The Ministry of Public Administration has put forward a 11% salary increase for civil servants which would be rolled out over four years, targeting some 3,5 million public employees. After several rounds of discussions, the department insists that the proposal is final and that There is no plan B while the unions finalize their position.
The offer covers the period 2025-2028 and includes a 4% limit accumulated in 2025 and 2026The scheme includes a fixed part and a variable part yet to be finalized, and a new meeting has been called for Monday, when the Executive expects to receive a definitive answer from the trade union organizations.
What does the government proposal include?
According to sources involved in the negotiations, the distribution by year is still pending details, although UGT proposes concentrating a fixed increase of 5% in 2027 to accelerate the recovery of purchasing power. With the sliding of tables, some estimates raise the total effect to 11,5% real at the end of the period.
The variable part is It would link to indicators such as the CPI or GDP and to the adjustment of tables, always within the overall limit of 11% indicated by the Government, which has described the figure as unchangeable.
Regarding the impact by groups, calculations circulated during the negotiations point to increases exceeding 3.700 euros per year in A1 and around 3.300 in group B, while groups C1 and C2 would be close to 31.292 and 29.282 euros of annual salary, respectively. These are indicative figures pending official confirmation.
The agreement would affect all administrations (State, autonomous communities and local entities) and would include essential groups such as the National Police, Civil Guard, Armed Forces, Justice and Prisons, among others.
Budgetary cost and limits
The Civil Service has indicated that each point of revaluation has a cost close to 2.000 millones de eurosso the total increase would be around 22.000 million over the entire period. The spending cap explains the containment of 4% maximum in 2025-2026.
This calendar clashes with the debate about purchasing power versus inflationWith an average CPI of 2,8% for 2024 and forecasts of around 2,6% for 2025 (provisional year-on-year averages), the first two years could involve loss of purchasing power if there is no further uplift load.
Position of the unions
UGT Public Services has announced the offer validation in its Federal Council and values ​​that the final design allows for a fixed 5% concentration in 2027, so that in about 13 months the payrolls will accumulate close to nine points increaseFurthermore, it highlights advances in employment and organization: internal promotion, training in digitalization and artificial intelligence, and measures on insularity and territorialization.
The Public Sector Area of ​​CCOO has appreciated the Government's effort and will study a responsible response within its bodies. The union is conditioning the agreement on the fulfillment of outstanding commitments from the 2022-2024 Framework Agreement, such as the partial retirement, the day of 35h and the updating of the professional classification.
CSIF maintains its rejection because it considers it insufficient and demands that the 2025 and 2026 increases be reinforced for legal certainty. The union estimates losses in purchasing power close to 20% in 15 years and warns that, if the 4% cap is maintained for the first two years, will return to the streetsIt also calls for funds to correct inequalities between administrations. recover full extra payments and link the increase in the salary of foreign workers to the CPI of the destination country.
Other fronts of the negotiation
Alongside the salary chapter, the potential agreement would address the progressive elimination of the replacement rate, a greater emphasis on internal promotion and specific calls for professional career development, along with changes in access to positions.
The scope of deeper reforms to public employment, such as those outlined in the document, remains to be defined. Consensus for an open administration, while the parties discuss improvements in public services, selection processes, equality and non-discrimination, occupational health, welfare and adaptation to new technologies.
Calendar and next steps
The parties have been summoned again on Monday to give a Final answerThe Government maintains that the 11% figure is unchangeable and reiterates that There is no alternative plan.UGT is leaning towards yes, CCOO is outlining its decision and CSIF is making its position contingent on changes at the start of the period.
Recent context of public sector wages
The latest agreement, valid between 2022 and 2024, involved increases with a fixed and variable component up to a 9,5% accumulated and an expenditure of around 13.000 millionCSIF did not endorse it, understanding that, faced with an aggregate inflation rate of 14,7%, public employees suffered a loss of 5,2% of purchasing power in that three-year period.
With a salary proposal of 11% over four yearsWith a 4% cap in the first two years and an estimated cost of 22.000 billion, the government is trying to reach an agreement that combines pay improvements and employment reformsMonday's response will determine whether there is a majority agreement or if the negotiation becomes more complicated with protests.
