🇪🇸Spain average salary
Spain's average salary is 33,700 €/year as of 2024, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 32,216 €/year the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 16,613 €/year to 33,700 €/year. That is 9,812 €/year below the euro-area average of 43,512 €/year — the 11th of 26 European countries that report it.
The average salary is gross, before income tax and social contributions: all wages and salaries paid in the economy divided by the number of employees, then adjusted to a full-time job using labour force survey hours. Eurostat calculates it from national accounts so that countries can be compared. It is a yearly amount, not a median and not the pay of any particular job. Eurostat does not publish it for the Netherlands, where Statistics Netherlands uses a different method.
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Spain average salary — frequently asked questions
- What is Spain's average salary?
- Spain's average salary is 33,700 €/year as of 2024, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Spain's average salary compare with the euro area?
- It is the 11th-highest of 26 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 43,512 €/year.
- Is Spain's average salary rising or falling?
- It rose from 32,216 €/year to 33,700 €/year in the latest reading (2024).
- What does “average salary” measure?
- The average salary is gross, before income tax and social contributions: all wages and salaries paid in the economy divided by the number of employees, then adjusted to a full-time job using labour force survey hours. Eurostat calculates it from national accounts so that countries can be compared. It is a yearly amount, not a median and not the pay of any particular job. Eurostat does not publish it for the Netherlands, where Statistics Netherlands uses a different method.
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