PORTUGAL / SALARY

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

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€39,480 EUR

$42,749 USD

Lisbon

€41,613 EUR

€24,935 EUR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Portugal

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Average salary in Portugal is €39,480 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €24,935 EUR. All data are based on 908 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €41,282 EUR. Women receive a salary of €32,139 EUR.

The most paid careers are Properties & Real Estates with average income €73,145 EUR and Agriculture & Fishing with income €63,447 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €47,562 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €43,037 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €61,600 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €60,030 EUR.

Levels / Portugal (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,800 EUR - €4,599 EUR	0	n/a
€4,600 EUR - €9,199 EUR	18	100% 1.98%
€9,200 EUR - €13,899 EUR	66	98.02% 7.27%
€13,900 EUR - €18,499 EUR	102	90.75% 11.23%
€18,500 EUR - €23,099 EUR	91	79.52% 10.02%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€23,100 EUR - €27,699 EUR	103	69.49% 11.34%
€27,700 EUR - €32,299 EUR	90	58.15% 9.91%
€32,300 EUR - €36,899 EUR	79	48.24% 8.7%
€36,900 EUR - €41,599 EUR	60	39.54% 6.61%
€41,600 EUR - €46,199 EUR	39	32.93% 4.3%
€46,200 EUR - €50,799 EUR	57	28.63% 6.28%
€50,800 EUR - €55,399 EUR	33	22.36% 3.63%
€55,400 EUR - €59,999 EUR	32	18.72% 3.52%
€60,000 EUR - €64,599 EUR	23	15.2% 2.53%
€64,600 EUR - €69,299 EUR	12	12.67% 1.32%
€69,300 EUR - €73,899 EUR	12	11.34% 1.32%
€73,900 EUR - €78,499 EUR	21	10.02% 2.31%
€78,500 EUR - €83,099 EUR	10	7.71% 1.1%
€83,100 EUR - €87,699 EUR	5	6.61% 0.55%
€87,700 EUR - €92,399 EUR	7	6.06% 0.77%
€92,400 EUR - €96,999 EUR	2	5.29% 0.22%
€97,000 EUR - €101,599 EUR	7	5.07% 0.77%
€101,600 EUR - €106,199 EUR	4	4.3% 0.44%
€106,200 EUR - €110,799 EUR	1	3.85% 0.11%
€110,800 EUR - €115,399 EUR	7	3.74% 0.77%
€115,400 EUR - €120,099 EUR	2	2.97% 0.22%
€120,100 EUR - €124,699 EUR	5	2.75% 0.55%
€124,700 EUR - €129,299 EUR	4	2.2% 0.44%
€129,300 EUR - €133,899 EUR	1	1.76% 0.11%
€133,900 EUR - €138,499 EUR	3	1.65% 0.33%
HIGH SALARIES
€138,500 EUR - €147,799 EUR	2	1.32% 0.22%
€147,800 EUR - €156,999 EUR	1	1.1% 0.11%
€157,000 EUR - €166,199 EUR	1	0.99% 0.11%
€166,200 EUR - €175,499 EUR	0	n/a
€175,500 EUR - €184,699 EUR	3	0.88% 0.33%
€184,700 EUR - €193,899 EUR	0	n/a
€193,900 EUR - €203,199 EUR	1	0.55% 0.11%
€203,200 EUR - €212,399 EUR	1	0.44% 0.11%
€212,400 EUR - €221,699 EUR	0	n/a
€221,700 EUR - €230,899 EUR	3	0.33% 0.33%
€230,900 EUR - €323,199 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	653	€41,282 EUR
2	Women	194	€32,139 EUR

Education / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	52	€47,562 EUR
2	Masters Degree	426	€43,037 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	325	€37,311 EUR
4	Some College	42	€28,537 EUR
5	High School	57	€27,983 EUR
6	Bellow H. School	6	€21,426 EUR

Experience / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	97	€61,600 EUR
2	16-20 Years	81	€60,030 EUR
3	12-16 Years	108	€51,257 EUR
4	8-12 Years	141	€40,359 EUR
5	4-8 Years	171	€34,263 EUR
6	2-4 Years	153	€28,999 EUR
7	1-2 Years	77	€22,904 EUR
8	0-1 Year	80	€21,426 EUR

Age / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	35	€67,049 EUR
2	46-50	53	€66,310 EUR
3	61-65	5	€58,830 EUR
4	66-70	2	€56,613 EUR
5	41-45	90	€51,257 EUR
6	36-40	141	€48,948 EUR
7	56-60	9	€47,655 EUR
8	n/a	62	€43,499 EUR
9	31-35	184	€35,371 EUR
10	26-30	222	€27,429 EUR
11	21-25	96	€23,273 EUR
12	14-20	9	€12,098 EUR

Work Type / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	713	€42,206 EUR
2	Self Employed	35	€38,234 EUR
3	Contract	148	€28,537 EUR
4	Part Time	12	€16,531 EUR

Cities / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Amadora	6	€46,639 EUR
2	Vila Nova de Gaia	4	€43,129 EUR
3	Lisbon	550	€41,652 EUR
4	Porto	219	€37,680 EUR
5	Coimbra	29	€33,986 EUR
6	--Other--	63	€33,247 EUR
7	Braga	37	€32,047 EUR

Career Groups / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Properties & Real Estates	5	€73,145 EUR
2	Agriculture & Fishing	2	€63,447 EUR
3	Management & Business	117	€62,893 EUR
4	Aviation & Shipping	5	€52,180 EUR
5	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	8	€49,779 EUR
6	Health Care & Medical	28	€49,502 EUR
7	Health Care & Medical II	16	€48,116 EUR
8	Finance & Banking	53	€46,639 EUR
9	Sports & Recreation	2	€45,623 EUR
10	Engineers & Technicians II	8	€40,913 EUR
11	IT & Programming II	89	€39,805 EUR
12	IT & Programming	164	€38,512 EUR
13	Law	6	€37,588 EUR
14	Hotels & Tourism	16	€36,942 EUR
15	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	51	€36,572 EUR
16	Education & University	43	€36,387 EUR
17	Salesmen & Saleswomen	13	€33,801 EUR
18	Engineers & Technicians III	3	€33,155 EUR
19	Insurance	6	€32,508 EUR
20	Human Resources	37	€31,954 EUR
21	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	€31,954 EUR
22	Engineers & Technicians	79	€31,400 EUR
23	Customer Services	12	€30,938 EUR
24	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	€29,553 EUR
25	Engineers & Technicians V	12	€29,276 EUR
26	Logistics, Road, Railway	4	€27,983 EUR
27	Archaeology & History	1	€26,228 EUR
28	Accounting & Administration	30	€25,859 EUR
29	Fashion	2	€24,381 EUR
30	Architect Constructions	29	€22,811 EUR
31	Organization & Coordination	5	€22,442 EUR
32	Security & Fireguard	3	€22,257 EUR
33	Media	7	€21,795 EUR
34	Construction & Labor Workers	7	€21,241 EUR
35	Military	4	€20,410 EUR
36	Making Design	11	€19,856 EUR
37	Public Sector	2	€18,748 EUR
38	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	15	€14,961 EUR

Careers / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	14	€93,001 EUR
2	Director	25	€92,724 EUR
3	Doctor Specialist	8	€88,383 EUR
4	Computer Engineer	5	€76,931 EUR
5	Hotel Manager	6	€71,113 EUR
6	Finance Manager	8	€66,218 EUR
7	Business Development Manager	15	€59,568 EUR
8	IT Manager	18	€57,167 EUR
9	Manager	14	€54,304 EUR
10	University Professor	10	€53,011 EUR
11	Other Sales Career	5	€50,610 EUR
12	Other Management Career	5	€50,425 EUR
13	Operations Manager	7	€49,317 EUR
14	IT Project Manager	25	€48,763 EUR
15	Engineering Manager	11	€48,394 EUR
16	Sales Manager	5	€46,639 EUR
17	Other Finance Career	7	€44,976 EUR
18	Project Manager	8	€44,699 EUR
19	System Analyst	5	€44,515 EUR
20	SAP Consulting	7	€42,668 EUR
21	Human Resources Manager	15	€42,113 EUR
22	System Administrator	5	€41,929 EUR
23	Teacher	6	€41,467 EUR
24	J2EE Developer	5	€40,451 EUR
25	CISCO Certified Specialist	4	€40,359 EUR
26	Marketing Manager	9	€40,082 EUR
27	Customer Service Manager	4	€39,805 EUR
28	Lead Developer	12	€38,050 EUR
29	IT Coordinator	9	€36,942 EUR
30	Web Developer	9	€36,018 EUR
31	Unix or Linux System Administrator	6	€34,540 EUR
32	Software Engineer	26	€33,986 EUR
33	Product Manager	8	€33,894 EUR
34	C, C++ Developer	4	€33,709 EUR
35	Java Developer	10	€33,432 EUR
36	Risk Analyst	4	€32,970 EUR
37	Other IT Career	11	€30,938 EUR
38	Technician	4	€30,938 EUR
39	Other Engineer Career	9	€30,846 EUR
40	Financial Analyst	11	€29,830 EUR
41	Software Developer	34	€29,738 EUR
42	Other Education Career	7	€29,738 EUR
43	.NET Developer	15	€29,276 EUR
44	Civil Engineer	5	€28,814 EUR
45	Human Resource Hunter	4	€28,352 EUR
46	Doctor	9	€28,260 EUR
47	Human Resource Coordinator	4	€27,614 EUR
48	Mechanical Engineer	10	€27,152 EUR
49	Engineer	19	€26,136 EUR
50	Human Resource	9	€24,658 EUR
51	Marketing	6	€23,827 EUR
52	Lead Cook	5	€23,735 EUR
53	Electrical Engineer	9	€23,642 EUR
54	Database Developer	5	€22,349 EUR
55	Research Engineer	9	€20,872 EUR
56	Marketing Executive	4	€19,486 EUR
57	Accountant	10	€18,748 EUR
58	Architect	25	€18,471 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	€13,200 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	€17,800 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	€30,200 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	€83,900 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	€24,900 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	€24,800 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	€23,800 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	€26,700 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	€23,400 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	€43,200 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	€18,100 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	€55,900 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	€23,300 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	€17,000 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	€33,800 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	€35,700 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	€22,100 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	€60,300 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	€65,300 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	€35,200 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	€16,100 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	€30,100 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	€19,100 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	€23,700 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	€41,900 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	€13,800 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	€15,700 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	€25,700 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	€9,900 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	€29,900 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	€103,500 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	€18,600 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	€17,400 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	€17,400 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	€31,000 EUR

Strategy

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€51,700 EUR

Architect

Posted 11 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project manager 
building inspector 
architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€9,900 EUR

Customers Service Specialist

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"5 years."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€26,200 EUR

Partner

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fund management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€78,500 EUR

It Support Technician

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Troubleshooting, repairs, system maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€20,200 EUR

Bms Automation

Posted 13 January 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	High School	8-12 Years	Expert	€33,600 EUR

Digital Designer

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing, html, css, branding, ui/ux, branding, graphic design, multimedia."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€22,000 EUR

Financial Controller

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial controlling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€22,000 EUR

Nurse

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Advanced nurse."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€28,000 EUR

Production Support Engineer

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Support applications in Production, configuration management, release management etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Some College	12-16 Years	Expert	€40,400 EUR

Machine Learning Engineer

Posted 04 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine Learning."

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

Account Executive

Posted 04 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"B2B Sales, SaaS, Mobile Apps, Fintech, Digital Transformation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€61,700 EUR

Master

Posted 29 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Doing research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	€13,200 EUR

Pricing Analyst

Posted 29 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Pricing analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€16,100 EUR

Frontend Developer

Posted 28 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Angular, html, css."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Lisbon	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€34,600 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)