What share of jobs are informal in Río Cuarto?

40.8% of employed people in Río Cuarto held informal jobs in the first quarter of 2026 under INDEC's definition, 11th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 44.2%.

What share of homes in Río Cuarto have sewers?

84.3% of households in Río Cuarto were connected to a public sewer in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the figure for all 31 survey areas was 73.0%.

What share of homes in Río Cuarto have piped water?

98.7% of households in Río Cuarto had running water from the public network inside the home in the first quarter of 2026, 13th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

Economy, jobs and prices in Río Cuarto, Argentina: official figures

The unemployment rate in Río Cuarto was 6.4% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), joint 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 5.8% a year earlier, so it is up 0.6 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.

Unemployment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

6.4%

Q2 2026

Employment rate (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

42.6%

Q2 2026

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

862,603 pesos

Q1 2026

What is the employment rate in Río Cuarto?

The employment rate in Río Cuarto (employed people as a share of all residents) was 42.6% in the second quarter of 2026, 11th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, against 45.5% a year earlier and 45.0% across the 31 survey areas.

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What is the labour force participation rate in Río Cuarto?

45.5% of residents of Río Cuarto were working or looking for work in the second quarter of 2026 (the activity rate), 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the year before it was 48.3%.

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What is the underemployment rate in Río Cuarto?

In the second quarter of 2026, 3.7% of the labour force in Río Cuarto worked fewer hours than they wanted (underemployment), 3rd lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site, compared with 5.7% a year earlier and 11.5% across the 31 survey areas.

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How many people in Río Cuarto work for the government?

In Río Cuarto, 31.2% of employed people were self-employed and 21.7% 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 Río Cuarto are looking for another job?

Among employed people in Río Cuarto, 6.1% were also looking for another job in the second quarter of 2026, joint 3rd lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site.

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What is the average income per person in Río Cuarto?

Mean family income per person in Río Cuarto was 862,603 pesos a month in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH, current pesos), 5th 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 Río Cuarto?

The median person in Río Cuarto lived in a household with family income of 700,000 pesos per person a month in the first quarter of 2026, joint 2nd 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 Río Cuarto?

Employed people in Río Cuarto who reported earnings made a mean of 1,209,353 pesos a month from their main job in the first quarter of 2026 (median 1,000,000 pesos), 8th 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 Río Cuarto?

The richest tenth of residents of Río Cuarto, ranked by family income per person, received 27.5% of all income in the first quarter of 2026, 5th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on income concentration (all 31 survey areas: 33.4%).

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Is income in Río Cuarto above the national average?

Mean family income per person in Río Cuarto was 1.18 times the mean for the 31 survey areas in the first quarter of 2026, and the median was 1.40 times the 31-area median.

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How many homes in Río Cuarto have piped gas?

68.0% of households in Río Cuarto cooked mainly with piped gas in the first quarter of 2026, 15th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 64.7%).

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How many people in Río Cuarto rent their home?

In Río Cuarto, 64.8% of households owned their home and 26.6% 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 Río Cuarto compares with other cities in Argentina

Unemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 19 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Unemployment rate
16	Paraná	6.7%
17	Santa Rosa-Toay	6.7%
18	Catamarca	6.4%
19	Río Cuarto	6.4%
20	Concordia	6.1%
21	Posadas	5.9%
22	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	5.5%

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Employment rate (Q2 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 20 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Employment rate
17	La Rioja	43.9%
18	Paraná	43.3%
19	Salta	43.2%
20	Río Cuarto	42.6%
21	Formosa	42.3%
22	Resistencia	41.3%
23	Catamarca	41.1%

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Activity rate (Q2 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 19 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Activity rate
16	Posadas	47.3%
17	Paraná	46.4%
18	La Rioja	46.0%
19	Río Cuarto	45.5%
20	Salta	45.1%
21	Corrientes	44.9%
22	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	44.9%

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Underemployment rate (Q2 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 28 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Underemployment rate
24	San Salvador de Jujuy-Palpalá	6.1%
25	Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly	5.5%
26	San Luis - El Chorrillo	5.0%
27	Ushuaia-Río Grande	4.4%
28	Río Cuarto	3.7%
29	Formosa	3.5%
30	Resistencia	2.2%

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Informal jobs, share of employed (Q1 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 20 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Informal jobs, share of employed
17	La Plata	42.6%
18	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	41.0%
19	Rosario	40.9%
20	Río Cuarto	40.8%
21	Santa Fé	38.7%
22	Paraná	37.0%
23	Santa Rosa-Toay	36.9%

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

Río Cuarto ranks 5 of 30, highest first. Current pesos, people in households that reported income

Rank	City	Mean family income per person (pesos a month)
2	Santa Rosa-Toay	1,089,894
3	Ushuaia-Río Grande	1,062,100
4	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	877,574
5	Río Cuarto	862,603
6	Rio Gallegos	829,952
7	Mar del Plata-Batán	803,994
8	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	801,654

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

Río Cuarto ranks 2 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Median family income per person (pesos a month)
1	Neuquén-Plottier	836,000
2	Río Cuarto	700,000
3	Ushuaia-Río Grande	700,000
4	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	650,000
5	Rio Gallegos	650,000
6	Santa Rosa-Toay	640,000
7	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	632,160

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

Río Cuarto ranks 8 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Mean main-job income of earners (pesos a month)
5	Rio Gallegos	1,318,559
6	Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión	1,297,038
7	Bahía Blanca-Cerri	1,219,525
8	Río Cuarto	1,209,353
9	Buenos Aires	1,196,972
10	Rosario	1,166,496
11	Mar del Plata-Batán	1,136,418

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

Río Cuarto ranks 26 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Share of income received by the richest tenth
23	Paraná	28.4%
24	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	27.8%
25	Mar del Plata-Batán	27.6%
26	Río Cuarto	27.5%
27	Santiago del Estero-La Banda	27.2%
28	Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly	25.8%
29	Rio Gallegos	25.1%

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

Households connected to a public sewer (Q1 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 17 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households connected to a public sewer
14	Concordia	89.4%
15	Formosa	86.6%
16	Rosario	86.2%
17	Río Cuarto	84.3%
18	Catamarca	84.0%
19	Paraná	81.2%
20	Santa Rosa-Toay	80.4%

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Households cooking with piped gas (Q1 2026)

Río Cuarto ranks 15 of 30, highest first.

Rank	City	Households cooking with piped gas
12	San Juan	71.8%
13	San Nicolás-Villa Constitución	70.6%
14	Rosario	69.0%
15	Río Cuarto	68.0%
16	Buenos Aires	67.7%
17	La Plata	63.8%
18	Tucumán-Tafí Viejo	60.8%

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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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