More than three million public sector workers in Spain will receive a salary increase of 0.5%a measure approved by the Government to mitigate the impact of inflation and strengthen the purchasing power of state employees. This increase, retroactively from 2024, will begin to be applied to this month’s payroll and will include additional compensation for the months already passed. In 2024, a 2% salary increase was approved retroactively from January 1 of that year, as published in the Official State Gazette (BOE).
The main objective of this measure is to improve the economic conditions of public officials in Spain. The beneficiaries include teaching staff at all educational levels, health workers, security forces and the Armed Forces, as well as scientific and cultural research professionals, key sectors that have demanded these improvements in recent years.
These salary increases cover all officials, including workers of the State, the autonomous communities and local and municipal corporations.
Salary increase for public employees from 2025
Not all workers will receive the same amount at the end of the month, since it will depend on the professional group in which they are included according to their work. Employees who are within the Group A will receive an economic amount between 110 and 150 euros per month additional. In it Group B will receive 110 euros per month monthly extra on their payrolls and the Group C will register an increase of between 80 and 95 euros each month.
A great help to adjust the new price levels and respond to the demands of the public sector to achieve better working conditions. Thus, it seeks to mitigate the effects of inflation on the purchasing power of public employees. Inflation in Spain has been a growing problem, with a rate of 2.8% according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). In this way, the Government’s commitment to public employees is reaffirmed, as highlighted by the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, who described civil servants as “the main asset of the Public Administrations.”
Salaries of civil servants for 2025
The salary of officials is organized by scales, depending on the group to which they belong. Your base salary may vary depending on general, specific bonuses and other factors. These base salaries, established in the General State Budgets, are the following for 2025:
- Subgroup A1: The annual base salary is 32,804.62 euros grosswhich is equivalent to a monthly average of 2,343.19 euros gross in 14 payments.
- Subgroup A2: The annual base salary amounts to 30,747.56 euros grossequivalent to a monthly average of 2,196.25 euros gross in 14 payments.
- Group B: The annual remuneration is 29,123.40 euros grosswhich represents a monthly average of 2,080.24 euros gross in 14 payments.
- Subgroup C1: The annual base salary is 27,237.64 euros grosscorresponding to a monthly average of 1,945.55 euros gross in 14 payments.
- Subgroup C2: The annual remuneration is 25,488.02 euros grossequivalent to a monthly average of 1,820.57 euros gross in 14 payments.
- Professional Group: The annual salary is 25,337.94 euros grosswhich represents a monthly average of 1,809.85 euros gross in 14 payments.
Salary increase of civil servants in recent years
For years, civil servants’ salaries were frozen, causing a notable loss of purchasing power, especially aggravated by inflation in recent times. To reverse this situation, the Government approved in 2022 the Royal Decree-Law 18/2022which established a salary revaluation plan for public employees, with a cumulative increase of up to 9.8% between 2022 and 2024, depending on the evolution of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other economic indicators.
In 2022, an increase in the 2% included in the PGE and, subsequently, an additional adjustment of the 1.5% retroactively from January, reaching a total increase of the 3.5% that year. In 2023, officials saw an initial increase in 2.5% in their remuneration, complemented by a 0.5% additional applied in October, retroactive from January. This placed the overall increase for the year at 3%.
In 2024, the plan was completed with an increase in 2%which was joined by another 0.5% (which will now be received at the end of January) conditional on the evolution of the CPI, which was finally approved, achieving a total increase in the 2.5% that year.