What Jobs in Spain and Italy Actually Pay: A Role-by-Role Breakdown

Job seekers comparing Spain and Italy often ask the same question: what does a given role actually pay in each country? Below is a role-by-role look at advertised salaries, drawn from NewLuxJob's own job-board data rather than a public statistics agency. These figures come from live job postings on the platform, broken down by role and country, and are published in full on NewLuxJob's salary pages.

For each role, the median is the midpoint figure, and the "middle half" range shows where the typical half of postings fall, cutting off the lowest and highest quarters.

Spain, role by role

Across all roles in Spain, the median advertised salary is 22,377 euros, with the middle half of postings falling between 17,600 and 29,796 euros, based on 1,433 job postings (full breakdown).

Looking at individual roles:

• Software Developer: median 69,374 euros, middle half between 33,000 and 91,000 euros, from 41 postings (source).
• Engineer: median 49,690 euros, middle half between 30,000 and 85,125 euros, from 78 postings (source).
• Manager: median 39,500 euros, middle half between 30,000 and 71,550 euros, from 71 postings (source).
• Driver Logistics: median 21,600 euros, middle half between 18,000 and 27,000 euros, from 137 postings (source).
• Sales: median 20,000 euros, middle half between 17,088 and 27,075 euros, from 90 postings (source).

Software Developer roles show the widest spread of the Spanish roles listed here, with the middle half stretching from 33,000 up to 91,000 euros.

Italy, role by role

Across all roles in Italy, the median advertised salary is 40,000 euros, with the middle half of postings falling between 30,000 and 50,400 euros, based on 803 job postings (full breakdown).

Looking at individual roles:

• Manager: median 54,500 euros, middle half between 43,375 and 65,750 euros, from 136 postings (source).
• Sales: median 42,250 euros, middle half between 29,750 and 52,562 euros, from 72 postings (source).
• Engineer: median 42,500 euros, middle half between 36,505 and 52,500 euros, from 117 postings (source).
• Accountant Auditor: median 40,375 euros, middle half between 32,500 and 47,250 euros, from 50 postings (source).
• Data Analyst: median 40,000 euros, middle half between 32,750 and 50,250 euros, from 47 postings (source).

Manager is the highest-median role among the Italian roles listed here, at 54,500 euros.

Comparing the two markets

Placing the two countries' role breakdowns side by side shows some clear contrasts. In Spain, Software Developer stands out with a median of 69,374 euros, well above every other role listed for that country. In Italy, no single role reaches that level, with Manager topping the list at a median of 54,500 euros.

Sales roles also look different between the two countries: in Spain the median is 20,000 euros with a middle half of 17,088 to 27,075 euros, while in Italy the median is 42,250 euros with a middle half of 29,750 to 52,562 euros.

Engineer roles sit closer together: 49,690 euros median in Spain (middle half 30,000 to 85,125 euros) against 42,500 euros median in Italy (middle half 36,505 to 52,500 euros), though the Spanish range is wider at both ends.

How to read the middle-half range

The median tells you the midpoint of advertised salaries for a role, but it does not show how spread out the postings are. The middle-half range does that: it marks where the typical half of job ads for that role fall, after removing the lowest and highest quarters. A narrow middle half, like Driver Logistics in Spain at 18,000 to 27,000 euros, points to more consistent pay across postings. A wide middle half, like Software Developer in Spain at 33,000 to 91,000 euros, points to more variation, likely tied to seniority or company differences within that posting count. All figures above reflect NewLuxJob's own live job feed, not a government or statistics-agency survey, and are current as of the number of postings cited for each role.