Overview
- In Bizkaia, average personal income in 2023 was €25,867, of which €7,509 came from public transfers, lifting their share to 29%, while wage income totaled €15,184.
- Since 2003, transfers per person in Bizkaia have risen 167.9% (from €2,803 to €7,509) compared with a 72.3% increase in wages, raising transfers’ share of income from 20.9% to 29%.
- Among Bizkaia residents aged 65 and over, 82.2% of income now comes from public transfers, up from 77.7% two decades earlier.
- In Gipuzkoa, adults’ average income reached €27,545 in 2023, up 3.4% year over year, with municipal incomes ranging from €21,370 in Pasaia to €34,383 in Orendain.
- Only seven of Gipuzkoa’s 88 municipalities saw income declines in 2023, including a 13% drop in Hondarribia to €30,644.