In a meeting held this Friday, the Commission of Private House Workers resolved increase minimum wages in the sector. As established, the monthly increases will be applied between August and December.
This is the outline for the coming months:
August: there will be a 1.9% increase, plus a one-time non-remunerative sum of $ 20.000 for those who provide tasks more than 16 hours per week. At the same time, a payment of $ 11.500, for those who provide tasks less than 16 hours and more than 12 hours per week, and $ 8.000 for those who provide tasks less than 12 hours per week.
September: the increase will be 1.8%, plus the addition to the base of 25% of the non-remunerative sum for August.
October: There will be an increase of 1.7%, plus the incorporation of 50% of the non-remunerative sum for August into the base.
November: They will have an increase of 1.6%, plus the incorporation of 25% of the non-remunerative sum for August into the base.
December: the increase will be 1.6%
They are decreasing increases whose Real purchasing power will depend on what happens with inflation in those following months.
In the previous meetings, the increases established were 1.5% for February, another 1.5% for March, 1.8% for April, 1.6% for May, 1.5% for June and 1.4% for July. In all those months, inflation was much higher, deepening the sector’s wage losses.
In addition, 50% of the non-remunerative sum for March was incorporated into basic salaries in April and the remaining 50% in July.
The non-remunerative sum for February and March was $ 20.000 for personnel who provide tasks 16 or more hours per week; of $ 11.500 for those who provide tasks between 12 and less than 16 hours per week and $ 8.000 for those who provide tasks less than 12 hours per week.
The incorporation of non-remunerative increases in halves to the basics It does not represent a salary increase but rather a change in the type of bonus that the sector was already charging.
Until July, the salary of general tasks employees with retirement – the largest category – was de $ 458.053,22 or $3,733.72 an hour. In November 2023 it was $160,791 or $1,311 per hour.
Represents in 32 months an increase of 184.9% versus inflation, as of July 2026, of 328.8%. It’s a 33% loss.
Thus, domestic staff – with 1.7 million workers, with 3 out of every 4 workers in the informal sector- During the current government administration, it accumulated a drop equivalent to just over a third of its purchasing power, above the losses under previous governments.
The salaries agreed upon in these agreements constitute the legally established minimums, which allows The parties to the employment relationship can negotiate better salary conditions.
The staff of Casas Particulares is the largest labor sector, with greater informality and a drop in real wages almost similar to that of employees in the national public sector.
The latest INDEC Labor Informality Report places domestic staff with a 78% unregistered employmentthe highest percentage among all activities, followed with 73.8% in construction.