Spanish Abstract: El sector laboral se ha enfrentado responsablemente ante las afectaciones del coronavirus (COVID-19) y las adversidades que esta pandemia ocasiona, no obstante, este grupo humano no esta excepto de riesgos y de afectaciones psicologicas por la gravedad de la situacion en el ambito laboral, que puede reasentar en la familia. Su actuacion es consecuente con la realidad, aunque necesita de condiciones emocionales diferentes que le permitan continuar en su desempeno. La investigacion tuvo como objetivos: disenar un instrumento para medir el salario emocional y validar el instrumento creado para la insercion del salario emocional ante la COVID-19. La metodologia empleada fue de tipo no experimental, descriptivo y transversal, y como variable de interes de estudio: el salario emocional. Se diseno y valido un instrumento para medir el salario emocional, con un alfa de Cronbach de 0,925, el cual fue aplicado a una muestra de 207 trabajadores. Los encuestados manifestaron una predisposicion favorable al instrumento y su percepcion de salario emocional es considerada como alta. Como conclusiones se obtiene la reafirmacion de la insercion del salario emocional, con estrategias de atencion al recurso humano de forma personalizada, con respecto a sus emociones del ambito laboral ante la escalada de la COVID-19. English Abstract: The labor sector has responsibly faced the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the adversities that this epidemic causes, however, this human group is not exempt from risks and psychological effects due to the seriousness of the situation in the workplace, which you can resettle into the family. His performance is consistent with reality, although he needs different emo-tional conditions that allow him to continue in his performance. The research had as objectives: to design an instrument to measure the emotional salary and validate the instrument created for the insertion of the emotional salary before COVID-19. The methodology used was non-experimental, descriptive, and transversal, and as a variable of study interest: the Emotional Salary. An instrument was designed and validated to measure emotional salary, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.925, which was applied to a sample of 207 workers. Respondents expressed a favorable predisposition to the instrument and their perception of emotional salary is considered high. As conclusions, the reaffirmation of the insertion of the emotional salary is obtained, with strategies of attention to human resources in a personalized way, with respect to their emotions in the workplace in the face of COVID-19.