Aguinaldo in Guatemala: a month’s salary, half in December and half in January
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 15 Oct 2026.The aguinaldo in Guatemala is one full month of ordinary salary for a year of continuous service, under Decreto 76-78: Q5,000 a month gives Q5,000, half paid in the first half of December and half in the second half of January. It carries no tax and no IGSS deduction. Fewer days give the proportional part, worked here as days out of 365.
Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 15 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Enter your figures. The result updates as you type.
Read the result and the breakdown below it.
Share the link or embed the calculator.
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.
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.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Aguinaldo Calculator: Mexico, Argentina, Central America, are on the Aguinaldo Calculator: Mexico, Argentina, Central America page.
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.
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.
Still stuck? Ask about Aguinaldo Calculator: Mexico, Argentina, Central America and anybody who knows can answer. No account needed.
On the related tools: PF Calculator – What your PF account will hold when you retire · Leave Encashment Tax Calculator – The exempt and the taxable halves of a leave payout, with the rule that capped it.