Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana (STPRM) reached a 7.5 percent wage agreement on September 4, 2026, covering the 2026-2027 period, the largest since 2002, according to El Financiero. The package combines a 5.5 percent direct salary impact with a 2 percent increase in benefits.
The agreement closed nearly two months of negotiations between the company, led by Juan Carlos Carpio Fragoso, and the union, headed by Ricardo Aldana Prieto. Proposals were submitted to informational assemblies across the union's 36 sections nationwide before signing, as reported by El CEO. The deal's scale matters for Mexico's public-sector employment: according to El Financiero's review, the STPRM represented 79.3 percent of Pemex's workforce at the close of 2025, when the company reported 126,905 non-temporary workers. The adjustment stands out against the prior two decades: between 2005 and 2012, annual increases ranged between 4.1 and 4.9 percent, and between 2013 and 2021 they hovered around 3 percent.
In the breakdown, 4 percent corresponds to a direct increase in ordinary wages and 1.5 percent on average to the tabulated wage; both components together account for the 5.5 percent impact. That adjustment also raises benefit items calculated on the tabulated wage, such as vacation bonuses and overtime pay, the union noted. In recent reviews, the increase was 4 percent in 2022, 4.16 percent in 2023, 5 percent in 2024, and 4.5 percent in 2025, according to El Financiero. Aldana Prieto said the negotiation factored in Pemex's operational and financial viability and described the agreement as a condition of 'safety, health, and labor stability' for workers.
With the agreement, Pemex and the STPRM set the wage benchmark governing unionized workers through the 2026-2027 cycle. The collective bargaining agreement is renegotiated every two years, but wages are reviewed annually; the next annual review, in 2027, will test whether this level of adjustment holds.
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