How much does an average Spanish earn?

Generally, the minimum wage earned by workers in Spain is €900. What workers get as the minimum wage in Spain is reviewd every year. This means the minimum wage for workers in 2018 will either increase or decrease in 2020. In 2018, the minimum wage in Spain was €736 but got increased to €900 in 2019.

However, the amount to be received as the minimum wage in 2020 will be decided at the appropriate time. With the amount received in 2019, an average Spanish will receive the minimum wage of €900 after a month.

However, since workers in Spain are paid twice in December and July, the total amount to be received in a year by a Spanish worker will be around €12,600. It is important to note that the figure only reflects what will be gotten by those who get the minimum wage as salary. Meanwhile, what an average Spanish earns also depends on the type of work being done.

On average, a person in Spain will earn about euros. Out of all the countries in the world, Spain works fourteenth in regards of how large the economy was. Out of all the European countries, four more economies are larger than Spain's.

Spain's economy is mainly built off of automotive, energy, and technology. They also have high tourism, but despite all of that, Spain has an incredibly high unemployment rate. Tying that together with the low wages, it is hard for the people of Spain to be able to make ends meet. They often live check to check and struggle to pay bills.

The minimum wage in Spain (SMI) is applicable to every worker regardless of their gender, age, or employment. This does not exclude casual and short-term work or private work within the service of a home.

The Spanish minimum wage is reviewed and set every year by the government via a Royal decree. Several workers in Spain are paid 14 times a year (with extra payments in July and December).

This sum up to a minimum salary of 12,600 EUR a year in 2019.

2017 minimum wage (14 payments): 707.60 EUR per month

2018 minimum wage (14 payments): 736.00 EUR per month

2019 minimum wage (14 payments): 900.00 EUR per month

Over 5.5 million people in Spain receive the Spanish minimum wage. However, according to data from Spain's statistical institute in December 2017, the highest five most well-paid jobs in Spain are commercial pilot, Surgeon, Orthodontist, Engineering project director, and ICT director.

The Spanish economy is quite large because only thirteen other countries in the world have larger economies. There are only four other economies in Europe that are bigger than Spain’s. Some of the biggest industries that make up Spain’s economy include the automotive industry, agriculture, tourism, energy, transport and science and technology. The bad news is that there is a high unemployment rate in Spain.

There was a crisis and what people earned before the crisis was more than what they earn now. Today, many people who work in middle income jobs will make about 800 a month of their currency. They find it very difficult to live off of and are having to work several jobs in order to make ends meet.