O-3Grupo / Grado salary
Grupo O grado 3 — Jefatura de Departamento, escalón superior.
A O-3 in the Mexico federal civil service earns 3 steps from MX$403,008 to MX$459,708 annually in 2024, before locality, allowances, and bonuses. Source: Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público + Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno (https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5758798&fecha=30/05/2025).
Step-by-step pay table
| Nivel | Phase / Padrão | Annual | Monthly (approx) | Hourly (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | MX$403,008 | MX$33,584 | MX$194 |
| 2 | — | MX$424,992 | MX$35,416 | MX$204 |
| 3 | — | MX$459,708 | MX$38,309 | MX$221 |
Beyond base: annual adjustments
Base tables understate real take-home. Mexico federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the O-3 base shown above.
| Mandatory adjustment | Formula | Added to min | Added to max |
|---|---|---|---|
Aguinaldo (Christmas bonus) Mexican federal public servants receive a constitutional minimum of 40 days of base pay as aguinaldo (≈ 1.33× monthly), payable in two installments before December 15 and January 15. Annual totals shown here are monthly × 12 and do not include this — modeled separately as adjustment. | 1.3333333333333333× monthly | +MX$44,779 | +MX$51,079 |
| O-3 total with mandatory adjustments | MX$447,787 | MX$510,787 |
Frequently asked
A O-3 in the Mexico federal civil service earns between MX$403,008 and MX$459,708 per year in 2024, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público + Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno.
The base pay scale is set centrally by Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público + Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.
Directly from Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público + Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno at https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5758798&fecha=30/05/2025. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.