Jeanneboo Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 What is the amount people are paying per hour for the services of a maid? It used to be $50 but that was years ago and I don't know what is correct now. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned small Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Start at 40 and if she looks good for long term raise to 50 after about 6 months. She's a maid not a school teacher. Mexicans generally pay less by the way and have no trouble finding maids to work for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMexicali Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Maids are there for 8 or 9 hours per day 6 days a week and get about $900 to $1100 pesos [about on average $20 pesos per hour] plus meals, IMSS, paid holidays, Christmas bonus and vacations with pay and a healthy severence pay. Cleaning ladies are there anywhere from 5 to 16 hours per week or every other week and get about whatever the going rate is. $50 to $60 per hour I suppose there at Lakeside. We just gave our cleaning lady a nice raise to $35.00 pesos per hour, 7 to 7 1/2 hours once a week plus a ride in and back and one meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanneboo Posted September 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 I am kinda shocked about this price range. It was $50 when I moved her six years ago. It hasn't gone up at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontekoe Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 I pay mine 150 pesos flat plus lunch she usually work for 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours. Do not pay her too much and spoil the market! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiness Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 I pay my cleaning lady 50 pesos an hour plus pay her bus. I am raising her to 60 pesos per hour next week. She works hard and has a family to feed and with the devaluation of the mexican pesos - it's hard for them to make ends meet. I just can't believe those who say "don't spoil the market" - really? Amazes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Bontekoe said: I pay mine 150 pesos flat plus lunch she usually work for 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours. Do not pay her too much and spoil the market! Good point. Never, ever pay any employee enough to survive on and send their children to school. It spoils the market for the tightwads who have little concern how anyone besides themselves lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Ours is about $40/hr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 i pay the same as i did years ago 40 pesos, but that was too much. to even it out, she hasnt gotton a raise. she gets lunch or snack & bus fare. she is given all my clothes that i no longer need. we dont have a regular day, i call when i need her. she likes that because she can build up her client base, & i get the left over time frames. xmas bonus yes, but no longer vacation pay, to even out some other things. besides cleaning the maid occasionally does errands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontekoe Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 55 minutes ago, Al Berca said: Good point. Never, ever pay any employee enough to survive on and send their children to school. It spoils the market for the tightwads who have little concern how anyone besides themselves lives. I pay what the right amount! You maybe a slave driver not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 My housekeeper has only been with me for 5 months. She gets 50 pesos an hour plus vacation, aguinaldo and triple pay if she works a holiday rather than take it off with pay. I will give her a raise on the New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 My maid comes 1day/ week for 4h hours, her husband comes 3 days/week for 4 hours/day. They get salary, bus fare, vacation pay, aguinaldo, and their shopping at Soriana when I am in town.They have been with me for 20+ years. I pay them 6000 peso's/month and will raise it again because of the devaluation of the peso per US dollar, as it does not cost me any more in dollars. Good, honest and reliable help is worth every peso I pay them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelsZ4 Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 4 hours ago, Bontekoe said: I pay mine 150 pesos flat plus lunch she usually work for 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours. Do not pay her too much and spoil the market! What a sad outlook on life... probably doesn't even give her a little extra at Easter or Christmas .. Or even a "Thank You " once in awhile.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hud Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 We pay a cleaning woman 35p per hour (about 6-7 hours) once a week, plus bus fare and one meal. My Mexican wife made the arrangement and both are happy. She sometimes also gives a few things from around the house that we do not use. I think my Mexican wife is a much better judge of what to pay than I would be. If someone doesn't like what we pay, you are free to "chip in": and make up the difference, so that you will feel better about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 In Mexico maids are paid by the day not the hour so if people continue thiking pr hour..50 pesos is a huge amount for 8 hours a day and I guess ok for a couple of hours...It is all between the maid and the employer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 bmh--not sure where you got the idea that maids are paid by the day in Mexico. Did you see any above replies mention a daily rate? Most maids don't work all day but rather x hours per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontekoe Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 22 hours ago, TelsZ4 said: What a sad outlook on life... probably doesn't even give her a little extra at Easter or Christmas .. Or even a "Thank You " once in awhile.. You are talking with no facts in your hand she gets bonuses, holiday pay,,gifts mostly clothing, NEW when we go NOB, plus good used clothing for her and her family, extra food to take home,etc etc. How sad of people making wrong assumptions,her regular pay is the going rate ...period . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFree Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 We're talking about hourly rates for maids in Mexico not in the U.S. or Canada. In the U.S. I paid my maid US $20.00 per hour. At the present exchange rate that would make it about 380 pesos per hour. if 50 pesos per hour is the going rate, then that is what we're expected to pay. I pay my maid for 5 hours. She gets 50 x 5 = 250 pesos plus bus fare. She, very seldom works the full 5 hours and mostly leaves after working for 4 hours. I see no reason to increase her hourly rate as she's effectively getting 60 pesos per hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Saltos Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 All maids and gardeners are due paid holidays, aguinaldo, and vacation. Read the labor laws or talk with an abogado to learn the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontekoe Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 20 minutes ago, FlyFree said: We're talking about hourly rates for maids in Mexico not in the U.S. or Canada. In the U.S. I paid my maid US $20.00 per hour. At the present exchange rate that would make it about 380 pesos per hour. if 50 pesos per hour is the going rate, then that is what we're expected to pay. I pay my maid for 5 hours. She gets 50 x 5 = 250 pesos plus bus fare. She, very seldom works the full 5 hours and mostly leaves after working for 4 hours. I see no reason to increase her hourly rate as she's effectively getting 60 pesos per hour. I strongly agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Pay them whatever works for you and her/him. But I am really sick of hearing the phrase "don't spoil the market". I have heard that for 15 years and I have gotten to the point of telling anyone I hear say that to mind their own ******" business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 yo1 I also live in a different state and the rates are not hourly rate ..The maids or cleaning lady in Ajijic are very well paid, actually more than teachers in many States.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hud Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 There have been 3 different types of employees mentioned here: maids, housekeepers, and cleaning women. In my mind, these are all different types of employees and would draw differing wages and methods of payment. I clearly posted that we hire a cleaning woman, not a maid , nor a housekeeper; both of which would (in my mind) draw a higher wage than a cleaning woman. I guess my reply is not what the OP was seeking. Sorry ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semalu Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Consider searching the topic, there have been many past threads that included very sound advice about the actual legalities involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 I gave my cleaning lady a raise from 50/hour to 60 last year as she is very thorough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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