Merlin Properties was the company of the Ibex 35 that best paid its workers in 2022, with an average salary of 121,000 euros per year and an increase of 17.5%, followed by Colonial and Iberdrola, according to the remuneration reports submitted by the companies to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) collected by Europa Press.
Thus, Colonial was the next in the ranking, with an average annual salary of 87,000 euros which, however, was 23.7% lower than that of the previous year, the most pronounced decrease of all the companies in the Spanish selective. Iberdrola was in third position, providing an average salary of 83,000 euros, 7.8% more than in 2021.
Only four more companies on the Spanish stock index paid their workers above 75,000 euros annual: Endesa and Redeia (78,000 euros in both cases), IAG (76,000 euros) and Enagás (75,000 euros).
On the opposite side, Meliá Hotels International offered the lowest annual salaries of all the Ibex companies, with an average remuneration of 17,000 euros, which was 6.25% higher than in 2021.
The next Ibex companies that offered the lowest remuneration were Sacyr, with 31,000 euros per year per employee, and BBVA, with 38,000 euros.
Ferrovial, the company that increased wages the most
railway was the company that provided the highest salary increase to its workers in 2022, with a revaluation of 46.7% up to 44,000 euroscompared to 30,000 euros in 2021. IAG was next, with an increase of 43.4% that placed the average remuneration at 76,000 euros.
Within the selective, also registered double-digit salary increases Merlin Properties and Grifols (+17.5% in both cases), Sacyr (+14.8%), Amadeus (+14.1%), BBVA (+11.8 %) and Repsol (+10.5%).
On the opposite side, only two Ibex companies reduced average remuneration in 2022: Colonial, with a drop of 23.7% to 87,000 euros, and Telefónica, with a contraction of 12.9% to 54,000 euros, compared to the 62,000 euros that it paid to its employees in 2021.
Acerinox, ACS, ArcelorMittal, Fluidra, Inditex and Indra have yet to publish of their remunerations in the year 2022. Of these, Acerinox registered the highest salaries in 2021, with 55,000 euros per year, and Inditex the lowest, with 23,000 euros.