The Government begins to pay the 2.5% salary increase to civil servants and also the arrears
The General State Administration (AGE) has begun to pay this Thursday the 2.5% salary increase that the Government agreed with the unions for 2025. According to the CSIF union, the majority in the central administration, the increase has already begun to reach the payrolls, as well as the payment of arrears not enjoyed the rest of the year.
It is worth remembering that the increase approved for 2025 is retroactive to the entire year, so the State has to pay the part of the salary improvement not enjoyed in the months of January to November. For a public employee who receives an average salary from the administration (3,232 euros gross per month in 12 payments), the arrears from January to November would be equivalent to about 889 euros, which if added to the increase received in December, adds up to an increase of 970 euros.
CSIF has reported that the first organization to start receiving payments has been the Tax Agency, which will be followed by the rest of the departments starting on Friday. The increase corresponding to 2026 (a guaranteed 1.5%, to which another 0.5% would be added if consumer prices rise more than that 1.5%) will arrive in the January payroll.
Payment of the increase and arrears has already begun in the central administration, but it may take longer in the autonomous communities. Although the minister in charge of the Public Service, Óscar López, has informed the unions that the majority of autonomies will begin to pay the arrears this December, others such as Madrid, Cantabria or Galicia will wait until January.
In the case of local administration, the situation is similar. In most cases, December payrolls are already closed and many administrations do not have sufficient technological means to reopen this month’s payments, so they will be delayed until January.
