HE Average salary in SpainHighest rated of all time in 2022 1,822 euros per month, 21% less than wage average gross ordinary European Unionlast year it amounted to 2,302 euros per month. According to analysis by the Research Center, adecco From data published this Monday by the European statistical office Eurostat, in absolute terms, Spaniards earn 480 euros per month less than the European average What is the same thing his annual salary is 5,760 euros less above the EU average.
In 2022, the average salary was 1,822 euros in Spain, reaching 2,574 euros in France and 3,148 euros in Germany, from an average of 2,302 euros in the EU.
Adecco’s analysis takes the concept as a starting point. “gross regular salary”, includes regular monthly payments before corresponding deductions and withholdings are calculated. Therefore, all irregular payments (extraordinary payments, overtime, delays, compensations) are excluded. According to the National Statistical Institute’s Quarterly Survey of Labor Costs, the gross normal salary in Spain under this concept averaged 1,822 euros per month in 2022, up 4% (€1,751) compared to the previous year. (INE). This survey rises to 1,886.80 euros gross regular salary In the first quarter of 2023, 3.5% above the average recorded in 2022.
neighbors of France and Portugal
The Adecco study focuses on data from different EU countries corresponding to 2022. Compared to the salary of Spain’s close neighbors, France and Portugal, it is observed that the average wage of Spain is 57.8% higher than the country of Portugal (1,154 euros per month), which means a difference of 668 euros per month (8,012 euros per year, difference). On the other hand, Spain’s regular salary is 29.2% lower than the French salary (752 euros per month and 9,026 euros less per year).
Salary difference with Spain Germany In 2022 it reached 1,326 euros per month (15,911 euros per year), which means that Spain’s salary is 42.1% lower than Germany’s. IX Adecco Monitor on Wages summarizes, “This difference means, for example, that the average Spanish wage earner needs to work around 21 months to earn an income similar to that of the average German wage earner.”
Within the grid formed by the 27 countries that make up the European Union, the 2022 gross normal salary data corresponding to Spain stands at p.intermediate position: There are 15 European countries whose average wages are lower than Spain’s, while eleven countries have higher wages than Spain’s.
Between 650 and 3,713 Euros per month
Specifically, there are eleven countries within the EU. with an average salary of less than 1,200 euros monthly: Bulgaria (650 Euro/month), Romania (796 Euro/month), Hungary (852 Euro/month), Croatia (903 Euro/month), Poland (941 Euro/month), Latvia (978 Euro/month), Slovakia (1,046 Euro/month), Greece (1,049 Euro/month), Lithuania (1,110 Euro/month), Estonia (1,123 Euro/month) and Portugal (1.154 Euro/month). Adecco notes that despite all being under 1,200 euros per month, there is a large disparity between them, as the average salary in Portugal is almost double that of Bulgaria.
On the other hand, there are seven countries with average wages. more than 1,200 euros, but less than 2,600 euros per month. among them Spain (EUR 1,822 per month), including Czech Republic (1,208 Euro/month), Maltfor (1,354 Euro/month), Cyprus (1.359 Euro/month), Slovenia (1,503 Euro/month), Italy (2,174 Euro/month) and France (2,574 Euro/month). There are also big differences within this group: the average salary in France is more than double that in the Czech Republic.
Finally, nine countries recorded average salaries. More than 2,600 Euros monthly. cases? Sweden (2,604 Euro/month), Finland (2,678 Euro/month), Austria (2.964 Euro/month), Holland (2.964 Euro/month), Belgium (3.007 Euro/month), Ireland (3,051 Euro/month), Germany (3.148 Euro/month), Denmark (3,573 Euro/month) and Luxembourg (3,713 Euro/month). This group is more homogeneous than the previous two groups as the maximum difference is 42%.
Gap Bridging
Salary in Spain Compared with the two lowest salaries in the EU (Bulgaria and Romania), the average Spanish salary is 2.8 times higher than in Bulgaria (1,822 euros versus 650 euros/month, respectively), with a monthly difference of 1,172 euros ( 14,064 Euro/year). For its part, the average wage in Spain is 2.3 times higher than Romania’s (1,822 Euros versus 796 Euros/month, respectively). In the latter case, the monthly difference is EUR 1,026 (12,316 EUR/year).
According to Adecco, the gap between European salaries has narrowed since 2010, then the highest wage, which was 2,900 euros, corresponding to Luxembourg, multiplied by 11 for the lowest (265 euros from Bulgaria). In 2021, the difference between the two countries was more than six, 5.7 in 2022, half of what it was 10 years ago.