Querétaro’s economy is built on a specific set of industries: aerospace, automotive, advanced manufacturing, logistics, and increasingly data centers and technology. That mix shapes which professions actually pay above the regional median, and it explains why the state attracts a steady stream of professionals relocating to Zibatá and the surrounding area. Here’s what the numbers show and where the highest-paying work actually is.
The Baseline: What “Average” Actually Means Here
Context matters before ranking individual professions. According to INEGI’s ENOE labor survey, 35.1 percent of Querétaro’s economically active population earned around one minimum wage in the fourth quarter of 2025, with another 41.1 percent earning one to two minimum wages. Only 1.2 percent earned more than five times the minimum wage. Separately, job platform OCC Mundial reported that 46 percent of posted positions in the state offered 10,000 to 20,000 pesos monthly, and 41 percent offered more than 20,000 pesos. Read together, these figures show a labor market where a meaningful professional and technical tier sits well above the median, concentrated in specific sectors rather than spread evenly across the economy.
Aerospace Engineering
Querétaro’s aerospace cluster, built around the 2005 arrival of Bombardier Aerospace, now includes 85 companies and generates more than 8,500 jobs, with major manufacturers including Boeing, Airbus, Safran, and GE maintaining a presence in the state. Crowdsourced salary data from Glassdoor, based on 29 submissions, puts the average aerospace engineer salary in Querétaro at roughly 20,000 pesos monthly, with a reported range of 16,000 to 28,000 pesos, well above the state’s median wage bracket. ZibataHoy’s guide to the aerospace cluster and local flight and technical schools covers the training pipeline that feeds this sector.
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Industrial engineers, essential to Querétaro’s dense automotive and manufacturing base, reported an average monthly salary of 16,266 pesos according to Indeed’s aggregated data, about 11 percent above the national average for the role. This sector remains one of the most consistent sources of professional-tier employment in the state given the concentration of manufacturing plants across the metro area.
Data Centers and Technology
Querétaro’s newest growth sector is data infrastructure. ZibataHoy previously reported on CloudHQ’s announced 4.8 billion dollar investment in a six-facility data center campus in the state, part of a broader wave of hyperscale infrastructure investment. Data center construction, operations, and IT roles tied to this build-out are an emerging source of above-median pay, though the sector is still maturing locally compared to the more established aerospace and automotive clusters.
A Note on the Numbers
The role-specific figures above come from crowdsourced platforms like Glassdoor and Indeed, based on self-reported salaries rather than official government wage statistics, so treat them as directional rather than precise. For rigorous, current figures on any specific profession, INEGI’s ENOE survey and Mexico’s official wage data at gob.mx remain the most reliable sources, and salary ranges shift meaningfully year to year as Querétaro’s industrial base continues to grow.
Sources: Líder Empresarial: Sueldo Promedio en Querétaro (OCC Mundial / INEGI) | Glassdoor: Sueldo de Ingeniero Aeroespacial en Querétaro | Indeed: Sueldo de Ingeniero Industrial en Querétaro
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