Spain

Last updated on 7/21/2025

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Info Salary

Minimum gross wage

Applicable

18,964.73 EUR to 22,009.26 EUR per year

Salary per category

18,964.73 EUR per year level xii: ordinary labourer

19,249.19 EUR per year level xi: specialized labourer/cat. 2 specialist

19,537.92 EUR per year level x: office assistant/cat. 1 specialist

19,830.99 EUR per year level ix: cat. 2 official

20,128.45 EUR per year level viii: cat. 1 official

20,430.36 EUR per year level vii: cat. 2 land surveyor/foreman

20,736.81 EUR per year level vi: cat. 1 land surveyor/professional specialist

21,047.85 EUR per year level v: general work supervisor

21,363.57 EUR per year level iv: general supervisor/industrial technician

21,684.01 EUR per year level iii: intermediate degree/diploma holders

22,009.26 EUR per year level ii: advanced graduates

Info Working time

Daily

Max 9 hours

Weekly

40 hours per week

1736 hours per year

Overtime

80 hours per year except in cases of force majeure

Breaks

Rest

If working day is at least 6 hours long

15 minutes

Special conditions

Porters, guards and watchmen

72 hours per week

Underground work

6 hours per day

35 hours per week

Info Travel abroad and lodging

Within Spain

Travel allowance

if it is more than 15km away from the worker’s home or worker’s place of hiring.

Accommodation allowance

when, as a result of displacement, workers cannot stay overnight at their residences. the amount will be fixed by regional collective agreements.

at a distant workplace, to cover for lunch (if it is not provided by the company), when workers can go home at night. the amount will be fixed by regional collective agreements.

The employer must pay overtime at a higher rate than normal. The amount of overtime for each of the categories or levels is determined in collective agreements. Companies may compensate remuneration of overtime by equivalent rest periods

Night work

From 10:00 pm to 6:00 am

25 % of salary per hour if the evening work lasts more than four hours, the supplement will be paid as if the work lasted for the entire day.

Working on public holidays

Not mandatory

Allowed

. The salary is not established.

Hazardous work

20 % of gross salary

Standby pay

Not applicable

Annual holidays allowance

Not applicable

13th month

Info

Payable for calendar days as follows:
a) June allowance: from 1st January to 30th June.
b) Christmas allowance: from 1st July to 31st December.
Amount : according to level and category of the table of each collective agreement

Info Holidays

Number of holidays

30 days per year 21 must be working days. the right to holidays is not subject to compensation.

Public holidays

12 national days

2 local days

1st and 6th January

Easter

1st May

15th August

12th October

1st November

6th, 8th and 25th December

Info

Provincial collective agreements may include more days.

Info Wage deductions

Social security contributions

1067.4 to 3,642 EUR per month for engineers and graduates

885.3 to 3,642 EUR per month for technicians, experts and qualified assistants of engineers

770.1 to 3,642 EUR per month for administrative managers

764.4 to 3,642 EUR per month for unqualified assistants

764.4 to 3,642 EUR per month for administrative officers

764.4 to 3,642 EUR per month for subaltern

764.4 to 3,642 EUR per month for administrative assistants

25.48 to 121.4 EUR per day for first and second category skilled workers

25.48 to 121.4 EUR per day for third category skilled workers and specialists

25.48 to 121.4 EUR per day for labourers

25.48 to 121.4 EUR per day for workers under eighteen

For posted workers

Posted workers pay social security contributions in the country of origin. However, depending on the country of origin, Spain has signed collaboration agreements on social security.

Additional social security insurance

Info

Some company collective agreements contain clauses to pay a health insurance or pension plan. Some plans take contributions from employers only, other also allow for workers to contribute in a lower percentage.

For posted workers

If these clauses are included in the company agreement they are applicable to all workers: migrants and posted.

Income tax

Depending on family situation

For posted workers

Only for workers who pay social security contributions in Spain.

Info Sickness and injuries

Sickness/illness

Day 1 to 3 : 0 %

Day 4 to 20 : 60 %

After 20 days 75 %

Info

In almost all sectorial and company collective agreements these benefits are complemented by company contributions.

Work injuries/accidents

100 % following day of medical leave

Info Contacts

CCOO del Hábitat

Calle de Albasanz, 3. Bajo, 28037 Madrid

W. https://habitat.ccoo.es/

E. estatal@habitat.ccoo.es

You can contact us in the following languages

English, French, Spanish

UGT FICA Federación de Industria, Construcción y Agro

Avenida de América, nº 25 - 5ª planta
28002-Madrid

Tel. +34 915 89 75 07

W. http://www.ugt-fica.org

E. internacional@fica.ugt.org

You can contact us in the following languages

Spanish, French, English

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Minimum gross wage

Salary per category

Daily

Weekly

Overtime

Breaks

Rest

Special conditions

Within Spain

Travel allowance

Accommodation allowance

Overtime

Night work

Working on public holidays

Hazardous work

Standby pay

Annual holidays allowance

13th month

Number of holidays

Public holidays

Social security contributions

Additional social security insurance

Income tax

Sickness/illness

Work injuries/accidents

CCOO del Hábitat

UGT FICA Federación de Industria, Construcción y Agro