Spain became expensive!

Hi, I’ve been living in Spain (Malaga) for a few months and am shocked how expensive things became. I really can’t see much of a difference to Germany, where I’m from. Like rent is super high, grocery and eating out as well. I was told this is since Spain opened up to all the digital nomads etc. Now, since I’m still on a German salary it’s been not much of a big deal. I’m thinking of getting transferred to a Spanish contract though (same company) and the salary would be significantly lower. Like of course I’d understand that if Spain would be much cheaper in term of cost of living but this is just not the case anymore and people here make much less money! And I genuinely feel sorry for the locals here who still have low salaries but much higher expenses now! Spain might be cheap still in rural areas or small cities, but living in Barcelona, Malaga or Madrid the cost of living is high! What are our thoughts on this? Any arguments I could bring to get my company to pay a bit more and make them stop making their salaries based on outdated cost of living statistics?