Over this 23-year period, annual wages in Spain fluctuated greatly, ranging from a low of 29,892 euros in 2006 to a high of approximately 33,253 euros in 2009. The average annual wage stood at approximately 31,945 euros in 2023. Compared to other European countries, Spain ranked fairly low in 2023. The annual salary in the Iberian country was similar to salaries in Italy and Slovenia, but remained far from the figures that were registered in France, Ireland, and Germany. Minimum wage Spain's minimum monthly wage was 1,134 euros as of 2024. Unlike the average annual wage, it has been constantly increasing on a nearly continuous basis since 2008, when the minimum wage was 600 euros per month. In 2019, the Socialist government of Spain passed a law by that increased the national minimum wage by 164 euros, therefore making it stand at 900 euros per month and reflecting the largest increase to date. Along with the monthly wage, the national minimum daily wage has also been raised consistently over the past years. In 2024, the gross minimum was 37.8 euros a day, whereas in 2000 it was 20 euros a day. Unequal pay The average salary in Spain diverges considerably according to different factors. For instance, the gender salary gap remains significant in the Mediterranean country, although it has shrunk in recent years. In 2022, the average salary for a male full-time employee was around nine percent higher than his female counterpart. The gender gap is even wider for permanent positions: that year, average annual salaries for women were roughly 6,000 euros less than average salaries for men. The salary gap is also conspicuous when looking at the wage for workers with disabilities, a gap that has increased in recent years. Geographic location is also important; the average net salary in regions such as Extremadura and the Canary Islands was less than 23,100 euros per year in 2022, far from the salary in the Basque Country and Madrid (32,300 and 31,200 euros, respectively).

In 2022, the Basque Country registered the highest average annual wage in Spain, with approximately 32,313 euros per year. The second and third best-paid regions were the Community of Madrid and Navarre with over 29,000 euros each. Spain's minimum monthly wage was 1,134 euros in 2024, with a daily minimum wage of 37.8.

Key information about Spain Monthly Earnings

• Spain Monthly Earnings stood at 2,545 USD in Sep 2024, compared with the previous figure of 2,468 USD in Jun 2024
• Spain Monthly Earnings data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2000 to Sep 2024, with an average number of 2,238 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 2,790 USD in Jun 2008 and a record low of 1,171 USD in Dec 2000

• In the latest reports, Spain Population reached 47 million people in Dec 2021
• Unemployment Rate of Spain dropped to 11 % in Sep 2024
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 59 % in Sep 2024

Women and Men in Spain: Average, median, modal annual salary, part time and full time by period. Annual. National.

The national minimum wage per month in Spain increased steadily over the last years. The minimum monthly wage grew by about 89 percent from 2008 to 2024, with salaries increasing from 600 euros a month to 1,134 euros a month in 2023. In 2019, the Socialist government of Spain passed a decree by which the national minimum wage would be given a boost of 164 euros, therefore making it stand at 900 euros per month as of that year, the largest increase to date.

Salaries in Spain

Along with the monthly wage, the national minimum daily wage also grew consistently over the past years, with the gross minimum standing at 37.8 euros a day in 2024 relative to 20 euros a day in 2008. Annual wages in Spain have however not followed this trend and fluctuated greatly during the same period. The highest average wage registered in Spain took place in 2009, year in which the mean salary amounted to over 30,000 euros a year after a period of ongoing growth. Spanish salaries however initiated a downtrend that prompted the average worker to earn approximately 29,113 thousand euros a year in 2022.

Salaries in Europe

Iceland ranked as the European country that featured the highest salaries in 2022, with an average wage of approximately 79,473 euros a year. Luxembourg and Switzerland followed second and third, with average salaries of 78,000 and 73,000 a year, respectively. In terms of growth, Portugal ranked as the country that saw the lowest decrease in salaries in 2022 compared to the previous year, with a development of -0.2 percent more relative to 2021, during that year, no European country registered an increase in real wages.

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Spain - Gross national income was EUR416637.00 Million in June of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - Gross national income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Spain - Gross national income reached a record high of EUR416637.00 Million in June of 2025 and a record low of EUR245480.00 Million in June of 2020.

Spain Household Annual Net Income: Avg: Basque Country data was reported at 34,203.000 EUR in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 34,054.000 EUR for 2015. Spain Household Annual Net Income: Avg: Basque Country data is updated yearly, averaging 34,363.500 EUR from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2016, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37,707.000 EUR in 2008 and a record low of 33,053.000 EUR in 2014. Spain Household Annual Net Income: Avg: Basque Country data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.H017: Households Net Income.

Key information about Spain Household Income per Capita

• Spain Annual Household Income per Capita reached 16,014.907 USD in Dec 2024, compared with the previous value of 15,229.821 USD in Dec 2023.
• Spain Annual Household Income per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2007 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 11,559.824 USD.
• The data reached an all-time high of 16,014.907 USD in Dec 2024 and a record low of 11,559.824 USD in Dec 2015.
• In the latest reports, Retail Sales of Spain grew 3.100 % YoY in Dec 2023.

Spain - Net national income was EUR1007462.00 Million in December of 2021, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Spain - Net national income - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Spain - Net national income reached a record high of EUR1058033.00 Million in December of 2019 and a record low of EUR851289.00 Million in December of 2013.

Women and Men in Spain: Average annual salary by occupation groups and period. Annual. National.

In 2023, the average annual net household income in Spain was 34,821 euros. Far from the national average was the net household income in the southern regions of Extremadura and Andalusia, where it was less than 30,000 euros. The community with the highest average income was Madrid, with more than 42,900 euros.

Table of INEBase Average, median, modal annual salary, part time and full time by period. National. Women and Men in Spain

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Spain ES: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 15.400 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.500 % for 2020. Spain ES: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 14.750 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2021, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.800 % in 2013 and a record low of 11.200 % in 1990. Spain ES: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Monthly and long-term Spain Disposable Income data: historical series and analyst forecasts curated by FocusEconomics.

Context

This Dataset is made public by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) about salaries, based on a survey on 220 thousand employees in 2018. This survey is harmonized through EuroStat with similar surveys from each of the EU countries. For this reason, it would be a relatively easy task to do similar analysis with data from other countries of the EU. The methodology of the survey, raw datasets and many other additional information can be found in this link.

Content

The dataset contains in total 55 columns including the yearly net income.

Acknowledgements

This Dataset has been made public by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística).

Inspiration

If the reader can also read Spanish, we would recommend to go through this document, which is the official press-release with the analysis of the survey by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE). In addition to that analysis, we would like to make further analysis on the data to obtain additional insights and possibly a salary predictor according to certain parameters.

The average pre-tax income of the top ten percent earners in Spain was over 120,000 euros at purchasing power parity (PPP) as of 2024, almost nine times more than the average income of the bottom half earners. Looking at the distribution of national income in Spain, the earnings of the least affluent half of the population equated to 21 percent of the total country income in 2024, 0.1 percentage points less than one decade earlier. Moreover, the top one percent of earners in Spain accounted for over ten percent of the overall national income.

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Graph and download economic data for Labor Compensation: Earnings: All Activities: Hourly for Spain (LCEATT01ESQ661N) from Q1 1981 to Q3 2023 about Spain, compensation, earnings, hours, wages, and labor.