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re: Average employee in Mexican GM plant makes $3 per hour.

Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:09 pm to
Posted by Artificial Ignorance
Member since Feb 2025
1424 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:09 pm to
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And yet them vehicles are still too damn high


Karl Marx ghost in line one.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
139330 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:21 pm to
It's all about executive bonuses
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15747 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:22 pm to
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Based off a shitty country comparison site I found, Mexico has about 1/6 of the GDP per capita of the US, so making 1/6 of $18/hr (guessing that's about entry level wages for factory work nowadays) comes out about right with PPP.


Toyota plant near me in MS starts at $22 an hour & tops out at $35 an hour on the production line. Also has great benefits.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
131518 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:26 pm to
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Toyota plant near me in MS starts at $22 an hour & tops out at $35 an hour on the production line. Also has great benefits.


Damn you could make just as much at bucees
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
9834 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:36 pm to
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Average employee in Mexican GM plant makes $3 per hour


This is why part of my future retirement plans include living on the beach in Mexico.
Posted by SM6
Georgia
Member since Jul 2008
8959 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:39 pm to
That giant sucking sound you’re hearing….

Ross Perot was right, it’s a damn shame we have a two party system controlled by corporations, unions, and nimwits
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
19283 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:45 pm to
And still $50k for a Silverado Custom trim with no bells and whistles.
Posted by YouKnowImRight
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2023
2956 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:59 pm to
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And yet them vehicles are still too damn high


Gotta make sure UAW gets their pensions.
Posted by YouKnowImRight
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2023
2956 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:00 pm to
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I find this shockingly low. Apparently that’s about what other foreign automakers are paying in Mexico as well. Does this surprise you as well?


I find it shocking that all automobiles aren't built in Mexico if that's the case. You get the same quality as you do paying 10-15x that to your average UAW worker.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
35904 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:13 pm to
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Does this surprise you as well?


Not really. It's been widely known for decades that Mexican wages are a tenth of American wages.
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
16357 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:16 pm to
I have one of the trucks they made and can completely believe that it was made by someone pulling $3/hr.
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
5131 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:18 pm to
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This post was edited on 7/19/25 at 12:49 am
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10261 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:19 pm to
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Thanks NAFTA


Ross Perot was right all along.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42252 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:31 pm to
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It's all about executive bonuses


I’m an ardent capitalist and I see what capitalism has resulted in around the world.

Executive bonuses and salaries are out of touch with reality. I don’t want government involved in limiting this, so I have no answer on how to fix it, other than they are paid entirely too much
Posted by White Bear
probably
Member since Jul 2014
17615 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:40 pm to
The new tacomas are made in mx.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58163 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:48 pm to
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122111 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 9:00 pm to
That's about 55 pesos.

I asked ChatGPT what can 55 pesos buy in Mexico. It said it depends on the region, etc, etc but in general that can get you a candy bar and a soda.
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2015
21240 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 10:16 pm to
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I find this shockingly low. Apparently that’s about what other foreign automakers are paying in Mexico as well. Does this surprise you as well?



Posted by Iron Lion
Romulus
Member since Nov 2014
13977 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 10:21 pm to
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Average employee in Mexican GM plant makes $3 per hour.
My wife works in an auto manufacturing plant. She makes more than $3/hr. Like way more
Posted by StanSmith
Member since May 2018
1106 posts
Posted on 7/11/25 at 12:13 am to
I had to go to a machine shop in Monterey Mexico a few years ago. The shop was owned by the same parent company that I was employed by. It was an eye opening experience and I recommended that we move our part production out of Mexico. No matter how cheap they were there endless f ups cost us quite a bit of money. The machinist on average were making 2 dollars per hour.
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