In the next few days, May starts and domestic employees They will receive their salaries with the same amount of the previous month. This is because the last parity for this sector was implemented in March of this year and there were still no news.
Latest salary increase It was formalized at the end of February with resolution 1/2025, published in the Official Gazette. The measure established a 1.2% increase on the minimum salaries corresponding to January this year, and entered into force at the same time.
After four months without salary updates and after days of negotiations, The National Labor Commission in Private Houses (CNTCP) agreed to an increase of 1.3% for December 2024 – retroactively – and an additional 1.2% for the salaries of January 2025.
Since then no new increases were announced. Therefore, until an update is available, the values per hour and the monthly salaries of domestic staff remain at the levels established in March.
Domestic employee: how much will charge per day and time in May 2025
According to the last resolution, the domestic employee will charge the following amounts per hour or month, according to the category in which they exercise their tasks:
Supervisor
- With retirement: $ 3,495 per hour and $ 436,048 per month.
- No retirement: $ 3,828 and $ 485,709 per month.
Personnel for specific tasks
- With retirement: $ 3309 per hour and $ 405,113 per month.
- No retirement: $ 3,628 per hour and $ 450,960 per month.
Homemade
- Hour: $ 3,126 and $ 440,468 per month.
Assistance and care of people
- With retirement: $ 3,126 per hour and $ 395,253 per month.
- No retirement: $ 3,495 per hour and $ 440,468 per month.
Staff for general tasks
- With retirement: $ 2,897 per hour and $ 355,447 per month
- No retirement: $ 3,126 per hour and $ 395,253 per month
Antiquity, retirement contributions and social work is not contemplated in that final figure, which is only salary, but that the employer has the obligation to pay those concepts.
According to the collective agreement, the personnel who carry out tasks included in more than one category, will be included in which the main one who performs with habituality is. The 30 percent equivalent should be applied to the minimum wages set for each of the categories, with respect to the personnel who provide tasks in La Pampa, Río Negro, Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, or in the Patagonian Party of the Province of Buenos Aires.
The category that brings together the majority of private house workers is that of “staff for general tasks”, which is responsible for carrying out cleaning, washing, ironing, maintenance, elaboration and cooking of foods and, in general, any other typical home of the home. It is the one that includes the domestic employee or maid that provides cleaning and maintenance services in family homes.
These values respond only to the salary, so the employer must also pay the concepts of seniority, retirement contributions and social work.
Salary benefits for domestic employee for seniority and unfavorable area
In turn, Depending on the case, there are categories where an additional for seniority equivalent to 1% per year worked on the monthly salaries that are paid as of September 1, 2021 and that began to be computed from 2020, without retroactive effect.
There is also an additional “by unfavorable zone” equivalent to 30% On each minimum for each category, to those people who provide tasks in the provinces of La Pampa, Río Negro, Chubut, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, or the Patagonian Party of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Domestic employee: qUé tasks perform each category
Supervisor
It is the personnel responsible for carrying out the coordination and control of the tasks carried out by two or more people in charge. For example, a supervisor that controls the cleaning tasks of a group of employees
Personnel for specific tasks
This category mainly includes chefs hired exclusively to perform this work, as well as any other domestic task that requires special personnel skills to carry it out.
Homemade
It refers to the personnel who provide tasks related to general care and the preservation of a home where he lives on the occasion of the employment contract. It is the only category that is presumed without retirement.
Assistance and care of people
It includes the assistance and non -therapeutic care of people, such as: sick people, with disabilities, children, adolescents, older adults. This category is the one that determines the salary of a nanny or home caregivers (for example, a person who takes care of older adults).
Staff for general tasks
It is responsible for cleaning, washing, ironing, maintenance, elaboration and cooking of meals and, in general, any other typical home task. It is the most used category, since it includes the domestic employee or maid that provides cleaning and maintenance services in family homes.
