What share of jobs are informal in Paraná?

37.0% of employed people in Paraná held informal jobs in the first quarter of 2026 under INDEC's definition, 9th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 44.2%.

What share of homes in Paraná have sewers?

81.2% of households in Paraná were connected to a public sewer in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 73.0%.

What share of homes in Paraná have piped water?

100.0% of households in Paraná had running water from the public network inside the home in the first quarter of 2026, joint highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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

The unemployment rate in Paraná was 6.7% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), joint 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 5.6% a year earlier, so it is up 1.1 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.

Unemployment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

6.7%

Q2 2026

Employment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

43.3%

Q2 2026

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

625,582 pesos

Q1 2026

What is the employment rate in Paraná?

The employment rate in Paraná (employed people as a share of all residents) was 43.3% in the second quarter of 2026, 13th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, against 43.9% a year earlier and 45.0% across the 31 survey areas.

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What is the labour force participation rate in Paraná?

46.4% of residents of Paraná were working or looking for work in the second quarter of 2026 (the activity rate), 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the year before it was 46.5%.

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What is the underemployment rate in Paraná?

In the second quarter of 2026, 15.6% of the labour force in Paraná worked fewer hours than they wanted (underemployment), joint 6th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, compared with 15.5% a year earlier and 11.5% across the 31 survey areas.

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How many people in Paraná work for the government?

In Paraná, 26.8% of employed people were self-employed and 35.3% 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 Paraná are looking for another job?

Among employed people in Paraná, 20.8% were also looking for another job in the second quarter of 2026, 9th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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What is the average income per person in Paraná?

Mean family income per person in Paraná was 625,582 pesos a month in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH, current pesos), 15th 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 Paraná?

The median person in Paraná lived in a household with family income of 477,500 pesos per person a month in the first quarter of 2026, 15th 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 Paraná?

Employed people in Paraná who reported earnings made a mean of 931,982 pesos a month from their main job in the first quarter of 2026 (median 900,000 pesos), 13th 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 Paraná?

The richest tenth of residents of Paraná, ranked by family income per person, received 28.4% of all income in the first quarter of 2026, 8th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on income concentration (all 31 survey areas: 33.4%).

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Is income in Paraná above the national average?

Mean family income per person in Paraná was 0.86 times the mean for the 31 survey areas in the first quarter of 2026, and the median was 0.95 times the 31-area median.

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How many homes in Paraná have piped gas?

56.9% of households in Paraná cooked mainly with piped gas in the first quarter of 2026, 11th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 64.7%).

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How many people in Paraná rent their home?

In Paraná, 69.0% of households owned their home and 21.6% 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 Paraná compares with other cities in Argentina

Unemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Paraná ranks 16 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Unemployment rate
13	Ushuaia-Río Grande	8.1%
14	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	7.7%
15	Resistencia	7.5%
16	Paraná	6.7%
17	Santa Rosa-Toay	6.7%
18	Catamarca	6.4%
19	Río Cuarto	6.4%

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Employment rate (Q2 2026)

Paraná ranks 18 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Employment rate
15	Ushuaia-Río Grande	44.5%
16	Rio Gallegos	44.5%
17	La Rioja	43.9%
18	Paraná	43.3%
19	Salta	43.2%
20	Río Cuarto	42.6%
21	Formosa	42.3%

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Activity rate (Q2 2026)

Paraná ranks 17 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Activity rate
14	San Luis - El Chorrillo	48.1%
15	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	47.5%
16	Posadas	47.3%
17	Paraná	46.4%
18	La Rioja	46.0%
19	Río Cuarto	45.5%
20	Salta	45.1%

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Underemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Paraná ranks 7 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Underemployment rate
4	Mendoza	17.0%
5	Catamarca	15.8%
6	Mar del Plata-Batán	15.6%
7	Paraná	15.6%
8	La Rioja	14.5%
9	Santa Rosa-Toay	13.8%
10	Córdoba	12.9%

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Informal jobs, share of employed (Q1 2026)

Paraná ranks 22 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Informal jobs, share of employed
19	Rosario	40.9%
20	Río Cuarto	40.8%
21	Santa Fé	38.7%
22	Paraná	37.0%
23	Santa Rosa-Toay	36.9%
24	Mar del Plata-Batán	35.9%
25	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	33.0%

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

Paraná ranks 16 of 30, highest first. Current pesos, people in households that reported income

Rank	City	Mean family income per person (pesos a month)
13	Córdoba	733,809
14	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	689,571
15	Santa Fé	641,276
16	Paraná	625,582
17	Salta	605,221
18	Catamarca	595,841
19	San Juan	583,128

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

Paraná ranks 15 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Median family income per person (pesos a month)
12	Buenos Aires	525,000
13	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	521,250
14	La Plata	500,000
15	Paraná	477,500
16	Santa Fé	475,000
17	Salta	450,000
18	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	440,000

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

Paraná ranks 18 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Mean main-job income of earners (pesos a month)
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
21	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	879,339

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

Paraná ranks 23 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Share of income received by the richest tenth
20	San Juan	29.2%
21	Rosario	28.8%
22	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	28.6%
23	Paraná	28.4%
24	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	27.8%
25	Mar del Plata-Batán	27.6%
26	Río Cuarto	27.5%

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Households connected to a public sewer (Q1 2026)

Paraná ranks 19 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households connected to a public sewer
16	Rosario	86.2%
17	Río Cuarto	84.3%
18	Catamarca	84.0%
19	Paraná	81.2%
20	Santa Rosa-Toay	80.4%
21	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	80.1%
22	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	75.8%

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

Households cooking with piped gas (Q1 2026)

Paraná ranks 20 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households cooking with piped gas
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%
23	Santa Fé	50.1%

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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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