What share of jobs are informal in Posadas?

53.4% of employed people in Posadas held informal jobs in the first quarter of 2026 under INDEC's definition, 6th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 44.2%.

What share of homes in Posadas have sewers?

52.4% of households in Posadas were connected to a public sewer in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 3rd lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 73.0%.

What share of homes in Posadas have piped water?

97.3% of households in Posadas had running water from the public network inside the home in the first quarter of 2026, 11th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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

The unemployment rate in Posadas was 5.9% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 10th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 4.3% 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)

5.9%

Q2 2026

Employment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

44.5%

Q2 2026

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

505,499 pesos

Q1 2026

What is the employment rate in Posadas?

The employment rate in Posadas (employed people as a share of all residents) was 44.5% in the second quarter of 2026, joint 14th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, against 44.1% a year earlier and 45.0% across the 31 survey areas.

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What is the labour force participation rate in Posadas?

47.3% of residents of Posadas were working or looking for work in the second quarter of 2026 (the activity rate), 15th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the year before it was 46.1%.

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What is the underemployment rate in Posadas?

In the second quarter of 2026, 10.8% of the labour force in Posadas worked fewer hours than they wanted (underemployment), 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, compared with 10.9% a year earlier and 11.5% across the 31 survey areas.

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How many people in Posadas work for the government?

In Posadas, 28.9% of employed people were self-employed and 33.4% 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 Posadas are looking for another job?

Among employed people in Posadas, 11.1% were also looking for another job in the second quarter of 2026, 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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What is the average income per person in Posadas?

Mean family income per person in Posadas was 505,499 pesos a month in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH, current pesos), 5th 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 Posadas?

The median person in Posadas lived in a household with family income of 375,075 pesos per person a month in the first quarter of 2026, 5th 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 Posadas?

Employed people in Posadas who reported earnings made a mean of 711,691 pesos a month from their main job in the first quarter of 2026 (median 600,000 pesos), 3rd 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 Posadas?

The richest tenth of residents of Posadas, ranked by family income per person, received 29.8% of all income in the first quarter of 2026, 14th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on income concentration (all 31 survey areas: 33.4%).

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Is income in Posadas above the national average?

Mean family income per person in Posadas was 0.69 times the mean for the 31 survey areas in the first quarter of 2026, and the median was 0.75 times the 31-area median.

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How many homes in Posadas have piped gas?

0.7% of households in Posadas cooked mainly with piped gas in the first quarter of 2026, the lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 64.7%).

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How many people in Posadas rent their home?

In Posadas, 75.7% of households owned their home and 18.0% 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 Posadas compares with other cities in Argentina

Unemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Posadas ranks 21 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Unemployment rate
18	Catamarca	6.4%
19	Río Cuarto	6.4%
20	Concordia	6.1%
21	Posadas	5.9%
22	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	5.5%
23	Formosa	4.8%
24	La Rioja	4.5%

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Employment rate (Q2 2026)

Posadas ranks 14 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Employment rate
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%
16	Rio Gallegos	44.5%
17	La Rioja	43.9%

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Activity rate (Q2 2026)

Posadas ranks 16 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Activity rate
13	Ushuaia-Río Grande	48.5%
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%

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Underemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Posadas ranks 17 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Underemployment rate
14	Salta	11.7%
15	Rio Gallegos	11.1%
16	Buenos Aires	11.0%
17	Posadas	10.8%
18	Rosario	9.8%
19	Concordia	9.1%
20	Santa Fé	8.9%

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Informal jobs, share of employed (Q1 2026)

Posadas ranks 6 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Informal jobs, share of employed
3	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	55.1%
4	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	54.7%
5	Formosa	53.8%
6	Posadas	53.4%
7	Concordia	52.9%
8	Mendoza	52.3%
9	Resistencia	52.3%

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

Posadas ranks 26 of 30, highest first. Current pesos, people in households that reported income

Rank	City	Mean family income per person (pesos a month)
23	San Luis - El Chorrillo	546,456
24	Corrientes	520,453
25	Formosa	513,725
26	Posadas	505,499
27	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	499,777
28	Concordia	450,779
29	La Rioja	431,167

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

Posadas ranks 26 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Median family income per person (pesos a month)
23	Mendoza	402,000
24	Corrientes	393,263
25	Formosa	378,333
26	Posadas	375,075
27	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	375,000
28	La Rioja	369,225
29	Concordia	335,000

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

Posadas ranks 28 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Mean main-job income of earners (pesos a month)
24	Corrientes	767,438
25	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	735,564
26	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	733,395
27	Concordia	731,576
28	Posadas	711,691
29	Resistencia	692,111
30	La Rioja	612,490

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

Posadas ranks 14 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Share of income received by the richest tenth
11	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	31.0%
12	Resistencia	30.7%
13	San Luis - El Chorrillo	29.9%
14	Posadas	29.8%
15	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	29.7%
16	Santa Fé	29.6%
17	Córdoba	29.5%

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Households connected to a public sewer (Q1 2026)

Posadas ranks 28 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)

Posadas ranks 30 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households cooking with piped gas
24	Catamarca	29.4%
25	Concordia	22.0%
26	La Rioja	16.3%
27	Formosa	4.1%
28	Corrientes	1.4%
29	Resistencia	1.4%
30	Posadas	0.7%

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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