The presidents of Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha, Navarre, Cantabria and La Rioja are the only ones planning so far to increase their salaries to different levels next year 2025.
This is reflected in the budgets of each community, » accessed by Europa Press, although the total number of presidents whose salaries will increase is still unknown as many regional governments continue to prepare their public accounts for the next academic year.
Among these five regional “barons” who are currently considering increasing their salaries, two of them have opted for the salary increase agreed for civil servants: the president of Castilla-La Mancha, the socialist Emiliano García-Page , and his counterpart from La Rioja, the “popular” Gonzalo Capellán.
However, the president of the Xunta de Galicia, the “popular” Alfonso Rueda, and the president of Navarra, the socialist María Chivite, plan to increase their annual remuneration by 2.5%, like her counterpart in Cantabria, María José Saénz de Buruaga.
The latest salary increase for civil servants has taken place and it is a fixed increase of 2% plus an additional 0.5% from 2025, which depends on the development of the consumer price index harmonized (HICP).
In the case of the central government, the Executive has not yet published its draft budget for next year, which is why the annual salary of Pedro Sánchez is currently 90,010.20 euros per year, which represents monthly remuneration of 7,500 euros.
The authorized increase
Thus, Emiliano García-Page and Gonzalo Capellán plan to know the salary increase authorized by the State in 2025.
Thus, the remuneration of the president of La Rioja, Gonzalo Capellán, would increase from 82,750.6 euros per year to the increase planned by the State for 2025. In 2024, the annual salary of his counterpart from Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page it amounted to 88,616.08 euros and will also increase proportionally to what the State allows.
Increases of 3.5 and 2.5
Then, there are at least three regional presidents who have planned increases of 2.5% and 3.5% will be applied in 2025, as is the case of Alfonso Rueda (Galicia), María Chivite (Navarra) and María José Saénz from Buruaga (Cantabria).
Thus, the Galician president would go from 83,247.72 euros per year in 2024 to a total of 85,324.80 euros next year, as provided for in the Xunta’s draft regional budget for 2025.
While, The Navarrese president would earn a total of 82,975.06 euros next year, while this 2024 it receives a total of 80,955 euros per year, as indicated in the draft public accounts of the Navarrese Government.
As for Buruaga, the salary of the President of Cantabria in 2024 was 70,0833.09 euros and the The regional public accounts project increases this remuneration by 2.5%.
Those who freeze it
On the other hand, Madrid, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are the only ones to have so far included freezing the salaries of their presidents in their budgetary plans for next year.
In the case of himThe Community of Madrid has now benefited from the same salary for the presidency for thirteen consecutive yearsalthough Isabel Díaz Ayuso is the regional leader who receives the highest annual remuneration from these communities, around 103,090 euros per year.
Of course, on this occasion, Ayuso decided to freeze his annual remuneration, even if he planned an increase in the salaries of his managers. The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, will increase his salary by 2%.
For his part, Fernando Clavijo, of the Canaries, has planned in his public accounts for next year will continue to earn 76,823 euros per year, while Balearic leader Marga Prohens will also receive around 78,803.06 euros per year in 2025.
While waiting to present the budgets
In any case, there are still regional governments which have not yet presented their draft budgets for next year and others which, although they have published their accounts, do not specify whether there will be a salary increase for members of the Government.
Then there are other regional presidents who, even if their public accounts for 2025 do not show a salary increase, updated their salaries only a few months ago. This is the case of the Andalusian leader Juanma Moreno, whose salary was increased on December 27, 2023, The 2024 finance law was recently approved and the update was published in August, so it currently charges 89,275 euros.
The current salary of the rest of the regional presidents is as follows: Adrián Barbón (71,548.06 euros per year); María Chivite (80,955 euros per year); Jorge Azcón (96,013.32 euros annually); Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (77,478.24 euros per year); María Guardiola (87,015.18 euros); Carlos Mazón (77,842.56 euros per year) and Fernando López Miras (75,670.36 euros).
He’s the one who wins the most
Of all the regional presidents, Catalan President Salvador Illa is the one who wins the most. While waiting to know the draft Budget for the year 2025, The leader of the PSC has an annual salary of 136,177.5 euros.
On the other hand, the Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, does not specify in the draft Budget 2025 whether there will be an increase in his remuneration.
Almeida’s salary will increase by 2% in 2025
The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, 2% will be applied to their salary in 2025 and to that of the councilors of the Municipal Corporation of the capital. increase planned for civil servants while the salary of the president of the Community, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, will remain frozen.
The latest salary increase for civil servants was a fixed increase of 2% plus an additional 0.5% from 2025, which depends on the development of the harmonized consumer price index (HICP).
The salary of the city councilor will thus increase from 110,688 euros gross per year this year, as indicated by the Madrid City Hall Transparency Portal, to 112,901 in 2025. As the mayor himself explained during the press conference to present the draft municipal budget, the 2% increase is generally expected. all administrations.
The salaries of Madrid City Hall staff remained frozen for three consecutive years – from 2021 to 2023 – and in 2024 the policy that applies to the rest of the public service was resumed, with a general increase of 2%.
