1998 57.8 43.5 43.5 40.4
1999 56.0 43.3 42.6 42.1
2000 57.2 42.9 41.4 40.3
2001 56.1 41.8 39.7 41.2
2002 54.2 39.0 39.3 36.3
2003 54.8 39.3 38.4 38.7
EPHC
2003-II 53.1 39.5 39.9 31.0
2004-I 53.3 40.3 40.4 29.6
2004-II 53.8 40.2 40.8 33.1
2005-I 53.4 41.1 41.0 35.5
2005-II 52.7 41.0 41.9 31.4
2006-I 52.8 41.1 41.5 30.9
2006-II 51.4 41.3 41.4 31.0
2007-I 51.8 41.4 41.4 30.6
2007-II 52.6 41.6 42.5 29.1
2008-I 52.1 41.8 43.1 31.0
2008-II 50.9 41.1 41.2 28.8
2009-I 50.6 40.8 39.9 31.9
2009-II 50.2 40.7 41.0 28.2
2010-I 49.8 41.0 40.5 29.5
2010-II 49.1 41.0 40.5 35.4
2011-I 50.2 41.3 40.2 31.7
2011-II 50.0 40.8 40.0 31.1
2012-I 49.5 40.6 40.4 35.6
2012-II 49.2 40.2 39.6 31.6
2013-I 49.3 40.5 38.9 29.4
2013-II 47.3 40.1 39.9 27.1
2014-I 47.8 40.1 39.3 28.4
2014-II 48.3 39.8 38.3 29.8
2015-I 47.8 39.8 38.5 28.4
re are 5 or more employees; within public sector we include the government and public firms
Zero-income
37.8
42.7
32.1
36.0
46.1
45.2
41.8
38.1
40.9
36.4
39.1
39.5
40.4
42.1
40.3
41.2
36.3
38.7
31.0
29.6
33.1
35.5
31.4
30.9
31.0
30.6
29.1
31.0
28.8
31.9
28.2
29.5
35.4
31.7
31.1
35.6
31.6
29.4
27.1
28.4
29.8
28.4
29.2
25.2
25.2
28.6
32.2
25.6
23.9
25.9
23.9
24.3
25.2
36.5
35.8
30.4
31.6
33.0
37.3
29.2
32.9
33.2
32.3
33.2
32.3
33.2
33.2
34.5
33.3
33.1
34.7
27.2
30.9
30.9
27.3
34.4
28.1
40.9
39.1
39.7
39.3
38.8
40.0
39.6
39.3
38.2
38.3
28.5
27.4
26.7
28.6
26.4
26.3
25.4
25.8
24.9
24.9
24.8
24.9
23.9
23.7
24.5
24.3
24.7
25.6
24.8
24.3
23.4
22.0
29.8
30.2
29.7
29.8
30.3
29.3
29.4
29.3
29.4
30.6
53.2
51.3
49.6
45.4
43.8
41.3
40.1
39.7
46.9
43.0
40.9
42.5
34.6
31.9
31.3
28.0
27.5
26.9
27.1
26.5
26.8
25.1
25.7
25.8
25.9
26.1
40.0
37.4
35.2
38.4
37.3
36.6
34.6
36.9
33.2
36.3
34.0
36.9
31.8
33.3
37.0
33.6
30.3
33.1
33.4
37.0
35.2
26.4
25.2
29.1
24.8
26.9
26.8
20.8
27.7
26.9
25.0
26.1
35.6
33.9
29.7
32.4
28.4
29.4
26.2
21.8
23.1
23.2
22.4
29.6
21.3
26.3
28.5
26.1
25.7
28.3
31.2
30.8
29.4
30.8
29.3
29.1
30.7
27.6
32.6
29.7
30.7
28.4
30.2
32.2
33.3
34.1
32.7
32.7
31.0
30.0
27.8
25.9
26.4
26.407928
27.4
25.8
23.3
38.3
33.9
37.8
37.7
38.6
33.9
34.8
33.4
33.7
34.4
33.6
33.1
32.0
31.8
32.5
32.2
32.9
32.8
32.6
34.6
34.5
34.7
36.3
28.2
30.3
34.9
30.1
35.8
32.0
42.5
42.3
40.8
41.2
39.1
37.0
39.3
34.5
32.7
34.3
32.7
31.9
35.1
29.9
31.8
31.6
30.3
26.7
26.7
32.8
31.4
28.7
27.4
27.5
26.2
28.7
33.5
33.1
43.1
41.7
37.1
35.0
34.7
36.4
33.2
38.4
36.5
33.2
32.3
35.9
31.7
30.3
31.4
31.4
30.9
40.2
37.0
33.0
34.1
37.8
32.5
40.4
40.9
41.6
48.2
49.7
45.6
39.5
32.8
33.5
33.2
32.5
47.8
26.1
25.1
22.3
24.6
24.0
23.8
22.4
20.6
19.6
19.7
18.5
18.1
16.4
16.1
15.8
31.7
38.0
40.7
39.8
41.9
41.9
40.0
41.8
43.4
41.3
42.7
41.6
39.7
42.6
36.3
39.1
37.4
37.0
37.8
37.0
33.7
34.8
33.7
32.7
36.2
27.1
25.8
30.1
28.9
29.4
28.4
29.2
29.3
28.0
28.0
27.8
27.7
27.2
25.9
26.1
25.7
25.3
25.4
26.0
24.9
25.2
24.5
25.2
25.5
25.7
39.9
41.7
41.6
38.5
41.8
40.1
40.4
37.5
37.3
36.2
38.1
36.0
34.3
37.5
33.3
28.8
29.7
26.8
28.0
29.3
28.3
28.6
27.7
27.2
29.5
26.7
27.2
28.1
39.1
38.1
30.7
Hours of work Source: SEDLAC (CEDLAS and The World Bank)
Weekly hours in all jobs
By informality status
Productive definition: A worker is considered informal if (s)he is a salaried workers in a small firm, a non-professional self-employed, or a zero-income worker
A firm is considered small if it employs less than 5 workers
Legal definition: A worker is considered informal if (s)he does not have the right to a pension when retired
Gender Age
Total Female Male (15-24)
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 317 234 367 193
1987 662 498 762 396
1988 2,881 2,198 3,286 1,672
1991 4,752,447 3,874,506 5,288,386 3,003,090
1992 631 505 708 420
15 main cities
1992 591 471 665 389
1993 660 524 743 436
1994 691 568 765 448
1995 698 541 791 418
1996 678 535 764 393
1997 677 548 756 400
1998 720 562 821 403
28 main cities
1998 681 532 773 379
1999 636 513 718 357
2000 619 503 696 338
2001 590 488 658 304
2002 551 439 632 289
2003 598 485 675 311
EPHC
2003-II 660 538 742 345
2004-I 707 570 797 368
2004-II 728 578 825 386
2005-I 795 628 906 435
2005-II 901 733 1,013 502
2006-I 983 793 1,113 556
2006-II 1,087 881 1,230 596
2007-I 1,199 977 1,351 706
2007-II 1,366 1,083 1,558 780
2008-I 1,537 1,257 1,734 934
2008-II 1,703 1,412 1,906 1,018
2009-I 1,865 1,558 2,085 1,088
2009-II 2,006 1,710 2,218 1,180
2010-I 2,256 1,905 2,504 1,341
2010-II 2,570 2,126 2,881 1,524
2011-I 2,910 2,404 3,260 1,793
2011-II 3,277 2,764 3,634 1,933
2012-I 3,635 3,080 4,032 2,259
2012-II 4,001 3,424 4,404 2,409
2013-I 4,578 3,852 5,088 2,815
2013-II 5,134 4,276 5,745 3,144
2014-I 5,801 4,845 6,471 3,672
2014-II 6,678 5,557 7,478 4,041
2015-I 7,512 6,413 8,282 4,792
Type of work
Entrepreneurs Wage earners Self-employed
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 764 308 355
1987 684 660 680
1988 6,075 2,886 2,958
1991 11,588,894 4,667,607 5,199,656
1992 783 613 727
15 main cities
1992 766 578 656
1993 605 666 664
1994 372 691 724
1995 1,877 663 650
1996 1,861 653 637
1997 1,723 655 627
1998 1,986 691 670
28 main cities
1998 1,879 654 626
1999 1,626 628 553
2000 1,454 623 529
2001 1,433 603 472
2002 1,663 553 448
2003 1,596 610 484
EPHC
2003-II 1,427 666 577
2004-I 1,398 713 632
2004-II 1,407 731 654
2005-I 1,715 797 685
2005-II 2,054 893 766
2006-I 2,093 988 836
2006-II 2,327 1,091 892
2007-I 2,259 1,206 1,007
2007-II 2,690 1,346 1,202
2008-I 2,511 1,553 1,327
2008-II 2,895 1,734 1,397
2009-I 3,239 1,884 1,576
2009-II 3,454 2,063 1,622
2010-I 3,694 2,291 1,923
2010-II 4,237 2,613 2,150
2011-I 4,558 2,967 2,401
2011-II 4,564 3,422 2,538
2012-I 5,027 3,791 2,907
2012-II 5,232 4,179 3,235
2013-I 6,856 4,763 3,668
2013-II 7,376 5,345 4,049
2014-I 8,046 6,115 4,509
2014-II 9,854 6,967 5,367
2015-I 10,215 7,895 5,952
ge when there are 5 or more employees; within public sector we include the government and public firms
764 816
684 749 1,518 431
6,075 3,412 6,652 1,620
11,588,894 11,032,120
783 675 676 1,339 466
78,862 66,829
159,732 205,482
369,082 386,605
1,023,876 1,157,714
2,928,902 3,485,266
13,010 14,773
32,011 37,464
234,513 260,197
4,026 4,017
95,013 27,341 38,844 115,341 9,845
Informal workers
Self-employed
Unskilled
309
578
2,520
4,502,174
671
595
586
622
537
515
490
502
480
431
424
373
348
372
456
509
518
526
609
649
711
807
972
1,107
1,182
1,259
1,379
1,545
1,763
2,054
2,176
2,457
2,795
3,084
3,512
3,807
4,418
5,045
7,434
8,416
10,145
10,614
12,013
13,942
16,674
17,002
19,085
26,523
36,567
424
440
827
691
579
552
563
621
728
800
841
1,242
1,269
1,790
1,792
1,947
2,342
2,462
2,129
2,175
2,180
2,439
2,478
2,502
18,492
34,358
79,300
223,491
792,900
2,643
7,099
47,614
833
21,441
1,029,536
24,752
345
425
405
401
394
436
448
491
522
523
547
595
708
732
767
1,031
1,152
1,232
1,326
1,300
1,036
1,133
1,250
1,274
1,299
1,347
1,389
1,426
1,482
1,518
96,036
147,347
237,748
272,770
134,494
138,489
169,900
214,692
231,693
265,471
287,109
313,616
336,783
404,242
402,990
421,858
446,196
459,437
480,852
507,708
539,118
560,619
590,934
613,038
612,655
548,618
624,734
15,688
18,226
20,444
25,363
35,112
42,192
47,714
55,101
61,732
67,383
76,113
89,185
85,590
91,213
100,980
103,387
118,906
133,819
161,218
191,156
209,930
248,918
243,842
274,487
269,409
246,611
246,994
249,880
265,639
264,702
300,700
214,834
3,774
4,119
4,983
4,968
4,600
5,353
6,757
7,874
8,653
8,893
9,624
10,262
10,155
10,883
10,596
11,525
13,597
14,200
15,557
16261.4
16,037
16,742
17,746
16,115
17,230
278,224
422,156
564,304
1,018,413
163
169
162
181
202
205
220
216
234
256
281
283
303
306
276
303
299
290
248
250
1,443
1,499
1,471
1,731
194
166
200
193
196
190
197
197
192
207
213
220
222
213
229
246
261
284
877
1,333
1,851
1,765
994
1,090
1,008
356
395
523
694
766
807
1,132
1,507
1,815
2,045
2,287
2,539
2,378
2,305
2,509
3,045
3,553
3,479
3,371
3,370
3,045
3,042
3,143
3,349
3,685
3,487
3,502
757,836
1,004
1,466
2,119
2,359
2,706
2,891
2,713
2,745
2,758
2,581
2,814
3,034
3,373
3,342
881
1,153
1,765
2,085
3,597
5,675
179
174
228
217
233
238
222
189
179
186
177
166
176
198
228
235
242
301
311
331
337
385
353
325
367
367
328
460,225
531,571
494,255
476,485
499,730
697,670
723,848
823,043
750,654
932,377
1,099,439
1,061,395
1,247,319
1,526,668
1,075,812
1,426,873
1,676,551
1,565,747
1,495,498
1,453,296
1,567,510
1,513,050
1,374,024
1,570,152
319
319
321
335
354
380
355
352
363
361
366
392
459
497
524
587
608
620
647
704
750
724
752
785
662
735
123
662
2,267
2,898
3,583
4,423
4,556
4,302
3,838
3,929
4,511
4,767
5,033
5,230
5,827
6,778
7,861
8,549
9,494
10,022
11,011
12,360
13,809
14,714
16,371
16,912
17,602
19,119
4,802
12,405
35,668
100,562
134,566
142,045
156,246
158,616
171,282
192,284
258,403
368,975
503,285
Labor income Source: SEDLAC (CEDLAS and The World Bank)
Monthly labor income in nominal LCU
By informality status
Productive definition: A worker is considered informal if (s)he is a salaried workers in a small firm, a non-professional self-employed, or a zero-income worker
A firm is considered small if it employs less than 5 workers
Legal definition: A worker is considered informal if (s)he does not have the right to a pension when retired
All workers
Men Women
Primary Secondary College Primary Secondary
Argentina
Greater Buenos Aires
1986 0.237 0.477 0.606 0.084 0.514
1987 0.167 0.599 0.507 -0.047 0.620
1988 0.179 0.604 0.615 0.078 0.731
1991 0.219 0.444 0.522 -0.189 0.627
1992 0.329 0.463 0.607 -0.142 0.471
15 main cities
1992 0.287 0.451 0.557 -0.095 0.462
1993 0.090 0.453 0.606 0.005 0.322
1994 0.178 0.429 0.716 -0.013 0.431
1995 0.140 0.510 0.707 -0.027 0.277
1996 0.159 0.475 0.716 0.024 0.293
1997 0.173 0.428 0.624 0.072 0.322
1998 0.253 0.476 0.779 0.011 0.350
28 main cities
1998 0.227 0.457 0.757 0.042 0.450
1999 0.175 0.381 0.753 0.032 0.340
2000 0.158 0.487 0.726 -0.023 0.304
2001 0.232 0.414 0.785 0.160 0.320
2002 0.306 0.472 0.825 0.041 0.432
2003 0.228 0.415 0.798 0.072 0.349
EPHC
2003-II 0.175 0.395 0.686 0.168 0.264
2004-I 0.225 0.420 0.557 -0.005 0.246
2004-II 0.149 0.369 0.581 0.090 0.268
2005-I 0.105 0.367 0.677 0.242 0.203
2005-II 0.176 0.406 0.641 0.092 0.274
2006-I 0.144 0.393 0.667 0.308 0.215
2006-II 0.264 0.361 0.618 0.158 0.314
2007-I 0.256 0.315 0.614 0.047 0.289
2007-II 0.236 0.362 0.611 -0.033 0.386
2008-I 0.251 0.245 0.613 0.042 0.294
2008-II 0.225 0.343 0.547 0.268 0.337
2009-I 0.188 0.320 0.556 0.233 0.243
2009-II 0.170 0.369 0.541 0.141 0.223
2010-I 0.202 0.321 0.510 0.123 0.280
2010-II 0.118 0.337 0.531 -0.012 0.230
2011-I 0.195 0.276 0.564 0.032 0.361
2011-II 0.237 0.284 0.537 0.100 0.245
2012-I 0.194 0.311 0.463 0.150 0.226
2012-II 0.162 0.329 0.396 0.299 0.299
2013-I 0.203 0.261 0.520 -0.023 0.354
2013-II 0.215 0.310 0.462 0.018 0.311
2014-I 0.222 0.305 0.504 0.027 0.332
2014-II 0.129 0.301 0.457 0.100 0.215
2015-I 0.202 0.260 0.464 0.246 0.205