Garment labor cost versus Bangladesh and Vietnam
- Sectors and investment opportunities
- Apparel and textiles
- not audited
The best available figure for Guatemala is the minimum wage in force for maquila, already verified in the minimum_wage_*_maquila_* series of the Advance Guatemala file. A weak secondary source (wage.is) cites a minimum of approximately US$1.21/hour; it should not be published without verification against the Labor Ministry (Mintrab). For comparison, Capital World Group cites roughly US$0.60–1.30/hour in Bangladesh and US$2–3/hour in Vietnam's key industrial zones, promotional figures to be checked against the ILO report on minimum wages in the global garment industry. FASH455 argues that Guatemala's advantage is not wages but lead time from proximity to the United States.
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Figures
- Guatemala — maquila minimum wage (indicative, weak source)
- ~US$1.21/hour
- Bangladesh — garment labor cost
- ~US$0.60–1.30/hour
- Vietnam — garment labor cost (key industrial zones)
- ~US$2–3/hour
Caveat
Sources
Related records
- Apparel and textile exports
- Jobs and companies in the apparel and textile sector
- Apparel sector risks: tariffs, infrastructure and labor scrutiny
- The full-package model and investment in spinning and fabrics
- Dominant fibers in apparel: cotton vs synthetics
- CAFTA-DR, the yarn-forward rule and the US reciprocal tariff
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