Aguinaldo by law in El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina (SAC) or Guatemala, part years included
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 15 Oct 2026.El Salvador's Código de Trabajo gives at least 15 days' salary as aguinaldo for 1 to 3 years of service, 19 days for 3 to 10 and 21 days for 10 or more, so $600 a month with 5 years gives $380. Mexico gives at least 15 days, Argentina half the best month of each semester, Guatemala a full month.
Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 15 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Pick El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina or Guatemala and type the monthly salary (in Argentina, the best month of the semester).
El Salvador: tap your years of service on 12 December. Mexico: keep 15 days unless your contract gives more. Argentina: pick the semester.
If you have not worked the whole year or semester, enter the days worked to get the proportional part.
Read the aguinaldo and its tax-free part; in Mexico the ISR estimate, in Guatemala the December and January halves.
The aguinaldo is the year-end bonus the labour law makes every employer pay. This calculator works it out for four countries from the monthly salary, with the part for anyone who has not worked the whole period.
El Salvador. Article 198 of the Código de Trabajo sets 15 days' salary from one to less than three years of service on 12 December, 19 days from three to less than ten, and 21 days from ten on; under a year, the proportional part. A day's salary is the monthly salary divided by 30. Since Decreto 669 (Diario Oficial, 24 September 2026) it is paid in one payment between 1 October and 20 December, and Decreto 673 frees up to $1,500 of it from income tax for 2026.
Mexico. Article 87 of the Ley Federal del Trabajo says at least 15 days' salary before 20 December, in proportion for a part year. Up to 30 times the UMA, 3,519.30 pesos in 2026, is free of ISR; the page estimates the ISR on the rest with the 2026 monthly tariff.
Argentina. The sueldo anual complementario is half the best monthly pay of each semester (Ley 23.041), due 30 June and 18 December, in proportion to the time worked (Decreto 1078/84). The page counts calendar days and shows the gross amount, before contributions.
Guatemala. Decreto 76-78 gives a full month's ordinary salary, half in the first half of December and half in the second half of January, free of tax and IGSS; part years by days out of 365.
Not included. Collective agreements above the minimum, public employees, the Salvadoran withholding above $1,500, and Argentine contributions and income tax. An estimate, not legal advice. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.
The Código de Trabajo, article 198, sets at least 15 days' salary for one to less than three years of service, 19 days for three to less than ten years and 21 days for ten years or more. Years are counted with the same employer on 12 December.
Decreto Legislativo 673, published in the Diario Oficial on 24 September 2026, makes aguinaldos up to $1,500 free of income tax for 2026 when paid between 1 October and 20 December. Anything above $1,500 is subject to withholding, after taking off the $1,500.
Up to 30 times the daily UMA is exempt from ISR. With the 2026 UMA of 117.31 pesos that is 3,519.30 pesos. Anything above that is added to the month's taxable income, and the calculator estimates the ISR on it with the 2026 monthly tariff.
Each instalment is half of the best monthly pay of the semester, under Ley 23.041: a best month of 1,500,000 pesos gives 750,000. Someone who worked part of the semester gets it in proportion to the time worked, so 122 of 184 days gives 497,282.61 pesos.
Decreto 76-78 gives one full month of ordinary salary for a year of continuous service, so Q5,000 a month gives Q5,000. For fewer days the page takes the proportional part, days worked out of 365. It carries no income tax and no IGSS, IRTRA or INTECAP deduction.
El Salvador: in one payment between 1 October and 20 December. Mexico: before 20 December. Argentina: two instalments, by 30 June and 18 December. Guatemala: half in the first half of December and half in the second half of January, or all in December.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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