The employers propose raising the minimum wage by 1.5% in 2026 to 16,824 gross euros per year
The employers’ associations CEOE and Cepyme They have proposed raising the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) by 1.5% next year. A figure that employers consider reasonable given that, according to their calculations, the SMI would already be above 60% of the average salary in the country (the reference pursued by the Ministry of Labor). This was communicated by the business organizations after holding an extraordinary Executive Committee this Tuesday in which this approach was established.
With the proposal of the businessmen, The minimum wage would be 16,824 gross euros annually in 2026. That is, the lowest remuneration that can be paid by law would amount to 1,202 gross euros per month in 14 full-time payments. 17.7 euros more for each monthly payment than in 2025 (248 euros more per year).
The offer that the business sector has launched would remain below the expected inflation for 2025 (around 2.7% on average) so this income would lose purchasing power if it finally saw the light. Along the same lines, the increase that businessmen have proposed is below the one they put on the table last year, when they were open to raising the SMI by 3%.
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