Salary Increase

Defense Minister Enrique Rodríguez Burchard announced a 30% salary increase for enlisted soldiers, adding approximately 3,000 lempiras (about $120) monthly at a cost of over 570 million lempiras, effective July 2026.

Honduras's public-sector workers' union (ANDEPH) is preparing a formal proposal to the government for a 3,000-lempira (about $120) salary increase for roughly 120,000 state employees, citing a year without significant raises and inflation exceeding 4.5%.

Honduras's Supreme Court of Justice approved a 7% salary increase for all judicial employees—permanent, interim, and contract workers—effective in August, benefiting roughly 6,000 staff after the Finance Ministry transferred pending budget allocations.

Honduras's judicial employee association has asked the Supreme Court to approve a 10% salary increase for approximately 6,000 workers, with a decision expected before the mid-year court recess in July.

The government and teacher unions have agreed on a salary increase to be paid retroactively from May, with implementation beginning in June and a fourteenth-month bonus scheduled for July, ending planned informational assemblies.