Tell me where you live in Alicante and I’ll tell you how much pension you get.

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although the amount benefits of social security it just depends individual quotes The fact that every beneficiary pays throughout their working career is that a economic activity or the presence of another person or Pensioners from other parts of Spain average pensions of different municipalities of the province. varies greatly.

Thus, for example, the average wage received retirees registered benfallim -the highest in the province- practically copy residents receive almudaina, the population with the lowest average pension in the province. And this despite the fact that the distance between the two is only 21 kilometers and there are two municipalities in them, around Alcoy and with a very small population.

However, in the first case, average pension reached 1,170 eurosdue to the fact that most of the current retirees work at the construction site. To manageAccording to the mayor, José Carlos Barrachina. The proximity to Alcoy allowed the municipality to act as a sort of city-bedroom, allowing its residents to commute and return to their jobs in the city each day.

On the contrary, in almudaina most residents worked as self-employed special farming regime which resulted in the average pension barely reaching 609 euros. According to senior mayor José Luis Seguí, the fact that everyone owns their homes and the population has nowhere to spend the money allows residents to get by on such a meager sum. M. Vilaplana.

These two populations somehow synthesize what is happening at the general level across the state. In this way, in addition to some other small towns, toll booths (1,169 Euros) or benilup (1,081 euro), the highest average pensions mainly Alicante metropolitan area, where more weight to manage -which usually means more retired civil servants who are well-paid-, advanced services and also retirees from other parts of the country who have chosen the region to spend their retirement.

Thus, in the city Alicante average pension €1,139inside St. John’s reaches €1.166; inside campor 1,066; and St. Vincent, 1,087. It should be noted that in general, there are only 11 municipalities in the entire state where the average salary exceeds 1,000 euros. For the province as a whole, this indicator stands at 945 euros, which puts Alicante as the eleventh Spanish border with the lowest pensions in the entire country.

Some industrial cities are also among the municipalities with the highest benefit. noveldrawing attention to the weight of marble retirees with an average of 1,030 euros, paying very high salaries to its workers during the golden years of this activity.

On the contrary, the majority of the population with the lowest average pensions are located in largely agricultural areas, mostly in Vega Baja. Rojales (700 euros), redovan (762) or Raphael (696).

in a middle ground coastal towns, Although tourism workers accumulate rather low pensions – often due to the temporary nature of their jobs – they have retirees with a better standard of living than in other parts of Spain. Thus, in Benidorm the average pension is 971 euros, Denia stands at 953; inside Altea in 929; inside Torrevieja, 892; and orihuela870.

Figures similar to these endings – therefore below the provincial average – also animate the two main shoemaking cities of the province. Thus, in elche The average pension was 882 euros at the end of last year and in handin 862.

With hope placed in labor reform and SMI

In light of the data, Paco García, secretary general of the CCOO at l’Alacantí-les Marines, and his colleague Yaissel Sánchez from the UGT emphasize the importance of measures such as the Labor Reform or the increase in SMI, this will reduce volatility and increase the average income of workers. Some measures that will mean higher pensions in a few years.

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