The average gross salary in the 28 countries of the European Union (EU) was 2,000 euros per month in 2017, 3.3% higher than the 1,934 euros of the previous year, according to the "VI Annual Adecco Monitor on Salaries: Spain in the European context" published this week by Grupo Adecco.
In the case of Spain, the average salary was 1,639 euros, only 0.2% higher than the previous year. Thus, the difference between the average Spanish salary and the average EU salary has widened: it has gone from being 13.4% to 18% lower. In absolute figures, the difference has gone from 298 to 361 euros per month.
In the ranking of average salaries in the European Union, Spain is in position number 13.
The Adecco report classifies the 28 EU countries into three groups. In the group with the highest average gross salaries there are nine countries: the first is Denmark, where the average salary was 3,807 euros per month last year. Second place is occupied by Luxembourg (3,228 euros) and third by Ireland (2,790 euros).
In an intermediate group there are nine countries where the average gross salary ranges between 1,000 and 2,500 euros per month. Spain is in this group, at the lower end of which is Portugal (1,017 euros) and at the higher end France (2,356 euros) and the United Kingdom (2,381 euros).
Finally, in the lower group there are ten countries with an average monthly salary of less than 1,000 euros. All of them are from Eastern Europe. The countries with the lowest average salary are Bulgaria (407 euros), Romania (563 euros) and Lithuania (566 euros).
Average salaries by Autonomous Community
In Spain, the autonomous community with the highest average salary in 2017 was Madrid, with 1,933 euros per month, followed very closely by the Basque Country with 1,930 euros.
The other three autonomous communities that are above the Spanish average, which is 1,639 euros, are Navarre (1,777 euros), Catalonia (1,725 euros) and Asturias (1,662 euros).
The communities where the average monthly salary is lowest are Canary Islands, with 1,420 euros, and Extremadura, which occupies the last position with 1,328 euros.
The following graph allows for a direct comparison of the average monthly salary of all EU countries and Spanish autonomous communities.
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