Buenos Aires, November 22 (NA) -- The ATE Indec state workers' union released a report stating that the minimum monthly income for a typical family must exceed 2 million pesos, and is demanding an immediate 118% pay increase from the government to halt the "accelerated deterioration" of purchasing power.
According to the Argentine News Agency, the document indicates that in October 2025, a household of two adults and two school-aged children needed exactly 2,027,283 pesos to cover their basic needs. It denounces a historical loss of 54.8% in the purchasing power of public salaries since December 2015.
Updated vs. real salary: If a SINEP benchmark worker's salary had been adjusted for inflation since 2015, it would now be 1,417,335 pesos. The breakdown shows that the basic food basket for that family alone amounted to 691,887 pesos.
The current real salary is $636,289.
Recent inflation: Since La Libertad Avanza took office, cumulative inflation has reached 241%, while the loss of purchasing power in this period is 28.25%.
Monotributistas (Simplified Tax Regime Workers): The situation is even more critical for them, who have accumulated over a year with frozen incomes and a total unrecovered loss equivalent to 5,368,253 pesos.
Demands of the Government Given the diagnosis that "there is no margin for more salary loss", ATE Indec demands a series of immediate measures from the National Government:
- An emergency 118% increase in a single installment to compensate for the salary loss.
- A monthly bonus of 250,000 pesos for all state workers.
- Urgent reopening of the bargaining table without negotiation caps.
- Transition to permanent plant status without salary deductions and no person earning below the poverty line.
