2007 MAQUILADORA SALARY RANGES

Vol. V. Issue 2 - June, 2008

	LOW	MID	HIGH
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
VP - Manufacturing / Operations (Mexico/Division)	132,300	167,600	246,100
General Manager / Director of Operations	100,200	132,000	200,200
Plant Manager	90,700	112,600	165,200
Operations Manager	80,600	99,500	124,800
Production Manager	61,100	74,900	104,200
Production Supervisor (Group Leader)	24,400	30,900	43,800
ENGINEERING
Engineering Manager - Manufacturing	70,500	87,000	121,300
Test Engineering Manager	56,400	70,900	88,600
Product Engineering Manager	50,300	71,800	87,800
Industrial Engineering Manager	51,400	69,100	83,200
Maintenance Manager	51,000	64,500	85,400
Six Sigma Master Black Belt	69,100	87,400	113,300
Six Sigma Black Belt	43,700	61,500	79,400
Facilities Manager	53,800	66,600	88,500
Tool Room Manager	49,400	63,200	85,000
Manufacturing Engineer	28,300	39,600	64,400
Industrial Engineer	25,700	37,100	60,900
Design Engineer	38,100	55,600	84,400
Product Engineer	29,400	40,900	66,500
Mechanical Engineer	29,200	30,700	65,300
Electrical Engineer	28,600	38,800	66,000
Packaging Engineer	38,000	51,700	87,300
RF Engineer	44,500	59,500	93,800
Test Engineer	29,900	59,500	66,200
Tool/Die Engineer	24,700	36,900	62,200
QUALITY
Quality Assurance Manager	61,600	73,400	107,200
Quality Control Supervisor	29,600	40,800	57,900
Quality Engineer	25,900	37,500	62,900
Supplier Quality Engineer	29,400	45,500	69,300
MATERIALS
Materials Manager	67,300	85,200	117,800
Purchasing Manager	63,100	81,300	105,900
Commodity Manager	47,500	62,800	81,000
Production Control Manager	59,900	65,900	80,900
Production Control Supervisor	40,300	50,800	63,700
Customs / Traffic Manager	49,500	62,100	82,700
Warehouse Manager	43,400	51,200	68,200
Master Production Scheduler	46,800	59,100	72,400
Planner (Planner/Buyer)	27,400	40,300	55,700
Buyer	33,100	49,500	78,200
ACCOUNTING/FINANCE
Controller	79,300	96,200	133,100
Finance Manager	62,400	76,400	97,700
Accounting Manager	51,000	61,400	82,700
Cost Accounting Manager	46,500	61,200	84,600
Financial Analyst	31,000	44,900	67,300
Cost Accountant	28,000	41,700	61,900
Staff Accountant	24,300	36,300	55,400
HUMAN RESOURCES
Human Resource Manager	57,800	74,600	106,300
Human Resource Representative	26,000	38,800	63,700
Organizational Development Manager	44,600	55,000	80,000
Compensation / Benefits Administrator	32,700	49,900	71,000
Environmental Health & Safety Manager	46,900	63,000	82,400
Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor	30,800	40,200	57,800
Training Manager	34,700	46,100	65,700
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MIS (Systems) Manager	53,200	66,000	88,700
Network Administrator	34,400	43,622	63,500
Systems Analyst	24,100	36,000	55,700
SALES / MARKETING
VP Sales	103,500	138,200	210,900
Sales Manager	59,300	82,700	120,600
Sales Representative	30,500	48,200	87,700

SALARY RANGES

Determining salary ranges for your specific location may be affected by many factors including company size, benefits, location within Mexico, educational requirements, local unemployment rates, specific industry, etc.

If you require a more precise Salary Range for any professional level position in Mexico or you wish to have a BIP expert to determine competitive compensation packages, please call Barbachano International.

THE DATA

The 2007 Salary Guide from Barbachano International, Inc. is designed to help you determine appropriate compensation for your professional positions in the Maquiladora or manufacturing industry in Mexico. The data presented in the guide has been carefully researched by our staff, based on thousands of screens, candidate and client salary data, as well as job placements throughout Mexico. However, this data is not scientific and for some position titles is based on limited data.

The salaries have been compiled resulting in ranges from low –mid -high in US Dollars. A current exchange rate of $11 Pesos per $1 US dollar has been applied. The average plant size surveyed is 296 employees and the data is based primarily on Zone A cities. Zone B and Zone C salary ranges must be adjusted as these zones typical cost of living is generally 10 to 25% lower. The data includes yearly salary only and does not include bonuses, commissions, or other benefits. All salaries are in U.S. dollar
denominations and are rounded to the nearest hundred.

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