Overview
- The October report sets a minimum monthly income of 2,027,283 pesos for a family of four using INDEC’s Canastas de Consumos Mínimos methodology, which is not yet official.
- It breaks down 691,887 pesos for food and 1,335,396 pesos for other essential consumption.
- ATE Indec calls for a one‑time 118% increase, a 250,000‑peso monthly bonus for all public workers, and immediate reopening of paritaria negotiations without caps.
- The study cites 241% cumulative inflation since Javier Milei took office, a 28.25% loss of purchasing power, and a 54.8% real‑wage drop versus December 2015; the SINEP reference salary would be 1,417,335 pesos if fully adjusted but stands at 636,289.
- It flags monotributistas with frozen incomes, an average net of 706,302.88 pesos, and 5,368,253 pesos in unrecovered losses, and notes all regional baskets top 1.5 million pesos with Patagonia highest; a government response is not reported.