mayors Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona In 2022, they remained the three highest-paid councilors in more than 8,000 municipalities in the country, with annual salaries of over 100,000 euros. According to data from the system Salary Information Management Positions (ISPA), Madrid Ministry of Finance José Luis Martínez Almeida He received a salary of 108,157.80 euros in 2022. Perception of Bilbao residents Juan María Aburto The annual salary for the first mayoral post in Barcelona was 100,000.94 euros. Ada Colau In 2022. With the new mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, At the general assembly of the city council, which took the oath of office on June 17, 2023, it was decided to give a 4 percent raise to all elected officials, thus increasing the annual salary of the first mayor to 104 thousand euros.
This Monday, the Ministry of Finance updated its database on the salaries of elected officials and public employees of local organizations and autonomous communities, known as ISPA. The ten highest salaries of Spain’s first councillors, as well as the mayors of Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona, Vitoria-Gasteiz (96,717.82 Euros annually), Donostia-San Sebastian (91.849,62 Euros), Seville (90.337,46 Euro), Valencia (90.187,58 Euros), Valladolid (89.347,58 Euro), getxo (86,925.12 Euros) and Malaga (85,195.32 Euros).
The ‘top ten’ of the highest-paid mayors in Catalonia in 2022 consist of first councilors barcelona (100,000 Euros), Tarragona (76.015,44 Euros), Terrace (74,027.24 Euros), Reus (73.687,80 Euros), Llobregat Prat (72.595,35 Euro), lleida (71.676,38 Euros), Sabadell (69.465,99 Euro), castelldefels (67,353.44 Euros) and mataro (65,086 Euros). At the other extreme, there are 87 Catalan municipalities whose mayors have not earned a single euro since they remain in office in 2022.
More than 8,000 municipal councils
The update of the ISPA database with information for the 2022 financial year includes records on salaries, remuneration of councilors and municipal officials. total of 6,768 municipal councils. Others 1,360 municipal councils (total population just over 4.5 million) they did not send their data According to 2022 or we have done this incompletely.
In any case it is information annual perceptions It is provided without a discount from year to year. The amounts recorded include both the fee itself and the amounts received as compensation. Participation in corporate meetings. Amounts intended solely to compensate for an expense actually incurred, such as travel allowances or other similar expenses, will be excluded.
Special, partial or no dedication
There are 1,578 mayors in a total of 6,768 municipalities that transferred their 2022 wage data to the Treasury database. full time; 1,471 more people partial devotion and there are 3,719 (just over half, 55%) in the category ‘without commitment’ to the position of mayor. This last regime does not mean the absence of activity; rather it implies that the position does not accrue any type of compensation, only benefits.
Mayors have the highest salaries with exceptional dedication Although the allowances range from the mayor’s 108,157 euros to the post Madrid up to 27 euros per year from the mayor Vinuesa (Soria). In the category of full-time mayors, there are 23 people who do not reach mileurists with an annual allocation of less than 12,000 euros.
Among Spain’s 1,471 mayors part time While in office, mayors’ annual salary ranges from just over €50,000 Archena (Murcia), salou (Tarragona), calafell (Tarragona) and Sant Feliu de Guixols (Girona) and 344.65 euros per year La Febro (Tarragona) or 25 Euros Alhambra (Real city).
Among 3,719 mayors ‘non-exclusive’ category, There are 2,414 councilors in total (65% of this group, or 30% of those in Spain) whose annual salary is zero euros. The salaries of the other 1,305 mayors who ‘did not make sacrifices’ were counted in a range of around €40,000 in 2022. Benahavi (Malaga), Salt (Girona) and girona– 50 euros or less in small municipalities Zamora, Segovia, Ciudad Real, Alicante or Badajoz.
Of the total number of Catalan municipal councils, 829 have sent wage data for 2022 to the Treasury, while 118 have not sent or sent incomplete. Within the latter there are municipalities such as: San Cugat del Valles (95,725 inhabitants), Pineda de Mar, Vilassar de Martes, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Malgrat de Mar, Piera, Mollerusa, Cunit, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, La Roca del Vallès, Cassà de la Selva or Ripoll, all have populations of more than 10,000.
Between Councilors of the total number of municipalities in SpainAnnual salaries of council members range from 90,000 to 106,000 euros. Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao A total of 14,300 councilors from different municipalities in the country earn between 100 and zero euros per year.