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Hourly and Part-Time Minimum Wage Guatemala 2026: Q21.00/hr CE1

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Quick Requirements Checklist

Regular part-time positions with a fixed weekly schedule
Domestic workers on stable arrangements (even if few hours/week)
Permanent part-time office or service workers
On-call or substitute workers with very irregular hours
Short-term contract work (days or weeks, not months)
Day-laborer arrangements
Daytime: any hour beyond 8 hours daily or 44 hours weekly
Nighttime: any hour beyond 6 hours daily or 36 hours weekly

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Legal Basis

Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025 — 2026 Minimum Wage Decree Full decree

Sets the 2026 monthly minimum wage from which hourly and daily rates are derived. Non-Agricultural CE1 base Q4,002.28.

Constitucion Politica de la Republica + Codigo de Trabajo (Decreto 1441) — Workday limits Constitution Art. 102 lit. g; Labor Code Arts. 116-117

The Constitution sets the daytime workday at 8 hours daily / 44 hours weekly (equivalent to 48 hours for wage purposes only), nighttime at 6 / 36 and mixed at 7 / 42. Labor Code Art. 116 still says 48 daytime hours a week; the constitutional limit governs. These are the bases for hourly conversion.

Codigo de Trabajo (Decreto 1441) — Overtime premium Art. 121-122

Hours worked beyond the ordinary workday must be paid at least 50% above the ordinary rate (Art. 121); ordinary plus overtime hours may not exceed 12 a day (Art. 122). Time worked on the weekly rest day or a holiday is paid as overtime on top of that day's wage (Arts. 128-129).

Decreto 78-89 del Congreso — Ley de Bonificación Incentivo Art. 1

Mandatory Q250 monthly bonus (the amount was set by Decreto 37-2001). Neither decree addresses part-time work; Acuerdo Gubernativo 89-2019 (Art. 5) lets benefits be determined proportionally without naming the bonus, so paying the full Q250 is the no-risk option.

Codigo de Trabajo (Decreto 1441) — Units of pay Art. 88

Pay may be agreed by unit of time (month, fortnight, week, day or hour), by unit of work, or by profit participation. The daily minimum is published directly in Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025; the monthly minimum divided by 30 is a payroll convention, not the legal daily rate.

Acuerdo Gubernativo 89-2019 (Regulation of ILO Convention 175, part-time work) — Part-time pay Arts. 4-5

A part-time worker is paid on an hourly basis at no less than the minimum wage (Art. 4); benefits may be determined proportionally (Art. 5). The Constitutional Court rejected the constitutional challenges against this regulation on July 15, 2021.

⚡ HOURLY AND PART-TIME MINIMUM WAGE GUATEMALA 2026

Calculate the minimum for any schedule

Non-Agricultural CE1 (Guatemala department):
✅ Hourly minimum: Q21.00 / hour (daytime shift)
✅ Daily minimum: Q131.58 / day (decree rate; Q133.41 is the base ÷ 30 payroll convention)
✅ Half-time: Q2,001.14 base + Q250 bonus = Q2,251.14 / month
✅ Night shift hourly: ~Q25.67 / hour (6-hour shift, same monthly)
✅ Overtime: Q31.50 / hour (1.5× ordinary rate)

Q250 bonus: the law does not say whether it is pro-rated for part-time; paying it in full is the no-risk option.

Legal basis: Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025 + Constitution Art. 102 g + Codigo de Trabajo Art. 121-122 + AG 89-2019 · Verified: May 2026

This page covers the hourly and part-time minimum wage in Guatemala for 2026: how to derive an hourly rate from the monthly minimum, how part-time wages pro-rate, how night and mixed shifts interact, and how overtime is calculated. Useful for employers building part-time payrolls, workers verifying short-shift pay, and diaspora hiring part-time household help.

TL;DR: Guatemala’s minimum wage is set monthly, but you can derive hourly and daily rates. Non-Agricultural CE1 in 2026: Q21.00/hour, Q131.58/day (the decree’s own daily rate), Q4,252.28/month (base Q4,002.28 + Q250 Bonificación incentivo). Standard daytime workweek is 44 hours (Constitution Art. 102 g). Half-time work earns half the base salary; this page adds the full Q250 bonus, the no-risk reading. Night shifts are shorter (36 hours/week) for the same pay — effectively a higher hourly rate (~Q25.67/hr). Overtime is paid at 50% premium over the ordinary hourly rate. Part-time workers retain Bono 14, Aguinaldo, vacation, and IGSS — pro-rated where applicable.

Quick facts


Hourly minimum (Non-Agri CE1, daytime)	Q21.00/hour
Daily minimum (Non-Agri CE1)	Q131.58/day (Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025; Q133.41 is the base ÷ 30 payroll convention)
Monthly base (Non-Agri CE1)	Q4,002.28 + Q250 = Q4,252.28
Standard workweek	44 hours daytime
Night shift weekly limit	36 hours
Mixed shift weekly limit	42 hours
Overtime premium	50% over ordinary rate
Legal basis	Constitution Art. 102 g; Codigo de Trabajo Art. 116-117, 121-122; AG 89-2019

Workday limits — the basis for any hourly calculation

Per Constitution Article 102 (g) and Labor Code Articles 116-117, Guatemala defines three shift types (Art. 116 of the Code still says 48 daytime hours a week; the constitutional 44-hour limit governs):

Shift	Daily limit	Weekly limit
Daytime (diurna) — 6 AM to 6 PM	8 hours	44 hours
Nighttime (nocturna) — 6 PM to 6 AM	6 hours	36 hours
Mixed (mixta) — spanning both	7 hours	42 hours

All three shifts pay the same monthly minimum wage. Because the night and mixed shifts are shorter in hours, the effective hourly rate is higher for those workers.

Hourly minimum wage 2026 — full table

For 2026, hourly rates derived from the monthly base:

CE1 (Guatemala department) — daytime shift

Sector	Monthly base	Monthly hours	Hourly
Non-Agricultural	Q4,002.28	190.52	Q21.00
Agricultural	Q3,791.20	190.52	Q19.90
Maquila / Export	Q3,409.73	190.52	Q17.90

CE2 (other 21 departments) — daytime shift

Sector	Monthly base	Monthly hours	Hourly
Non-Agricultural	Q3,816.90	190.52	Q20.03
Agricultural	Q3,625.89	190.52	Q19.03
Maquila / Export	Q3,221.10	190.52	Q16.91

Monthly hours = 44 hrs/week × 4.33 weeks/month = 190.52 hours

Night shift (6 PM - 6 AM) hourly rates — CE1

Sector	Monthly base	Monthly hours (36×4.33)	Hourly
Non-Agricultural	Q4,002.28	155.88	Q25.67
Agricultural	Q3,791.20	155.88	Q24.32
Maquila / Export	Q3,409.73	155.88	Q21.87

Mixed shift hourly rates — CE1

Sector	Monthly base	Monthly hours (42×4.33)	Hourly
Non-Agricultural	Q4,002.28	181.86	Q22.01
Agricultural	Q3,791.20	181.86	Q20.85
Maquila / Export	Q3,409.73	181.86	Q18.75

Part-time wage calculations

Half-time (22 hours/week)

For a Non-Agricultural CE1 worker on half-time:

Item	Calculation	Amount
Base salary	Q4,002.28 × 0.5	Q2,001.14
+ Bonificación incentivo	Full Q250 (regular part-time)	Q250.00
Monthly total		Q2,251.14

Three days per week (24 hours)

Item	Calculation	Amount
Hourly	24 × 4.33 × Q21.00	Q2,182.32
+ Bonificación incentivo	Full Q250	Q250.00
Monthly total		Q2,432.32

4 hours per day, 5 days per week (20 hours/week)

Item	Calculation	Amount
Hourly	20 × 4.33 × Q21.00	Q1,818.60
+ Bonificación incentivo	Full Q250	Q250.00
Monthly total		Q2,068.60

Two days per week (16 hours)

Item	Calculation	Amount
Hourly	16 × 4.33 × Q21.00	Q1,454.88
+ Bonificación incentivo	Full Q250	Q250.00
Monthly total		Q1,704.88

The Q250 bonus and part-time work

Neither Decreto 78-89 nor Decreto 37-2001 (which set the Q250 amount) addresses part-time work, and Acuerdo Gubernativo 89-2019 (Art. 5) says part-time benefits “podrán determinarse proporcionalmente” without naming the bonus. We found no published MINTRAB criterion on it (checked 24 Sep 2026). Paying the full Q250 is the no-risk reading, and it is the one this page uses.

Where paying the full Q250 is the safe choice:

Regular part-time positions with a fixed weekly schedule
Domestic workers on stable arrangements (even if few hours/week)
Permanent part-time office or service workers

Where pro-rating may apply (employer practice varies):

On-call or substitute workers with very irregular hours
Short-term contract work (days or weeks, not months)
Day-laborer arrangements

When in doubt, paying the full Q250 is the safer interpretation. Underpaying is a labor infraction fined under Art. 272; overpaying is not.

Daily wage calculations

Guatemala’s minimum wage decree sets a daily rate directly — you do not have to derive one. Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025 publishes a daily figure next to every monthly figure, and that daily figure is the legal floor. The widely-used “monthly base ÷ 30” shortcut is a payroll convention, not the decree, and it lands slightly higher because the decree’s monthly figure is the daily rate × 365/12 (30.42), not × 30. Both are shown below so you can reconcile a payslip that uses either.

CE1 daily rates 2026

Sector	Daily (Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025)	Base ÷ 30 (payroll convention)
Non-Agricultural	Q131.58	Q133.41
Agricultural	Q124.64	Q126.37
Maquila / Export	Q112.10	Q113.66

CE2 daily rates 2026

Sector	Daily (Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025)	Base ÷ 30 (payroll convention)
Non-Agricultural	Q125.49	Q127.23
Agricultural	Q119.21	Q120.86
Maquila / Export	Q105.90	Q107.37

Important: The Q250 monthly Bonificación incentivo is a flat monthly amount and does NOT divide into 30 days. A day-laborer is owed at least Q131.58/day (Non-Agri CE1) plus the Q250 monthly bonus calculated separately, prorated only if the employment relationship itself is partial. Paying the higher ÷30 figure is always lawful; paying below the decree’s daily rate is not.

Overtime — when limits are exceeded

Per Labor Code Art. 121-122, overtime is paid at 50% premium over the ordinary hourly rate.

Use the calculator below to work out overtime pay from your ordinary hourly rate and the number of extra hours worked.

Overtime Pay Calculator

Codigo de Trabajo Art. 121 (regular overtime) + Arts. 128-129 (work on the rest day or a holiday).

Monthly salary (Q) Ordinary salary (no Q250 bonus) Overtime hours Rate type

Overtime pay owed

Q 375.00

Hourly rate

Q 25.00

Multiplier

1.5×

Show the formula

Hourly rate = monthly salary / 240 (30 days × 8h)
Pay = hourly rate × hours worked × multiplier

Overtime hourly rates — CE1 daytime (2026)

Sector	Ordinary hourly	× 1.5	Overtime hourly
Non-Agricultural	Q21.00	× 1.5	Q31.50
Agricultural	Q19.90	× 1.5	Q29.85
Maquila / Export	Q17.90	× 1.5	Q26.85

When overtime triggers

Daytime: any hour beyond 8 hours daily or 44 hours weekly
Nighttime: any hour beyond 6 hours daily or 36 hours weekly
Mixed: any hour beyond 7 hours daily or 42 hours weekly

Sunday and holiday work

If a worker works the weekly rest day (typically Sunday) or a public holiday, Labor Code Articles 128-129 require that, on top of that day’s wage (already included in a monthly or fortnightly salary), the time worked be paid computed as overtime — at the Non-Agri CE1 minimum, Q31.50 per hour. The Code does not say “double pay”. See our overtime calculator.

Part-time benefits — what carries over

Part-time workers retain all formal-employment benefits, pro-rated where applicable:

Benefit	How it works for part-time
Bono 14	One base salary (the part-time base) paid July 1-15
Aguinaldo	One base salary (the part-time base): 50% in the first half of December, 50% in the second half of January
Paid vacation	15 working days after each year of continuous work, with at least 150 days worked in the year (Arts. 130-131)
IGSS	Contributions on actual wages paid; full coverage benefits
Q250 bonus	Law is silent on pro-rating; full Q250 is the no-risk option
Severance	Pro-rated based on part-time base salary

Common calculation mistakes

Mistake	Correct approach
Dividing Q250 by 30 to get a “daily bonus rate”	Q250 is a monthly flat — no daily breakdown
Treating Q21/hour as net of taxes	Q21/hr is gross — IGSS deductions apply (4.83% worker share)
Applying 44-hour-week math to a night-shift worker	Night shifts use 36 hours/week (Constitution Art. 102 g; Art. 116)
Calculating overtime on the total (Q4,252) base	Overtime calculated on ordinary rate only — Q250 bonus excluded
Pro-rating Q250 for a regular half-time job	The law is silent — paying the full Q250 is the no-risk option
Ignoring IGSS contribution on part-time wages	Required if employment is formal/regular

Worked examples

Example 1: Part-time tutor, 16 hours/week, Antigua (CE2)

Hourly minimum (Non-Agri CE2): Q20.03
Monthly cash: 16 hrs × 4.33 weeks × Q20.03 = Q1,388.40
- Bonificación incentivo: Q250.00
Total monthly minimum: Q1,638.40
Bono 14 / Aguinaldo: Q1,388.40 each
Annual gross: ~Q22,000

Example 2: Domestic worker, 3 days/week, Guatemala City (CE1)

Daily minimum (Non-Agri CE1, Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025): Q131.58
Monthly cash: 3 days × 4.33 weeks × Q131.58 = Q1,709.23
- Bonificación incentivo: Q250.00
Total monthly minimum: Q1,959.23

Example 3: Night-shift security guard, full-time (CE1)

Night-shift hours: 6/day × 6 days = 36 hours/week
Monthly base: Q4,002.28 (same as daytime — the shorter night shift of Constitution Art. 102 g)
- Bonificación incentivo: Q250.00
Total monthly: Q4,252.28
Effective hourly: Q4,002.28 / 155.88 = ~Q25.67/hour
Overtime (any hour past 36 weekly): Q25.67 × 1.5 = ~Q38.51/hour

Example 4: Bilingual call-center agent, mixed shift, full-time (CE1)

Mixed-shift hours: 7/day × 6 days = 42 hours/week
Monthly base: depends on whether the BPO is export-registered (maquila) or not
- If maquila: Q3,409.73 + Q250 = Q3,659.73/month
- If standard: Q4,002.28 + Q250 = Q4,252.28/month
Effective ordinary hourly: ~Q18.75 (maquila) or ~Q22.01 (standard)

🔗 Related minimum wage and labor pages

Calculate, compare, comply:

→ Minimum Wage Guatemala 2026

Full monthly table — base for hourly math

→ Q250 Bonificación incentivo

How the bonus interacts with part-time

→ Overtime calculator

50% premium math + holiday rules

→ Domestic worker minimum wage

Often part-time arrangements

→ 2026 vs 2025 wage increase

Non-Agricultural +7.5% for 2026

→ File a wage complaint

For hourly underpayment violations

Sources

Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social (MINTRAB) — Acuerdo Gubernativo Número 256-2025, published in the Diario Oficial December 22, 2025. Official announcement: Diario de Centro América. The agreement PDF that MINTRAB publishes under mintrabajo.gob.gt/doc/AcuerdosGubernativos/2025/ returns 403 to every automated client, so it is named here rather than linked as read.
Constitución Política de la República, Article 102 (g) — 44/36/42-hour workweeks.
Código de Trabajo de Guatemala — Decreto 1441, Articles 88, 116-117, 121-122, 128-131.
Acuerdo Gubernativo 89-2019 — Regulation of ILO Convention 175 on part-time work (Arts. 3-5); Constitutional Court ruling of July 15, 2021 rejecting the challenges.
Decreto 78-89 del Congreso — Ley de Bonificación Incentivo.
Full text: Código de Trabajo (Decreto 1441) — CENADOJ consolidated text.
Full text of Decreto 78-89: PDF published by the Congreso — an image-only scan with no text layer, so it is not searchable.
Verified: May 2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hourly minimum wage in Guatemala 2026?

For Non-Agricultural CE1 (Guatemala department) in 2026: Q21.00 per hour. Calculation: Q4,002.28 monthly base / (44 hours/week × 4.33 weeks/month) = Q4,002.28 / 190.52 hours = ~Q21.00/hour. The Q250 Bonificación incentivo is separate — it’s a flat monthly amount that doesn’t divide by hours.

How do I calculate the part-time minimum wage?

Part-time wage = (hours worked / standard 44-hour week) × monthly minimum; Acuerdo Gubernativo 89-2019 (Art. 4) requires the hourly rate to be no lower than the minimum wage. This page adds the full Q250 bonus, the no-risk option. Example: a half-time worker (22 hours/week) at Non-Agricultural CE1: Q4,002.28 / 2 = Q2,001.14 base + Q250 bonus = Q2,251.14/month total. Or calculate hourly: 22 hrs × 4.33 weeks × Q21.00 = Q2,001.26 + Q250 = Q2,251.26.

What is the night shift minimum wage in Guatemala?

The nighttime shift is shorter (6 hours daily, 36 hours weekly per Constitution Art. 102 g and Labor Code Art. 116) but pays the same monthly minimum wage as daytime. This effectively means a HIGHER hourly rate for night shift work: Q4,002.28 / (36 × 4.33) = Q4,002.28 / 155.88 = ~Q25.67/hour Non-Agri CE1. The shorter shift recognizes the higher health cost of night work.

What is the mixed shift minimum wage?

Mixed shift (mostly day with some night hours) is 7 hours daily / 42 hours weekly per Constitution Art. 102 g and Labor Code Art. 117. Same monthly minimum, slightly higher hourly rate: Q4,002.28 / (42 × 4.33) = Q4,002.28 / 181.86 = ~Q22.01/hour Non-Agri CE1.

How is overtime paid in Guatemala?

Overtime (work beyond the ordinary daily or weekly limits) is paid at least 50% above the ordinary hourly rate, per Labor Code Art. 121. For Non-Agri CE1: ordinary Q21.00/hour × 1.50 = Q31.50/hour overtime. Hours worked on the weekly rest day or a holiday are also paid as overtime, on top of that day’s wage (Arts. 128-129). The Q250 monthly bonus does not factor into overtime calculations — only the base hourly rate.

Does part-time mean I lose Bono 14, Aguinaldo, or IGSS?

No. Part-time formal employees are entitled to Bono 14, Aguinaldo, vacation, and IGSS coverage on a pro-rated basis. Bono 14 and Aguinaldo are calculated on the part-time base salary (the pro-rated amount). IGSS contributions are calculated on actual wages paid. Vacation is at least 15 working days after each year of continuous work (Art. 130), and the Code requires at least 150 days worked in the year even when the contract does not require every hour or day of the week (Art. 131).

What is the daily minimum wage in Guatemala 2026?

Acuerdo Gubernativo 256-2025 publishes daily rates directly. CE1: Non-Agricultural Q131.58/day, Agricultural Q124.64/day, Maquila Q112.10/day. CE2: Non-Agricultural Q125.49/day, Agricultural Q119.21/day, Maquila Q105.90/day. Those are the legal daily floors. Payroll practice often divides the monthly base by 30 instead (Q4,002.28 / 30 = Q133.41 for Non-Agri CE1), which runs about Q1.50-1.85/day higher - that is an accounting convention, not a figure in the decree, because the decree’s monthly figure is the daily rate times 365/12 (30.42), not times 30. The Q250 Bonificación incentivo is a monthly flat amount and does NOT divide into 30 days.

What is the minimum wage for a few hours of weekly work?

For very limited hours (say, 4-8 hours per week), the calculation is the same hourly rate (~Q21/hour Non-Agri CE1) applied to actual hours worked. Decreto 37-2001, which set the Q250 Bonificación incentivo, says nothing about part-time work, and Acuerdo Gubernativo 89-2019 (Art. 5) lets benefits be set proportionally without naming the bonus. Paying the full Q250 is the no-risk option; if you pro-rate, get the arrangement in the written contract that Art. 3 of that regulation requires.

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