Average Honduran Wage of L9,000 Falls Short for Households

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 29, 2026 · Originally reported September 28, 2026 by Once Noticias

Economists studying Honduras's employment crisis say the average worker earns about L9,000 ($360) a month, a sum they say cannot support a family and is fueling migration.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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