Overview

• Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz convened the annual commission of experts on Wednesday to open the process that will set next year’s statutory minimum wage.
• Roughly three million workers and thousands of firms would be directly affected by the outcome, with the new rate due to take effect in January 2026.
• The advisers will weigh inflation trending near 2.5% so far this year and negotiated pay rises around 3.5% as they frame options for the increase.
• Spain’s current minimum stands at €1,184 a month after a 4.4% (€50) rise last year that the employers’ confederation did not support.
• The experts’ recommendations are advisory only, the government will consult unions and employers before deciding, and unions are pressing for an anti-absorption rule that the CEOE resists.