The Junta de Castilla y León will be implemented in January Increase the salaries of public employeesWhich means a total amount of 400 million euros in light of A.’s forecasts Four percent salary increase in 2026 … The 2.5% increase will be applied retroactively from 2025.
This was announced on Thursday by the Minister of Economy and Employment and spokesman for the Castilla y Leon junta.Carlos Fernandez CarriedoWho included this in the press conference after the government council Income affecting 100,000 public employees in the community.
The spokesman explained that the Autonomous Administration “will face these payments in January,” which represent “a four percent salary increase in 2026, in addition to a 2.5 percent retroactive effect equivalent to a full annual salary from January to December 2025.” In general, The measure will amount to “400 million euros.” Calculation that takes into account staff costs in the regional administration and payments to public universities and subsidized educational centers.
Fernández Carriedo explained that the wage bill for the regional administration “exceeds 5,000 million euros,” and that if the supported universities and centers are included, The number reaches 6000 million. “6.5 percent of this amount – that is, an increase of 4 percent plus a retrospective increase of 2.5 percent – amounts to about 400 million euros, which is the number we are dealing with,” he explained.
Regarding administrative procedures, the advisor explained that implementing these increases will require Two “areas of action”: one budgetary and one legal. In the first, the Council would make “corresponding budgetary adjustments to the placement of credit in programs permitting payment” and, from a regulatory point of view, because it is a measure subject to the decree of law approved by the government and published in the Bank of England, “with the high probability that the decree of law of the Junta of Castilla y León will be necessary” for its application, “on the same terms and order as the state standard.”
“The state sets the maximum increase “We will apply this maximum.” The spokesman stressed that this increase includes “2.5% plus an additional 1.5%, in addition to 2025 arrears.”
Fernández Carriedo also confirmed that the amounts corresponding to the arrears will be paid “in the same January payroll, although there is a different concept where the retrospective amount is clearly visible.” He stressed that this way is “easier for the administrative department than issuing two different payrolls.”
In addition, The consultant recognized the operational complexity of the operation, Knowing that “there are employees who worked part of the year, others who retired or changed their positions, and others who perform guard duties, so the amounts vary from month to month.” Despite this, he reiterated that the council was “in a position to do the calculations and pay the amount during January”.
Finally, Fernández Carriedo announced that, as in previous years, the Board of Directors plans to pay the monthly installment for December in addition to the additional pay “Before Christmas Eve” With the aim of public sector employees receiving these amounts “to meet upcoming expenses” and avoiding any delay in receiving them.