You would play hell trying to find someone in northern or central Mexico to work for less than 600 pesos a day for unskilled manual labor. For chrissake,s I pay my housekeepers 150 pesos for doing dishes and mopping floors -- which averages out to EIGHT US DOLLARS PER HOUR. This is in northern Mexico for the time being. Stop repeating stereotypes it sounds ignorant.
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OK I lowballed the cost of labor down there, but using the conversion rate of about 20 peso/dollar your numbers are way off too. 150 peso = $7.65 for how many hours of work?
This website show Mexican labor costs:
page and shows a low skilled worker earns about 5000 peso/month or $260. Assuming a US work month or 160 hours that give $1.60/hr. Still way below US levels. Even a highly skilled worker would make only about $850/mo. Chump change when compared to wages up here. I made that much in a few days and I wasn't a top level earner which would expect $7000-8000 a month and up.
