Iberia Ground Staff Salary Tables 2025: What Changes and What Your Company Must Do

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Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, SA Operadora ground staff will see their base salaries and compensation allowances updated for 2025, effective January 1 of that year. The Resolution of March 31, 2026 from the General Labor Directorate registers and publishes the update minutes agreed within the framework of the XXII Collective Agreement.

The publication arrives in April 2026, meaning the company has accumulated more than one year in pending salary differences to be paid. Adapting payroll systems and paying arrears are the two immediate actions Iberia must execute.

What does this regulation establish?

The resolution registers the update minutes for the salary tables and other revaluable compensation concepts corresponding to 2025 of the XXII Collective Agreement for Iberia ground staff. The updated elements are:

• Base salaries: revised upward in accordance with what was agreed in the collective agreement.
• Revaluable salary allowances: all compensation concepts that the agreement establishes as subject to annual adjustment.

The General Labor Directorate acts here as the registering and publishing body for the agreement reached by the collective agreement negotiating parties. The minutes formalize the new amounts that must appear in the payroll of the affected workforce during 2025.

The XXII Collective Agreement regulates working conditions for a substantial workforce within Spain's civil aviation sector, making this update an unavoidable compliance obligation for Iberia as an employer.

Economic and operational impact

The main economic impact for Iberia stems from retroactivity: the effective date is January 1, 2025, but the resolution was published on April 15, 2026. This generates more than 15 months of accumulated salary differences that must be paid in a lump sum or according to terms agreed by the parties.

The specific operational effects are:

• Payroll recalculation: all salary slips from January 2025 must be reviewed with the new table amounts.
• Payment of arrears: the difference between what was received and what should have been paid according to the new tables must be settled to each affected worker.
• Payroll system updates: personnel management software systems must incorporate the new base salary and allowance amounts for current and future payroll.
• Impact on Social Security contributions: the salary increase carries higher employer contribution costs, which must also be regularized for the retroactive period.

Who does it affect?

This resolution directly affects:

• Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, SA Operadora: as the company obligated to apply the new tables, pay arrears, and adapt its payroll systems.
• Iberia ground staff: workers covered by the XXII Collective Agreement who will see their base salaries and allowances updated effective January 1, 2025.
• Iberia HR and payroll departments: responsible for executing the recalculation, regularization, and system updates.
• Labor advisory firms and management consultancies providing services to Iberia or workers in the affected workforce.

Practical example

A ground staff worker at Iberia who received during 2025 a base salary and allowances according to the tables prior to the agreement is entitled to receive the difference between what was received and the new agreed amounts, retroactively from January 1, 2025.

Suppose the new tables represent a monthly increase of 80 euros gross in base salary plus allowances for a particular profile. That worker would be entitled to receive an arrear of approximately 1,200 euros gross for the 15 months elapsed between January 2025 and March 2026, before taxes and contributions. Iberia would also need to regularize employer contributions for that same period.

This calculation must be performed individually for each worker, based on their category, level, and the allowances corresponding to them under the XXII Collective Agreement.

What should companies do now?

1. Obtain the new salary tables from the XXII Collective Agreement updated for 2025 and verify the exact amounts for base salary and each revaluable allowance.
2. Recalculate all payroll from January 2025 applying the new amounts to determine the exact arrear amount per worker.
3. Update payroll management systems with the new compensation concepts so that current and future payroll reflects the correct amounts.
4. Settle arrears to each affected worker, with the corresponding income tax withholding and contributions, in the shortest timeframe possible to avoid claims.
5. Regularize Social Security contributions for the retroactive period, both the employer and employee portions.
6. Document the process of regularization to prove compliance in the event of a labor inspection or individual claim.

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