The average salary for January stands at 1,223 euros, 25% more than the 981 euros of five years ago
The average retirement pension has risen by 242 euros in the Region of Murcia in the last five years to bring the payroll of retirees to 1,223.08 euros per month, 25% more than what they received in 2018, reported the Government delegate , José Vélez, in a press conference in which he detailed the benefits derived from the revaluation of pensions by 8.5% in general and by 15% in the case of non-contributory pensions.
«The pension system is one of the main assets of our Welfare State, and this very important increase of 8.5% for 2023 equals the average growth in prices in 2022, which guarantees the purchasing power of our 232,278 pensioners and the 255,934 pensions in the Region of Murcia, including those of widowhood, permanent disability, orphanhood or favor of relatives, “Vélez explained.
The Government delegate indicated that this increase is not exceptional or circumstantial, since the purchasing power of pensions is insured in any circumstance thanks to Law 21/2021 promoted by the current Executive and which guarantees its revaluation with the consumer price index .
«I recently said, and I insist today, that the policies and measures of the Government of Spain are supporting the Region of Murcia and its Welfare State, and proof of this is the significant increase of 242 euros that the average retirement pension has experienced in the Region of Murcia in the last 5 years. So much so that, if this commitment by the Government of Spain had not mediated, the increase would have been only 12.32 euros applying the revaluation index of the previous Government of Spain and its reform of 2013″, explained Vélez, who stressed that those 242 euros, 95.82 correspond to the revaluation of the last year and it is already charged for the first time in the January payroll.
Of the 232,278 pensioners currently in the Region of Murcia, 111,701 are women and 120,577 men, accounting for a total of 255,934 pensions, 150,972 for retirement, 61,964 for widows, 29,853 for permanent disability, 11,686 for orphans and 1,459 for favor of relatives
“It is an important day, because many banks advance the payment of pensions to the 25th and our pensioners will already see that increase reflected in their payroll today. But, above all, it is important because it is the confirmation of the commitment of this government to those who need it most, and at times like this, with high inflation and great international uncertainty, it is when it makes more sense if possible than pensioners, who do not they have the capacity to react in these situations, see their purchasing power guaranteed”, he valued with satisfaction.
The Government delegate stated that this new framework offers a scenario of certainty, since it permanently guarantees the purchasing power of pensions without depending on the discretion of the government in power.
“But it is also that this maintenance of the purchasing power of pensions is compatible with the strengthening of the accounts of the Public Pension System, because the measures to protect and improve the quality of employment promoted, among other regulations, by the labor reform are improving the income of the system and advancing towards budgetary balance”, he insisted.
Throughout 2023, other relevant Social Security measures will begin to be applied and will have a significant social and economic impact, as indicated by the Government Delegation.
Active retirement is facilitated among Primary Care physicians and paediatricians from public health services, which will be in force for three years, contemplating the possibility of making 75% of the pension compatible with full or part-time employment (at 50 % of the journey). The objective is to help cover the expected shortfall in physicians in these specialties over the next few years as a result of the retirement process of promotions of doctors, very numerous in the eighties.
The new contribution system for self-employed or self-employed workers based on net income and agreed with the social partners begins to be applied, which also includes improvements in their protection for cessation of activity. With this new system, three out of four self-employed workers -those who earn the least- will have access to a quota equal to or less than what they currently pay, a reduction that can be up to 30% compared to current quotas. The new system especially benefits women and young people.
In 2023, the new regulation of employment pension plans will begin to be applied, which will allow the population covered by these plans to be expanded, bringing us closer to the situation of the main European countries. Companies may reduce their Social Security contributions to the employment plans of their workers, with a limit of 1,431 euros per year per employee.
They may also practice a deduction in the Corporate Tax quota of 10% of their contributions in the pension plans of workers with gross annual salaries of less than 27,000 euros, and the proportional part for employees with higher salaries. As for workers, up to 10,000 euros a year may be deducted from Income Tax, with the contribution of the company, and the self-employed up to 5,750 euros a year of what they contribute to their employment pension plan.
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