What share of jobs are informal in Mendoza?

52.3% of employed people in Mendoza held informal jobs in the first quarter of 2026 under INDEC's definition, 8th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 44.2%.

What share of homes in Mendoza have sewers?

92.5% of households in Mendoza were connected to a public sewer in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 11th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 73.0%.

What share of homes in Mendoza have piped water?

99.5% of households in Mendoza had running water from the public network inside the home in the first quarter of 2026, 7th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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

The unemployment rate in Mendoza was 8.1% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), joint 12th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 6.4% a year earlier, so it is up 1.7 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.

Unemployment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

8.1%

Q2 2026

Employment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

46.2%

Q2 2026

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

575,737 pesos

Q1 2026

What is the employment rate in Mendoza?

The employment rate in Mendoza (employed people as a share of all residents) was 46.2% in the second quarter of 2026, 7th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, against 47.6% a year earlier and 45.0% across the 31 survey areas.

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What is the labour force participation rate in Mendoza?

50.3% of residents of Mendoza were working or looking for work in the second quarter of 2026 (the activity rate), 8th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the year before it was 50.8%.

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What is the underemployment rate in Mendoza?

In the second quarter of 2026, 17.0% of the labour force in Mendoza worked fewer hours than they wanted (underemployment), 4th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, compared with 14.3% a year earlier and 11.5% across the 31 survey areas.

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How many people in Mendoza work for the government?

In Mendoza, 24.8% of employed people were self-employed and 20.2% 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 Mendoza are looking for another job?

Among employed people in Mendoza, 23.6% were also looking for another job in the second quarter of 2026, 4th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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What is the average income per person in Mendoza?

Mean family income per person in Mendoza was 575,737 pesos a month in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH, current pesos), 11th lowest 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 Mendoza?

The median person in Mendoza lived in a household with family income of 402,000 pesos per person a month in the first quarter of 2026, 8th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 500,000 pesos).

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What is the average wage in Mendoza?

Employed people in Mendoza who reported earnings made a mean of 933,774 pesos a month from their main job in the first quarter of 2026 (median 800,000 pesos), 14th lowest 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 Mendoza?

The richest tenth of residents of Mendoza, ranked by family income per person, received 31.3% of all income in the first quarter of 2026, 8th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on income concentration (all 31 survey areas: 33.4%).

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Is income in Mendoza above the national average?

Mean family income per person in Mendoza was 0.79 times the mean for the 31 survey areas in the first quarter of 2026, and the median was 0.80 times the 31-area median.

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How many homes in Mendoza have piped gas?

82.2% of households in Mendoza cooked mainly with piped gas in the first quarter of 2026, 7th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 64.7%).

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How many people in Mendoza rent their home?

In Mendoza, 58.4% of households owned their home and 21.0% 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 Mendoza compares with other cities in Argentina

Unemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Mendoza ranks 12 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Unemployment rate
9	Santa Fé	8.6%
10	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	8.4%
11	Buenos Aires	8.2%
12	Mendoza	8.1%
13	Ushuaia-Río Grande	8.1%
14	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	7.7%
15	Resistencia	7.5%

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Employment rate (Q2 2026)

Mendoza ranks 7 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Employment rate
4	Rosario	46.9%
5	San Juan	46.9%
6	San Luis - El Chorrillo	46.9%
7	Mendoza	46.2%
8	Mar del Plata-Batán	46.0%
9	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	45.9%
10	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	45.9%

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Activity rate (Q2 2026)

Mendoza ranks 8 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Activity rate
5	Córdoba	50.9%
6	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	50.7%
7	Neuquén-Plottier	50.5%
8	Mendoza	50.3%
9	Buenos Aires	49.3%
10	Rio Gallegos	48.8%
11	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	48.6%

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Underemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Mendoza ranks 4 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Underemployment rate
1	La Plata	19.0%
2	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	18.5%
3	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	17.2%
4	Mendoza	17.0%
5	Catamarca	15.8%
6	Mar del Plata-Batán	15.6%
7	Paraná	15.6%

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Informal jobs, share of employed (Q1 2026)

Mendoza ranks 8 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Informal jobs, share of employed
5	Formosa	53.8%
6	Posadas	53.4%
7	Concordia	52.9%
8	Mendoza	52.3%
9	Resistencia	52.3%
10	Corrientes	51.9%
11	Salta	51.0%

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

Mendoza ranks 20 of 30, highest first. Current pesos, people in households that reported income

Rank	City	Mean family income per person (pesos a month)
17	Salta	605,221
18	Catamarca	595,841
19	San Juan	583,128
20	Mendoza	575,737
21	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	558,923
22	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	548,060
23	San Luis - El Chorrillo	546,456

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

Mendoza ranks 23 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Median family income per person (pesos a month)
20	Catamarca	436,667
21	San Juan	430,000
22	San Luis - El Chorrillo	429,200
23	Mendoza	402,000
24	Corrientes	393,263
25	Formosa	378,333
26	Posadas	375,075

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

Mendoza ranks 17 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Mean main-job income of earners (pesos a month)
14	Santa Fé	1,010,445
15	La Plata	973,359
16	Salta	939,311
17	Mendoza	933,774
18	Paraná	931,982
19	San Luis - El Chorrillo	893,588
20	Catamarca	887,612

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

Mendoza ranks 8 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Share of income received by the richest tenth
5	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	33.6%
6	Ushuaia-Río Grande	33.1%
7	Formosa	31.9%
8	Mendoza	31.3%
9	Corrientes	31.2%
10	Salta	31.1%
11	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	31.0%

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

Households connected to a public sewer (Q1 2026)

Mendoza ranks 11 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households connected to a public sewer
8	Mar del Plata-Batán	94.7%
9	Corrientes	93.3%
10	Salta	93.0%
11	Mendoza	92.5%
12	La Rioja	92.0%
13	Neuquén-Plottier	91.3%
14	Concordia	89.4%

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Households cooking with piped gas (Q1 2026)

Mendoza ranks 7 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households cooking with piped gas
4	Santa Rosa-Toay	94.2%
5	Neuquén-Plottier	94.1%
6	Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly	88.7%
7	Mendoza	82.2%
8	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	79.7%
9	Mar del Plata-Batán	79.1%
10	San Luis - El Chorrillo	77.3%

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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