La Laguna Mayor Ranks 12th in Spain for Salary
San Cristóbal de La Laguna Mayor Luis Yeray Gutiérrez earns €91,172.48 annually, ranking him twelfth nationally among mayoral salaries according to a 2024 Ministry of Public Function report highlighting wide pay disparities across Spain.
A recent report on public administration salaries (ISPA), released by the Ministry of Public Function using 2024 figures, shows Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, the mayor of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, earns €91,172.48 a year, putting him twelfth on the national list of mayoral salaries. This makes the Tenerife mayor one of the highest-paid local officials in Spain, though his salary is still well below those in Madrid, Bilbao, and Barcelona.
The ISPA report, which gathered information from 6,858 out of 8,131 Spanish town halls, highlights a very varied pay scale: 2,265 mayors receive no pay at all, while 1,513 earn more than the national average salary of €33,700 (based on Eurostat figures). The highest earners are the mayors of Madrid (€110,688.12), Bilbao (€105,557.28), and Barcelona (€104,000). Other major cities and capitals also pay their mayors salaries that, like La Laguna's, are well above the average.
The report further details the different salary brackets: Beyond the small group earning over €100,000, ten mayors make more than €90,000, dozens receive between €50,000 and €80,000, and 562 mayors earn just over the monthly minimum wage (around €1,000). Some cases are even more extreme: 25 mayors earned €100 or less in 2024. In very small towns, some payments are purely symbolic, like the €2.68 paid to the mayor of La Pola de Gordón or the €1 for the mayor of Navas del Rey.
In La Laguna, an important city in Tenerife, Mayor Luis Yeray Gutiérrez's salary is for his full-time dedication to the role. It follows rules set by the city council and current local salary regulations. However, his high ranking often sparks discussions about transparency, fair pay, and equality between mayors in large and small municipalities.
The central government notes that the data is incomplete, as 1,270 city councils, including large ones like Parla, Ourense, and Telde, did not provide their information to ISPA. This means the overall salary picture could change once these missing records are added. Nonetheless, this report once again highlights the significant pay differences among local officials and the various ways they dedicate themselves to their roles – whether full-time, part-time, or unpaid – which create very different situations across local Spain.