How much does a GEO, a riot police and a base national police earn?

The Amazon Prime Video docuseries ‘GEO: Beyond the Limit’ or the Movistar fiction ‘Antiriots’, the latter winner of several awards in the last year, have redoubled the interest in these bodies of the

In the case of the Special Operations Group, the Prime Video documentary narrates their selection process, in which 100 candidates must undergo long physical and mental training for months to gain access to the position.

For its part, ‘Antidisturbios’, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, introduced us to the day-to-day life of a group of this type in Madrid whose members find themselves immersed in various problems after attending a home eviction uprising.

But, how much do these members of the National Police really charge?

As National Police, all of them start from the base salary of the Basic Scale body is about 10,893 euros per year, a figure to which supplements are added (destination, dangerous, specific) or operations at destination plus accumulations of their position as triennials.

These specific supplements range from 479 euros per month to 1,046 for a Chief Commissioner, according to the table of Remuneration of State civil servants.

Salary of a GEO

These supplements make the National Police earn an average of 24,600 euros per year on average throughout the body, a similar amount to that received by the GEO as described in the

However, these professionals, due to the nature of their interventions, tend to charge around 3,000 euros per month, as described in various forums of associations linked to members of the National Police.

Salary of a riot police or Police Intervention Unit (UIP)

The case of the riot police is different. The riot police, officially called the Police Intervention Unit (UIP), have a base salary of 10.66 euros gross per hour, as revealed in a circular by the Unified Police Union (SUP) when this body was the center of the debate as a result of the displacement of many of its units to Catalonia during the riots of 2017 and the well-known episodes of the Tweety boat.

This salary, which is later complemented by displacement or territoriality, in addition to rank, does not raise the salary of these Police officers too much with respect to the general scale, which has generated various complaints from the unions.

The entrance tests to be a National Police

Beyond what is seen in the Amazon docuseries, anyone who wants to access the National Police force must pass a series of specific physical tests. These are:

– Agility Test

– Pull-up test (men) and suspension (women)

– Resistance test of 1,000 meters

These tests will be followed by a theoretical knowledge test, an optional language test that can raise the score. From there you will go to a medical examination and a personal and professional interview to close the process.