65% of workers believe they charge little for their work

With the debate about the Up of the minimum interprofessional salary Still hot, a recent study reveals that most employees in Spain feel inframing with respect to Your professional responsibilities.

According to The data collected In the ‘Labor Market Guide 2025’ published by Hays, that discontent has grown with respect to 2023, despite the fact that SMI increases have improved the salary conditions of many employees. The problem is that average salaries. A ADECCO report It ensures that real average salaries in Spain, adjusted by inflation, have remained stagnant during the last thirty years.

Dissatisfied employees. The study of the Human Resources consultant, prepared on a base of 5,600 companies and professionals in Spain, reveals that the Salary dissatisfaction It is still an important problem in the Spanish labor market. 65% of professionals feel that their salary does not correspond to the work they do. It is the same figure that was recorded in 2023, but represents a worsening of 5% compared to 2024, and 9% compared to 2021.

Only 46% say they are satisfied with their salary (although I can consider it insufficient for their responsibilities). One of the factors that contribute the most to employees in their current salary is the complement of time flexibility associated with their position.

Flexibility and teleworking as accessories. 54% of respondents prioritize time flexibility above other benefits, such as additional holidays or medical insurance with more coverage.

In addition to flexibility, 63% of respondents highlight the good work environment as complementary factors to salary. 42% place teleworking as one of the important accessories to the salary. So much so that they would even renounce the 25% of your salary By teleworking.

Christopher Dottie, regional general director of Hays in southern Europe, stood out in his report The importance of teleworking For talent retention “with the reduction of the maximum working day of 40 to 37.5 hours, whose application is still delayed, and the impulse of teleworking is put in the hands of professionals the opportunity to demonstrate their value in terms of production , being free to choose where and how to work.

With one foot on the street. Salary dissatisfaction is one of the main arguments To change jobs. In 2025, the intention of changing jobs is stated for the dissatisfaction of not obtaining adequate salary or working conditions.

69% of respondents claim to find themselves in an active search situation of a job. This data significantly improves with respect to 2024 that registered 70% of employees willing to leave your job For one with better conditions. However, it remains above 63% that was recorded in 2023.

SALARIAL ASCOME EXPECTATION. Despite the situation of salary dissatisfaction that portray Hays’s data, the salary perspectives By 2025 that draws this report are optimistic. 48% of the professionals interviewed believe that their annual salary will increase above 5%, while 17% think it will do it between 2.5 and 4.9%.

Less optimistic are the companies that have participated, 27% bet on rank increases of 2.5% and 4.9%, followed by which, with 26%, they think they will remain or, at most, they will increase below 2.4% (24%).

Source: “Labor Market Guide 2025”. Hays

Dottie says that 2024 has been a decisive year in the fight against job precariousness, but has also meant an additional economic effort for companies. “With the recent increase in the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) and the resolutions of the Labor Reform of 2021, there is talk of a certain improvement of labor precariousness. Although these measures positively impact the well -being of many professionals, they at the same time important important Challenges for Spanish business fabric, which must be adjusted in its cost structures. “

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