The Executive published this Friday, May 30 in the Central America Diario the Agreements of the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) that establish the salary increase and bonds for public sector teachers.
One of the agreements is the DIREH 4425-2025, which regulates the methodology and the process of application of the initial salary adjustment 2025 NPP and NM of the line 021.
The NPP refers to the personnel who develop teaching activities in the levels of preprimary and primary education, for an amount of Q220.
While the NM corresponds to teachers who develop teaching activities at the average level (basic and diversified cycles), for an amount of Q230.
According to the MINEDUC, this adjustment enters into force on June 1 and is part of the salary salary and, therefore, is subject to discounts, deductions, encumbrances, embargoes and tax obligations. Likewise, it will be taken into account for the calculation of the annual bonus (bonus14), bonus, compensation, retirement pension or other benefits.
Monthly Bono for Teachers
The MINEDUC also published the Direct 4424-2025 agreement, related to the “Monthly Bonus 031 2025” and the “Monthly Bonus 2025”.
The application of the “Monthly Bonus 2025”, equivalent to Q400, corresponds to the positions charged to the 011 “Permanent Personnel”, 022 “Contract Personnel”, with positions of positions of the Plan for Classification of positions of the Executive Organism, and also to the line 021 “Supernumerary Personnel” that develops administrative tasks.
While the “Monthly Bonus 031 2025” applies to the wage titles charged to Budget line 031, “wages” of the central dependencies and departmental directions of education.
The provisions of this agreement, which also enter into force on June 1, are applied exclusively to the administrative positions of MINEDUC.
According to the MINEDUC, these bonds are part of the salary and are subject to discounts, deductions, encumbrances, embargoes and tax obligations. In addition, they will be considered for the calculation of bonus14, bonus, compensation, retirement pension or other benefits.
Unique bonds in June and December
The Direh 4426-2025 agreement refers to the single bonus approved for June and December.
The application of these bonds is regulated for teaching and administrative positions charged to the 011 “Permanent Personnel”, 021 “Supernumerary Personnel”, 022 “Contract Personnel”, with positions of positions of the position classification plan, and 031 “wages” of the Ministry of Education, for an amount of Q500.
The MINEDUC clarifies that these bonds are not part of the salary and, therefore, will not be taken into account for the calculation of bonus14, bonus, compensation, pension or other benefits, nor will they be subject to discounts, deductions, encumbrances, embargoes or tax obligations. They will also not be considered for the payment of per diem, diets or extraordinary time.
While the Ministry of Finanza this Friday published the Government Agreement 92-2025 that formalizes the increase to teachers.
President Bernardo Arévalo in his account in the social network X wrote: “We have signed and published the increase to the teachers of the public sector, in force since June 1”.
✍🏼 We have signed and published the increase to public sector teachers, in force since June 1.
As a government, we could not continue delaying it because of the intransigence of the Steg leadership.
This is only one more step to recover education … pic.twitter.com/ljuxxpxyv
– Bernardo Arévalo (@Barevalodeleon) May 30, 2025