PORTUGAL / SALARY

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

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€38,700 EUR

$42,742 USD

Lisbon

€40,635 EUR

€24,447 EUR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Portugal

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Average salary in Portugal is €38,700 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €24,447 EUR. All data are based on 923 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €40,564 EUR. Women receive a salary of €31,328 EUR.

The most paid careers are Properties & Real Estates with average income €71,711 EUR and Agriculture & Fishing with income €62,204 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €46,630 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €42,103 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €60,393 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €58,401 EUR.

Levels / Portugal (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,700 EUR - €4,499 EUR	0	n/a
€4,500 EUR - €9,099 EUR	18	100% 1.95%
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	67	98.05% 7.26%
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	103	90.79% 11.16%
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	95	79.63% 10.29%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	104	69.34% 11.27%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	91	58.07% 9.86%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	80	48.21% 8.67%
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	60	39.54% 6.5%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	39	33.04% 4.23%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	58	28.82% 6.28%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	34	22.54% 3.68%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	33	18.85% 3.58%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	24	15.28% 2.6%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	12	12.68% 1.3%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	12	11.38% 1.3%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	22	10.08% 2.38%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	10	7.69% 1.08%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	6	6.61% 0.65%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	7	5.96% 0.76%
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	2	5.2% 0.22%
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	7	4.98% 0.76%
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	4	4.23% 0.43%
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	1	3.79% 0.11%
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	7	3.68% 0.76%
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	2	2.93% 0.22%
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	5	2.71% 0.54%
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	4	2.17% 0.43%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	1	1.73% 0.11%
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	3	1.63% 0.33%
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	2	1.3% 0.22%
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	1	1.08% 0.11%
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	1	0.98% 0.11%
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	0	n/a
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	3	0.87% 0.33%
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	0	n/a
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	1	0.54% 0.11%
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	1	0.43% 0.11%
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	0	n/a
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	3	0.33% 0.33%
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	662	€40,564 EUR
2	Women	200	€31,328 EUR

Education / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	52	€46,630 EUR
2	Masters Degree	434	€42,103 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	329	€36,761 EUR
4	Some College	43	€27,616 EUR
5	High School	59	€27,254 EUR
6	Bellow H. School	6	€21,006 EUR

Experience / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	97	€60,393 EUR
2	16-20 Years	83	€58,401 EUR
3	12-16 Years	111	€50,886 EUR
4	8-12 Years	143	€39,749 EUR
5	4-8 Years	172	€33,501 EUR
6	2-4 Years	155	€28,431 EUR
7	1-2 Years	79	€22,455 EUR
8	0-1 Year	83	€21,006 EUR

Age / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	35	€65,735 EUR
2	46-50	54	€64,377 EUR
3	61-65	5	€57,677 EUR
4	66-70	2	€55,504 EUR
5	41-45	95	€49,709 EUR
6	36-40	143	€48,351 EUR
7	56-60	10	€47,264 EUR
8	n/a	62	€42,646 EUR
9	31-35	186	€34,678 EUR
10	26-30	224	€26,801 EUR
11	21-25	98	€22,726 EUR
12	14-20	9	€11,861 EUR

Work Type / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	723	€41,288 EUR
2	Self Employed	35	€37,485 EUR
3	Contract	153	€28,521 EUR
4	Part Time	12	€16,207 EUR

Cities / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Amadora	6	€45,725 EUR
2	Vila Nova de Gaia	4	€42,284 EUR
3	Lisbon	561	€40,654 EUR
4	Porto	222	€37,304 EUR
5	--Other--	63	€32,596 EUR
6	Coimbra	30	€32,596 EUR
7	Braga	37	€31,419 EUR

Career Groups / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Properties & Real Estates	5	€71,711 EUR
2	Agriculture & Fishing	2	€62,204 EUR
3	Management & Business	119	€61,842 EUR
4	Aviation & Shipping	5	€51,157 EUR
5	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	8	€48,803 EUR
6	Health Care & Medical	28	€48,532 EUR
7	Health Care & Medical II	16	€47,173 EUR
8	Finance & Banking	53	€45,725 EUR
9	Sports & Recreation	2	€44,729 EUR
10	IT & Programming II	91	€39,205 EUR
11	Engineers & Technicians II	9	€38,119 EUR
12	IT & Programming	165	€37,938 EUR
13	Law	6	€36,851 EUR
14	Hotels & Tourism	16	€36,218 EUR
15	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	51	€35,855 EUR
16	Education & University	43	€35,674 EUR
17	Salesmen & Saleswomen	13	€33,139 EUR
18	Engineers & Technicians III	3	€32,505 EUR
19	Insurance	6	€31,871 EUR
20	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	€31,328 EUR
21	Engineers & Technicians	79	€30,785 EUR
22	Human Resources	40	€30,604 EUR
23	Customer Services	12	€30,332 EUR
24	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	€28,974 EUR
25	Engineers & Technicians V	12	€28,702 EUR
26	Archaeology & History	1	€25,714 EUR
27	Logistics, Road, Railway	5	€25,624 EUR
28	Accounting & Administration	32	€24,809 EUR
29	Fashion	2	€23,903 EUR
30	Architect Constructions	31	€23,632 EUR
31	Security & Fireguard	4	€23,632 EUR
32	Organization & Coordination	5	€22,002 EUR
33	Media	7	€21,368 EUR
34	Construction & Labor Workers	7	€20,825 EUR
35	Military	4	€20,010 EUR
36	Making Design	11	€19,467 EUR
37	Public Sector	2	€18,380 EUR
38	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	15	€14,668 EUR

Careers / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	26	€90,545 EUR
2	General Manager	15	€89,277 EUR
3	Doctor Specialist	8	€86,651 EUR
4	Computer Engineer	5	€75,423 EUR
5	Hotel Manager	6	€69,719 EUR
6	Finance Manager	8	€64,920 EUR
7	Business Development Manager	15	€58,401 EUR
8	IT Manager	19	€57,133 EUR
9	Manager	14	€53,240 EUR
10	Chemical Engineer	4	€52,425 EUR
11	University Professor	10	€51,972 EUR
12	Other Sales Career	5	€49,618 EUR
13	Other Management Career	5	€49,437 EUR
14	Operations Manager	7	€48,351 EUR
15	IT Project Manager	25	€47,807 EUR
16	Engineering Manager	11	€47,445 EUR
17	Sales Manager	5	€45,725 EUR
18	Other Finance Career	7	€44,095 EUR
19	Project Manager	8	€43,823 EUR
20	System Analyst	5	€43,642 EUR
21	SAP Consulting	8	€43,461 EUR
22	System Administrator	5	€41,107 EUR
23	Teacher	6	€40,654 EUR
24	J2EE Developer	5	€39,658 EUR
25	Marketing Manager	9	€39,296 EUR
26	Customer Service Manager	4	€39,024 EUR
27	Human Resources Manager	17	€38,662 EUR
28	Lead Developer	12	€37,304 EUR
29	IT Coordinator	9	€36,218 EUR
30	Web Developer	9	€35,312 EUR
31	Unix or Linux System Administrator	6	€33,863 EUR
32	Software Engineer	26	€33,320 EUR
33	Product Manager	8	€33,230 EUR
34	C, C++ Developer	4	€33,048 EUR
35	Java Developer	10	€32,777 EUR
36	Risk Analyst	4	€32,324 EUR
37	Other IT Career	11	€30,332 EUR
38	Technician	4	€30,332 EUR
39	Other Engineer Career	9	€30,242 EUR
40	Financial Analyst	11	€29,246 EUR
41	Software Developer	34	€29,155 EUR
42	Other Education Career	7	€29,155 EUR
43	.NET Developer	15	€28,702 EUR
44	Civil Engineer	5	€28,250 EUR
45	Doctor	9	€27,706 EUR
46	Human Resource Coordinator	4	€27,072 EUR
47	Mechanical Engineer	10	€26,620 EUR
48	Engineer	19	€25,624 EUR
49	Human Resource Administrator	4	€25,262 EUR
50	Human Resource	9	€24,175 EUR
51	Marketing	6	€23,360 EUR
52	Lead Cook	5	€23,270 EUR
53	Electrical Engineer	9	€23,179 EUR
54	Database Developer	5	€21,911 EUR
55	Research Engineer	9	€20,463 EUR
56	Marketing Executive	4	€19,104 EUR
57	Architect	26	€18,652 EUR
58	Accountant	10	€18,380 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Engineering Manager

Posted 19 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€76,300 EUR

Accountant

Posted 16 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accountancy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€22,100 EUR

Hr Generalist

Posted 19 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Generic HR admin work and payroll."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	High School	1-2 Years	Advanced	€25,200 EUR

Head Of Delivery And Operations

Posted 18 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage team, delivery, talent, recruitment, HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€63,000 EUR

Logistics Specialist

Posted 18 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Logistics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	High School	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€18,400 EUR

Hr Manager

Posted 18 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage the execution of the HR Strategy and core areas of the HR department;
Recruitment, hiring and onboarding;
Talent Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Training and Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€20,400 EUR

Forensic

Posted 17 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Law, crime, Forensics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€29,100 EUR

Commercial Director

Posted 16 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage sales pleople."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€82,400 EUR

Architect

Posted 16 July 2023

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€32,700 EUR

Senior Technical Writer

Posted 14 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing a team of technical writers and running help website."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€46,500 EUR

Junior Talent Acquisition Manager

Posted 14 July 2023

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€17,400 EUR

Orbi Admin Assistant

Posted 13 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administraytion and Data Entry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Coimbra	Some College	4-8 Years	Intermediate	€11,700 EUR

Staff Engineer

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lab experiment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€22,300 EUR

Director

Posted 19 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination of architects team, Project Management, Quality Control, Report to the Board."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€52,300 EUR

Senior Consultant Sap Fico

Posted 17 May 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"SAP FI CO 14 years."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€54,800 EUR

Architect

Posted 11 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drawing, model making."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€12,900 EUR

Sales Engineer

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Commercial offers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	High School	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€17,500 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managin team, project, client and stakeholders."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€29,600 EUR

Managing Director

Posted 06 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management
Logistics
Planning
Production
Quality Assurance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€82,300 EUR

Development Engineer

Posted 02 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electronics, Software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€24,500 EUR

Interno Formação Geral

Posted 01 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Basic rotation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€24,300 EUR

Full Stack Developer

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Rest api dev."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€23,300 EUR

Marketing Director

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing strategy and operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€26,200 EUR

Civil Engineer

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Tender engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€23,000 EUR

Cybersecurity

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cybersecuirty."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	High School	8-12 Years	Expert	€42,400 EUR

Operador De Armazem

Posted 26 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operating a machine making reels of plastic to send to companies so that they can transform the plastic into what they need."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	High School	0-1 Year	Advanced	€17,700 EUR

Java Developer

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€54,800 EUR

Product Operations Specialist

Posted 22 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing a project."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€22,800 EUR

Management Consultant

Posted 18 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lean Six Sigma, Project management, Process Mapping."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Braga	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€16,600 EUR

. Net Developer

Posted 10 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Devepoment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	High School	0-1 Year	Basic	€33,100 EUR

Architect

Posted 09 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Braga	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€35,000 EUR

Lieutenant

Posted 28 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team leader."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€21,700 EUR

It Analyst

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT Financial skills."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€59,100 EUR

Vp Sales

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"MANAGEMENT STRATEGY."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	€64,000 EUR

Production Manager

Posted 16 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Production Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€34,500 EUR

Enge

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Quality."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€15,800 EUR

Investments Manager

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Invest money."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€29,500 EUR

Developer

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develops."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Coimbra	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€18,700 EUR

Embedded Software Engineer

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Base Software Development for AUTOSAR Stack."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€23,300 EUR

Consolidation Manager

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consolidation, audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€41,100 EUR

Photographer, Videographer And Graphic Designer

Posted 25 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Photography, Video, Digital Graphic Design, Print Graphic Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€13,600 EUR

Junior Architect

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design from conception to construction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€15,400 EUR

Consultant

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Embedded systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€25,100 EUR

Landscape Architect Drafter

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drawing and written parts of landscape architecture projects. Work supervision. Client management. Contractor management. 3D modeling and visual representation of projects. Site planning and spacial analisys."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€9,800 EUR

Growth Marketing Manager

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€29,400 EUR

Communication And Marketing President

Posted 21 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING REBRANDING."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€101,500 EUR

Administrative Assistant

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR support, accounting support, management support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	High School	8-12 Years	Advanced	€18,300 EUR

People & Culture Operations

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Organisational Culture - Employer Branding - Internal Communication - Employee Experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€17,000 EUR

Main Electromechanical Technician

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Main electromechanical technician and fluids. Maintenance and construction of industrial machinery."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	€17,000 EUR

Paralegal

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Paralegal."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Some College	0-1 Year	Basic	€30,400 EUR

ECONOMY / Portugal

The services sector accounts about 66% of the country GDP and provides around 52% jobs from this sector.

The largest industries in Portugal are automotive and ship industries, tourism, electronics, machinery, cement production, oil refineries, and food industry.

Portugal has several reputed universities: University of Lisbon, Technical University of Lisbon, University of Porto, University of Coimbra, and University of Minho.

The largest companies in Portugal are:

EDP-Energias de Portugal (Utilities)
BCP-Bco Com Portugues (Banking)
Portugal Telecom (Telecommunications services)
Sonae SGPS (Conglomerates)
Banco BPI (Diversified financials)
Brisa (Transportation)
Cimpor-Cimentos Portugal (Construction)