Bricklayers and Construction Workers' Pay Rates in June 2025: Unveiling UOCRA's Wage Scale
Get a Raise, Construction Workers!
Prepare to dig deeper into your pockets starting June, as the latest union deal ratified by Uocra (Argentine Republic's Construction Workers' Union) and sector businesses brings a much-needed boost to construction workers' paychecks. The agreement, which updates wages for all categories and pays fixed allowances, is set to beneficial impact your earnings during the May-June bi-monthly stretch and beyond.
The juice is divided into two servings. The initial baking happens in May 2025, resulting in a 1.2% increase on existing salaries, with an extra 1% stacked on top. The cherry on top? A separate 1% hike kicks into action from June 2025, also calculated based on the salaries effective as of May 30, 2025. These increases are cumulative, ensuring you'll feel that sweet, hard-earned boost to your bank account.
Zoning in on the dough, the breakdown looks like this:
- Helper Zone "A": $33,000 per month
- Middle-Level Official Zone "A": $34,000
- Official Zone "A": $38,000
- Specialized Official Zone "A": $40,000
- Night Watchmen, regardless of zone, pull in a whopping $546,949 per month.
The ink on the agreement was penned by Uocra, Camarco (Argentine Chamber of Construction), and FAEC (Argentine Federation of Construction Entities). The document further stipulates the formation of a special committee tasked with keeping a watchful eye on economic factors and the construction sector's wide-ranging impact on society, with a rendezvous scheduled for June 17, 2025, to discuss any required adjustments commencing July 2025.
Construction Workers' Gain in June 2025
Here's the skinny on how much money moves from the employers to the workers' pockets as basic salaries for June, by job zone and category:
Zone A
- Specialized Official: $4894 per hour
- Official: $4187 per hour
- Middle-Level Official: $3869 per hour
- Helper: $3561 per hour
- Night Watchmen: $546,949 per month
Zone B
- Specialized Official: $5433 per hour
- Official: $4650 per hour
- Middle-Level Official: $4289 per hour
- Helper: $3561 per hour
- Night Watchmen: $646,949 per month
Zone C
- Specialized Official: $7514 per hour
- Official: $7044 per hour
- Middle-Level Official: $6798 per hour
- Helper: $6600 per hour
- Night Watchmen: $1,081,558 per month
Zone C Austral
- Specialized Official: $9788 per hour
- Official: $8374 per hour
- Middle-Level Official: $7738 per hour
- Helper: $7122 per hour
- Night Watchmen: $1,293,897 per month
Zone Classification
It's worth noting that the dough you scoop up in June will depend heavily on the geography of your construction site. This is because dirty money is injected into zones where the cold snaps harder. Zone division runs as follows:
- Zone "A": Buenos Aires, CABA, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Mendoza, San Juan, Catamarca, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Salta, Tucumán, Chaco, La Pampa, San Luis, Corrientes, La Rioja, Formosa, Jujuy, and Misiones.
- Zone "B": Neuquén, Río Negro, and Chubut.
- Zone "C": Santa Cruz.
- Zone "C Austral": Tierra del Fuego.
Following the ratified union agreement, finance and business sectors will see an increase in construction workers' earnings starting June 2025. The news brings a 1% additional increase on top of the 1.2% raise already effective since May 2025, with more adjustments anticipated for July 2025. The different job zones and categories will experience varying boosts in their paychecks, with the Night Watchmen earning $546,949, $646,949, $1,081,558, and $1,293,897 monthly, depending on the construction site's geographic zone.
