iPhone 18 Pro MX$29,999
327 hours of work
January to late February.
More hours than any of the other nine. In Switzerland the same phone takes 30 hours.
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The sums
The average full-time worker in Mexico earns MX$219,608 a year before tax and takes home MX$190,675 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays MX$91.67.
An iPhone 18 Pro: MX$29,999 ÷ MX$91.67 = 327 hours. January to late February.
A Tesla Model Y: MX$799,000 ÷ MX$91.67 = 8,716 hours. Four whole working years, and the next until early March.
A Big Mac: MX$109 ÷ MX$91.67 = 1.19 hours, or 71 minutes.
Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Mexico actually work. More in what the index leaves out.
Against the other nine
iPhone 18 Pro tenth of ten
- Switzerland CHF 1,199 30 hours
- United States $1,199 45 hours
- Australia A$2,099 53 hours
- United Kingdom £1,199 58 hours
- Germany €1,449 74 hours
- France €1,479 93 hours
- Japan ¥219,800 104 hours
- Italy €1,489 119 hours
- Spain €1,469 122 hours
- Mexico MX$29,999 327 hours
Tesla Model Y tenth of ten
- Switzerland CHF 40,990 1,033 hours
- Australia A$58,900 1,474 hours
- United States $39,990 1,495 hours
- United Kingdom £41,000 1,982 hours
- Germany €39,990 2,034 hours
- France €40,990 2,575 hours
- Japan ¥5,587,000 2,634 hours
- Italy €40,990 3,264 hours
- Spain €40,990 3,413 hours
- Mexico MX$799,000 8,716 hours
Big Mac tenth of ten
Sources
Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (the OECD's own estimate, as for most countries).
Prices, checked 29 September 2026: Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro with 256 GB; Tesla, the cheapest Model Y on sale; The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).