In Spain, published rates for a reporter start at €21,271.91 a year on staff.
What reporter work in Spain pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Year
What reporter job ads in Spain offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 3 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Reporter (Group 3 Level 5), annual base salary 2026 | €21,271.91 a year | $91.69 | ARI · Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2026 |
| On staff | Level D, entry reporter | €24,000 a year | $103.45 | Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2021 |
| On staff | Level C reporter (after 2 years at D) | €27,488.01 a year | $118.48 | Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2021 |
| On staff | Level B reporter (after 3 years at C) | €36,649.22 a year | $157.97 | Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2021 |
| On staff | Level A senior reporter (by competition) | €41,017.08 a year | $176.80 | Collective agreement · 1 Jan 2021 |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
3 5 21.271,91DocumentSpanish magazines and periodicals collective agreement, salary tables 2025 and 2026 · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2026
Nivel D-Redactor/a ingreso: 24.000 euros brutos/añoDocumentAgencia EFE collective agreement: reporter career levels (2021 values) · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2021
Nivel C-Redactor/a: 27.488,01 euros brutos/añoDocumentAgencia EFE collective agreement: reporter career levels (2021 values) · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2021
Nivel B-Redactor/a: 36.649,22 euros brutos/añoDocumentAgencia EFE collective agreement: reporter career levels (2021 values) · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2021
Nivel A-Redactor/a-Senior: 41.017,08 euros brutos/añoDocumentAgencia EFE collective agreement: reporter career levels (2021 values) · Collective agreement StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2021
23.464,14DocumentNational collective agreement for the daily press, group minimum salaries 2023–2025 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025
3 17,24 17,59 18,11DocumentNational collective agreement for the daily press, group minimum salaries 2023–2025 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025 Overtime is preferably compensated with 1.5 hours' rest per hour worked (Art. 32.III).
3 5 20.854,81DocumentSpanish magazines and periodicals collective agreement, salary tables 2025 and 2026 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025
un plus por importe de 627,92 euros anuales en 2025DocumentSpanish magazines and periodicals collective agreement, salary tables 2025 and 2026 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025
94,86 euros diarios dentro de España y 188,70 euros en el extranjeroDocumentSpanish magazines and periodicals collective agreement, salary tables 2025 and 2026 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2025
22.780,72DocumentNational collective agreement for the daily press, group minimum salaries 2023–2025 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2024
3 22.334,04 22.780,72 23.464,14DocumentNational collective agreement for the daily press, group minimum salaries 2023–2025 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Jan 2023 SMG spread over 15 payments (12 ordinary + 3 extraordinary in March, June, December; Arts. 34.I, 38). Grupo 3 includes Redactor.
Questions people ask
In Spain, published rates for a reporter start at €21,271.91 a year on staff.
ARI, in 3 documents.
€15,000 a year in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half €14,000–€19,750 · 3 ads.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count