The presidents of Castile-La Mancha, Navarre, Cantabria and Rioja They are the only ones that, so far, They plan to increase their salary at different levels next year 2025. Of these four ‘barons’, some will increase the salary percentage planned for civil servants, while others have opted for a greater increase, of up to 3.5%.
This is reflected in the Budgets of each community, although the total number of presidents who will increase their salary still unknown because many regional governments continue to prepare their public accounts for the next academic year. Of these four regional ‘barons’ who for the moment plan to increase their salary, two of them have opted for the salary increase agreed for officials: the president of Castilla-La Mancha, the socialist Emiliano García-Pageand its counterpart from La Rioja, the ‘popular’ Gonzalo Capellan.
However, the president of Navarra, the socialist Maria Chivitehas planned increase your annual remuneration by 2.5%while its counterpart in Cantabria, María José Saénz de Buruagaestimates in its public accounts a 3.5% salary increase.
The last salary increase for public employees has occurred and has been a fixed increase of 2% plus an additional 0.5% from 2025, which depends on how the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (HICP) evolves. In the case of the central Government, the Executive has not yet released its Budget project for next year, so the annual salary of Pedro Sanchez is currently 90,010.20 euros per year, which represents a monthly remuneration of 7,500 euros.
The rise that is allowed
Thus, Emiliano García-Page and Gonzalo Capellán plan to experience the salary increase permitted by the State in 2025. In this way, the remuneration of the president of La Rioja, Gonzalo Capellán, it would go from 82,750.6 euros annual salary to the increase planned by the State for 2025. In 2024, the annual salary of his Castilla-La Mancha counterpart, Emiliano García-Page, was 88,616.08 euros and it will also grow in proportion to what the State allows.
Increases of 3.5% and 2.5%
Then, there are at least three regional presidents who have planned to apply in 2025 increases of 2.5% and 3.5%, such as the case of María Chivite (Navarra) and María José Saénz de Buruaga (Cantabria).
The Navarrese president would earn a total of 82,975.06 euroswhile in 2024 they are receiving a total of 80,955 euros annually, as appears in the public accounts project of the Navarrese Government. As for Buruaga, the salary of the president of Cantabria in 2024 was 69,063 euros and the regional public accounts project increases this remuneration by 3.5%, up to 71,484.75 euros annual.
Freeze annual remuneration
On the other hand, Madrid, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are the only ones that, for the moment, have included a salary freeze for their presidents in their budget projects for next year. In the case of the Community of Madrid, it has already thirteen consecutive years with the same salary for the Presidency, although Isabel Diaz Ayuso is the autonomous representative who plus annual remuneration receives from these communities, about 103,090 euros per year.
Of course, on this occasion Ayuso has decided to freeze his annual remunerationalthough it has planned a salary increase for its directors. The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, yes, it will increase your salary by 2%. For its part, Fernando Clavijofrom the Canary Islands, has planned in its public accounts for next year continue charging 76,823 euros annually, while the Balearic leader Marga Prohens will also receive in 2025 some 78,803.06 euros annual.
Waiting to present budgets
In any case, there are still regional governments that have not yet presented their draft Budgets for next year and others that, although they have released their accounts, It is not specified if there is a salary increase for members of the Government.
Then there are other regional presidents who, although their public accounts for 2025 do not refer to a salary increase, have updated their salary just a few months ago. This is the case of the Andalusian leader Juanma Morenothat his salary was raised on December 27, 2023, the 2024 Budget Law had just been approved, and the update was published in August, so is currently charging 89,275 euros.
He current salary of the rest of the regional presidents is the following: Adrian Barbon (71,548.06 euros annually); María Chivite (80,955 euros annually); Jorge Azcon (96,013.32 euros annually); Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (77,478.24 euros annually); Maria Guardiola (87,015.18 euros); Carlos Mazón (77,842.56 euros per year) and Fernando Lopez Miras (75,670.36 euros).
Illa the one who wins the most
Of all the regional presidents, the Catalan president Salvador Illa is the one who earns the most. While waiting to know the Budget project 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 Pradalesdoes not specify in the draft Budget for 2025 whether there will be an increase in their remuneration.
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