Youth Guarantee for Employers: Reductions for Hiring Young People
The national Youth Guarantee scheme (Garantía Juvenil) opens the door to state contribution reductions, subsidised training contracts and regional grants of up to €12,500. We manage every incentive so that your company in Spain hires young talent at the lowest possible cost.
16-29
Age range covered by the Youth Guarantee
What can your company claim for hiring Youth Guarantee candidates?
The Youth Guarantee works as the gateway to several layers of incentive: state contribution reductions, training contracts and regional programmes.
Eligible young people
- Age: 16 to 29 (inclusive)
- Registered on the national Youth Guarantee scheme
- Not in work or in formal education
- EU nationality or a valid work permit
Reductions active in 2026
- Dual training contract: €91/month for the employer
- Conversion to permanent: €128–147/month × 3 years
- Training reduction: 100% for companies with <250 employees
- RDL 1/2023 reductions if the group also qualifies
Regional grants
- Madrid: up to €9,500 per Youth Guarantee hire
- Valencia: roughly €12,500 for a permanent hire
- Canary Islands Incentívate: €16.8M budget for 2025-2026
- Catalonia: incentives for dual training
EU programmes
- Youth Guarantee Plus Plan 2021-2027: €4,950M (ESF+)
- EU co-funded training programmes
- Labour mobility and international placements
- Compatible with sector grants
How we manage Youth Guarantee incentives
Workforce assessment
We analyse your hiring needs and identify which roles can be filled by young people registered on the Youth Guarantee. We assess which state and regional incentives can be combined.
Mapping the incentives
We map every layer of benefit: Social Security reductions on the training contract, regional grants in your region, ESF+ training programmes and R&D&I tax deductions if the role involves research.
Full filing service
We register the contract with the correct codes at the TGSS, apply for the regional grants and document the employee's Youth Guarantee registration.
Monitoring and conversion
We monitor compliance with the requirements throughout the contract. At the end, we handle the conversion to a permanent contract, with a further reduction of €128–147/month for 3 years.
How much can you save by hiring young talent?
A training contract for a Youth Guarantee candidate plus conversion to permanent can generate more than €10,000 in reductions over 5 years. Add the regional grants and the saving can exceed €20,000 per hire.
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Other contribution reduction services
Dual Training Contract
Reductions of up to €199/month: €91 employer + €28 employee + mentoring. Training and work combined.
Permanent Hiring
Reductions on permanent contracts (RDL 1/2023): up to €128/month × 4 years for vulnerable groups.
Disability Reductions
Up to €6,300 a year in Social Security reductions and a €12,000 corporate income tax deduction for hiring people with a disability.
The Youth Guarantee in numbers
16-29
Age range of Youth Guarantee candidates
12.500 €
Max. regional grant per contract
4.950 M€
Youth Guarantee Plus Plan 2021-2027 (ESF+)
30+ years
Tecnocim experience in employment incentives
Frequently asked questions about the Youth Guarantee for employers
The Youth Guarantee is a European scheme (brought into Spanish law by Law 18/2014) designed to ensure that every young person aged 16 to 29 who is not in work or in education receives an offer of employment, training or a placement within 4 months. For companies, hiring young people on the Youth Guarantee register opens access to reductions in Spanish Social Security contributions, direct regional grants and training programmes co-funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). The Youth Guarantee Plus Plan 2021-2027 has a budget of €4,950 million.
The reductions available in 2026 for contracts with Youth Guarantee candidates are: (1) the dual training contract, with reductions of €91/month on the employer contribution + €28/month on the employee contribution + up to €80/month for mentoring; (2) conversion of the training contract into a permanent one, with a reduction of €128/month (men) or €147/month (women) for 36 months; (3) the RDL 1/2023 reductions if the young person also belongs to a qualifying group (long-term unemployed, social exclusion). The specific reduction of €275/month for people under 30 with low qualifications expired on 31 August 2024.
No. The specific reduction of €275/month for permanent contracts with people under 30 who have low qualifications and are registered on the Youth Guarantee (additional provision 1 of RDL 1/2023) had a hiring window running from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. Contracts signed within that window keep the reduction for 3 years, but no new contracts can be signed under it. No extension has been published in the official state gazette. The active alternatives are the dual training contract and the regional grants.
The main regions offer direct grants on top of the state reductions. Madrid offers up to €9,500 for a permanent contract with a Youth Guarantee candidate. The Valencia region runs programmes worth roughly €12,500 for a permanent hire of a registered young person. The Canary Islands run the Incentívate programme with a budget of €16.8 million for 2025-2026. Catalonia offers incentives for dual training linked to the Youth Guarantee. These grants are generally compatible with the state Social Security reductions.
The young person has to register on the national Youth Guarantee database through the SEPE website (garantiajuvenil.sepe.es). The requirements are: being aged 16 to 29 (inclusive), holding EU nationality or a valid work permit, being registered as resident in a Spanish municipality, and not being in work or in formal education at the time of registration. Registration is free and stays active for as long as the requirements are met. The company can verify a candidate's registration before signing the contract.
Partly. The RDL 1/2023 reductions cannot be combined with each other (only one per contract), but Youth Guarantee registration can be a condition for regional grants, which are compatible with the state reductions. The reductions on the dual training contract can also be stacked with one another (employer + employee + mentoring). If the young person is hired into an R&D&I role, the company can also claim the Social Security contribution reductions for research staff (40%) — provided it holds the Sello PYME Innovadora (innovative SME seal).
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