- 1.3 million pensions have been paid to 1,185,820 pensioners in the Community of Madrid
- The average retirement pension stands at 1791.95 euros/month, 3.84% more than in March 2025
- The average age of access to a retirement pension is above 65 years
Social Security has paid 1,293,767 Pensions for about 1.2 million people in the March payroll of the Community of Madrid amounting to almost 2050 million euros.
This month, they were registered in Madrid 882,907 retirement pensions and 273,931 widowhood pensions of the Social Security System, in addition to almost one hundred thousand permanent disability pensions, more than 35,172 orphanages and 2,738 in favor of relatives.
Average pensions Madrid
The average pension of the system social security 1,577.83 euros this month, 3.9% more than in the same month of the previous year. This average includes the amount of the different types of pension (retirement, permanent disability, widowhood, orphanhood and in favour of family members). La average retirement pension, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the total number of pensioners (865,869 persons), 1,791.95 euros per month, 3.84% more than in March 2025.
By regimes, the amount of the average retirement pension from General Regime in Madrid is of 1,953.97 euros per month, while in the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Persons es de 1134.78 euros. In the coal mining, the average pension amount is 2718.4 eurosand of 2263.18 euros in the Regime of the Sea.
Regarding the average pension of widows, in March reached 1101.81 euros A month compared to 1061.22 in the past years.
At the national level
Social Security has paid 10,463,537 pensions for nearly 9.5 million people In the March payroll, it amounts to 14,307.7 million euros. This month, they were registered 6.7 million retirement pensions and 2.3 million widow’s pensions of the Social Security System, in addition to more than one million permanent disability pensions, more than 335,000 orphans and 46,700 in favour of relatives.
The average pension of the system social security 1,367.4 Euros this month, 4.5% more than in the same month of the previous year. This average includes the amount of the different types of pension (retirement, permanent disability, widowhood, orphanhood and in favour of family members). La average retirement pensionwhich accounts for more than two-thirds of the total number of pensioners (6.7 million people), 1,568.5 euros per month, 4.4% more than in March 2025.
By regimes, the amount of the average retirement pension from General Regime is of 1,728.7 euros per month, while in the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Persons es de 1.057.6 euros. In the coal mining, the average pension amount is 2.997.6 eurosand of 1,733.4 euros in the Regime of the Sea. The monthly amount of the new retirement highs in the system ascended to 1,726.3 euros on average, according to the latest available data, which are from February.
Regarding the average pension of widows, in March reached 973.4 euros every month.
Payroll and pensions by class
From the monthly payroll of contributory social security pensions (14,307.7 million euros), tfourths correspond to pensionsretirement. Specifically, these pensions account for 73.2% of the payroll,10,474.4 million of euros. A pensions widows have been destined 2,280.4 million in euros, while the payroll of the benefits forpermanent disability ascend to 1,329.8 million; that of orphanhood, to184.7 million of euros and that of benefits for family members, to 38.3 million.
Delayed retirements grow
In the first two months of 2026, they were recorded 68,497 new highs in retirement pensions, almost 13% were voluntary delayed retirements (12.8%), what it means almost two percentage points higher than at the close of 2025 and 8 points higher than those recorded in 2019. In absolute figures, they are around 43,000 highs, a figure that contrasts with the barely 14,000 in 2019.
It highlights the number of retirees who have benefited from the active retirementthe new improved work-pension compatibility modality that came into force in April last year, which it now stands at nearly 13,000.
As a result of the voluntary delay in the time of retirement and the lower anticipation, the average age of access to retirement is set at 65.2 years, when in 2019 it was 64.4. It should be remembered that in 2022 new incentives for delayed access to retirement came into force and the legal framework for early retirement was reconfigured. In addition El 62.8% of new retirees acceded with ordinary age(42,992).
The average file resolution time in February (last data available) was 18.84 days in the case of the retirement pension. It must be taken into account that the maximum period of resolution in these procedures, according to RD 286/2003 of 7 March and RD 1192/2021, of 3 August, is 90 days in the retirement benefit.
With complement for the reduction of the gender gap
In March, 1,413,697 pensions count on Supplement for the reduction of the gender gap, of which 76.4% of its headlines are women (1.079.933). The average monthly amount of this pension supplement is 76.95 euros. Of the total number of supplementary pensions, 24.1% are pensioners with one child (340,781); 49.7% are beneficiaries with two children (702,424); about 17.8% are beneficiaries with three children (251,066) and, for four children, 8.4% (119,424).
This supplement, in force since February 2021, consists of a fixed amount of 36.9 euros per month per child, after the revaluation applied in 2026. The application must be made at the time when the pension is requested.
Passive Classes
On the other hand, the monthly pension payroll of Passive Classes amounted to 1,765.4 millions of euros In the month of February (last data available). This figure represents an increase of 98 million euros compared to the previous year, 5.9% more.
The number of pensions in force was 738.008, which is 14,276 more pensions than in the same month of the previous year (2% annual variation). This type of pension is received by 718,105 pensioners.
The State Passive Class System mainly includes military and civilian personnel of the General Administration of the State, the Administration of Justice, the General Courts and other constitutional or State bodies, as well as officials transferred to the autonomous communities.