What share of jobs are informal in Córdoba?

48.5% of employed people in Córdoba held informal jobs in the first quarter of 2026 under INDEC's definition, 12th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 44.2%.

What share of homes in Córdoba have sewers?

45.3% of households in Córdoba were connected to a public sewer in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), the lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 73.0%.

What share of homes in Córdoba have piped water?

98.2% of households in Córdoba had running water from the public network inside the home in the first quarter of 2026, 14th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

Economy, jobs and prices in Córdoba, Argentina: official figures

The unemployment rate in Córdoba was 10.5% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 2nd highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 8.9% a year earlier, so it is up 1.6 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.

Unemployment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

10.5%

Q2 2026

Employment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

45.5%

Q2 2026

Mean per-person family income (INDEC EPH, Q1 2026)

733,809 pesos

Q1 2026

What is the employment rate in Córdoba?

The employment rate in Córdoba (employed people as a share of all residents) was 45.5% in the second quarter of 2026, 12th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, against 46.4% a year earlier and 45.0% across the 31 survey areas.

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What is the labour force participation rate in Córdoba?

50.9% of residents of Córdoba were working or looking for work in the second quarter of 2026 (the activity rate), 5th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the year before it was 51.0%.

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What is the underemployment rate in Córdoba?

In the second quarter of 2026, 12.9% of the labour force in Córdoba worked fewer hours than they wanted (underemployment), 10th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, compared with 15.1% a year earlier and 11.5% across the 31 survey areas.

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How many people in Córdoba work for the government?

In Córdoba, 24.1% of employed people were self-employed and 12.5% of employees worked in the public sector in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH); across the 31 survey areas the shares were 24.2% and 21.9%.

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How many workers in Córdoba are looking for another job?

Among employed people in Córdoba, 22.8% were also looking for another job in the second quarter of 2026, joint 6th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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What is the average income per person in Córdoba?

Mean family income per person in Córdoba was 733,809 pesos a month in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH, current pesos), 13th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the mean for all 31 survey areas was 731,516 pesos.

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What is the median income in Córdoba?

The median person in Córdoba lived in a household with family income of 553,333 pesos per person a month in the first quarter of 2026, 11th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 500,000 pesos).

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What is the average wage in Córdoba?

Employed people in Córdoba who reported earnings made a mean of 1,012,153 pesos a month from their main job in the first quarter of 2026 (median 860,000 pesos), 13th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on the mean; across the 31 survey areas the mean was 1,104,227 pesos.

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How unequal are incomes in Córdoba?

The richest tenth of residents of Córdoba, ranked by family income per person, received 29.5% of all income in the first quarter of 2026, 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on income concentration (all 31 survey areas: 33.4%).

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Is income in Córdoba above the national average?

Mean family income per person in Córdoba was 1.00 times the mean for the 31 survey areas in the first quarter of 2026, and the median was 1.11 times the 31-area median.

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How many homes in Córdoba have piped gas?

60.0% of households in Córdoba cooked mainly with piped gas in the first quarter of 2026, 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 64.7%).

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How many people in Córdoba rent their home?

In Córdoba, 54.1% of households owned their home and 28.8% rented it in the first quarter of 2026; the shares for all 31 survey areas were 67.8% and 20.9%.

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How Córdoba compares with other cities in Argentina

Unemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Córdoba ranks 2 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Unemployment rate
1	Rosario	11.5%
2	Córdoba	10.5%
3	Mar del Plata-Batán	9.9%
4	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	9.7%
5	Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly	9.2%
6	Corrientes	9.1%
7	Rio Gallegos	8.8%

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Employment rate (Q2 2026)

Córdoba ranks 12 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Employment rate
9	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	45.9%
10	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	45.9%
11	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	45.8%
12	Córdoba	45.5%
13	Buenos Aires	45.3%
14	Posadas	44.5%
15	Ushuaia-Río Grande	44.5%

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Activity rate (Q2 2026)

Córdoba ranks 5 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Activity rate
2	La Plata	51.5%
3	Mar del Plata-Batán	51.1%
4	Santa Rosa-Toay	51.0%
5	Córdoba	50.9%
6	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	50.7%
7	Neuquén-Plottier	50.5%
8	Mendoza	50.3%

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Underemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Córdoba ranks 10 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Underemployment rate
7	Paraná	15.6%
8	La Rioja	14.5%
9	Santa Rosa-Toay	13.8%
10	Córdoba	12.9%
11	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	12.6%
12	San Juan	12.2%
13	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	11.9%

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Informal jobs, share of employed (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 12 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Informal jobs, share of employed
9	Resistencia	52.3%
10	Corrientes	51.9%
11	Salta	51.0%
12	Córdoba	48.5%
13	San Luis - El Chorrillo	46.1%
14	Catamarca	45.1%
15	La Rioja	43.9%

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Mean family income per person (pesos a month) (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 13 of 30, highest first. Current pesos, people in households that reported income

Rank	City	Mean family income per person (pesos a month)
10	Buenos Aires	785,312
11	Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly	741,900
12	La Plata	740,962
13	Córdoba	733,809
14	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	689,571
15	Santa Fé	641,276
16	Paraná	625,582

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Median family income per person (pesos a month) (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 11 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Median family income per person (pesos a month)
8	Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly	627,778
9	Rosario	600,000
10	Mar del Plata-Batán	600,000
11	Córdoba	553,333
12	Buenos Aires	525,000
13	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	521,250
14	La Plata	500,000

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Mean main-job income of earners (pesos a month) (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 13 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Mean main-job income of earners (pesos a month)
10	Rosario	1,166,496
11	Mar del Plata-Batán	1,136,418
12	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	1,091,596
13	Córdoba	1,012,153
14	Santa Fé	1,010,445
15	La Plata	973,359
16	Salta	939,311

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Share of income received by the richest tenth (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 17 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Share of income received by the richest tenth
14	Posadas	29.8%
15	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	29.7%
16	Santa Fé	29.6%
17	Córdoba	29.5%
18	Neuquén-Plottier	29.4%
19	Concordia	29.3%
20	San Juan	29.2%

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Households connected to a public sewer (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 30 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households connected to a public sewer
24	Resistencia	62.1%
25	Santa Fé	58.7%
26	La Plata	58.6%
27	San Juan	52.8%
28	Posadas	52.4%
29	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	50.8%
30	Córdoba	45.3%

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Households cooking with piped gas (Q1 2026)

Córdoba ranks 19 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households cooking with piped gas
16	Buenos Aires	67.7%
17	La Plata	63.8%
18	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	60.8%
19	Córdoba	60.0%
20	Paraná	56.9%
21	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	53.6%
22	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	50.4%

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Mercado de trabajo. Tasas e indicadores socioeconómicos (EPH), segundo trimestre de 2026 (Tables 3.2 and 3.3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b0a700bac4db…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH): bases de microdatos usuarias, individual y hogar, primer trimestre de 2026 (figures computed with the survey weights), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d9d23945d4b1…)

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