Behavior of the purchasing power of the real salary of the university professors from the Center Western Region of Mexico, from the years 2020 to 2022

Abstract

Quantitative study, which analyzes the behavior of the nominal and real salary of professors from a sample of four state public universities in the Central West Region of the Mexican Republic. The objective is to determine if the salary of the teaching staff of the public universities in the sample has increased or decreased in real terms. As a hypothesis, it is considered that the salary of teachers in the Central West Region (RCO) of Mexico has had a loss of purchasing power. It is considered necessary to reflect on the salary received by university professors from state public universities of the RCO, since the effort that professors make to generate future professionals in Mexico and the world must be dignified with a fair income. Likewise, it is considered that those professors who additionally make the effort to obtain some external accreditations from the universities, such as the National System of Researchers of CONACYT, or the PRODEP profile of the SEP, require an added effort.