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The 2025 Tech Salaries Report is Mapping the New Economics of Mexico’s Tech Workforce

Huston, TX — May 21, 2025 — CodersLink, the near-shore talent partner to Fortune 500 software companies and high-growth SaaS scale-ups, today released its 2025 Tech Salaries Report, a 70+ page deep dive into compensation, retention and mobility trends across Mexico’s booming technology sector.

Drawing on 37,697 validated data records collected between November 2024 and February 2025, the report provides the most granular view to date of pay scales, English-premium differentials, DEI progress and work-life patterns in Latin America’s premier tech hub.

“Mexico’s tech salaries are no longer a rounding error in global budgets,” said Jesús Salas, CEO of CodersLink. “For AI/ML, DevOps and product talent, the cost gap with Silicon Valley has narrowed dramatically — yet employers still gain a 30–50 percent savings on total compensation and up to 70 percent faster time-to-hire by near-shoring.”

Report Highlights

• Salary Re-Benchmarking. Senior software developers now average US $4.9k – $6.5k per month, while elite specialists topping US $8k under U.S. contracts have re-set pay expectations nationwide.

• Language as a Multiplier. Advancing from B1 to C1 English can double total pay, with C1/C2 professionals commanding up to 100 % premiums over basic-level peers.

• Mobility & Turnover Risk. 79 % of bilingual senior talent wants relocation options, but only 41 % of employers offer them — fueling a 16.7 % sector-wide turnover rate.

• Hybrid Wins on Satisfaction. When well-managed, hybrid teams post a 91.4 % satisfaction score, out-performing both fully onsite and fully remote peers.

• Pipeline Red Alert. Entry-level supply in AI, Cybersecurity and Cloud remains scarce, signaling longer time-to-fill and wage pressure ahead.

Jesus Lopez, COO and CPO at CodersLink, adds: “CodersLink’s dataset confirms what we’re seeing on the ground: specialization plus English proficiency now decide market rate — and retention.”

The full report is available to media upon request at CodersLink website.

About CodersLink

CodersLink enables U.S. and global enterprises to build high-performing near-shore teams through Staff Augmentation, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, and Build-Operate-Transfer solutions. With a curated network of bilingual engineers across Mexico’s top tech clusters, CodersLink turns hiring challenges into competitive advantage.