RESEARCH ENGINEER / SALARY
PORTUGAL

SALARY SURVEYS

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April 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 0.91 EUR = 1 USD
€20,498 EUR $22,639 USD		€19,919 EUR $22,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 0.91 EUR = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Research Engineer / Portugal

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Average salary for Research Engineer / Portugal is €20,498 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €19,919 EUR. All data are based on 9 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €20,463 EUR. Women receive a salary of n/a.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of €22,364 EUR. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of €21,821 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 4-8 Years of experience receive salary of €24,175 EUR. Employees with 2-4 Years of experience receive €22,545 EUR.

Levels / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,700 EUR - €4,499 EUR	0	n/a
€4,500 EUR - €9,099 EUR	0	n/a
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	1	100% 11.11%
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	2	88.89% 22.22%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	3	66.67% 33.33%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	2	33.33% 22.22%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	1	11.11% 11.11%
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	0	n/a
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	0	n/a
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	0	n/a
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	0	n/a
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	0	n/a
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	0	n/a
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	0	n/a
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	0	n/a
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	0	n/a
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	0	n/a
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	0	n/a
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	0	n/a
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	0	n/a
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	0	n/a
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	0	n/a
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	0	n/a
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	0	n/a
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	0	n/a
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	0	n/a
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	0	n/a
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	0	n/a
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	0	n/a
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	0	n/a
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	0	n/a
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	0	n/a
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	0	n/a
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	0	n/a
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	0	n/a
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	0	n/a
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	0	n/a
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	0	n/a
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	0	n/a
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	9	€20,463 EUR

Education / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	3	€22,364 EUR
2	Doctorate Degree	2	€21,821 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	3	€18,742 EUR
4	High School	1	€17,475 EUR

Experience / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	4-8 Years	4	€24,175 EUR
2	2-4 Years	2	€22,545 EUR
3	8-12 Years	1	€17,475 EUR
4	0-1 Year	1	€15,573 EUR
5	1-2 Years	1	€9,507 EUR

Age / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	31-35	1	€24,175 EUR
2	26-30	6	€20,915 EUR
3	36-40	1	€19,467 EUR
4	21-25	1	€15,573 EUR

Work Type / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	4	€21,640 EUR
2	Contract	5	€19,648 EUR

Cities / Research Engineer / Portugal (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Braga	2	€22,636 EUR
2	Porto	5	€21,730 EUR
3	Coimbra	2	€15,211 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Research

Posted 09 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€24,200 EUR

Robotics Engineer

Posted 08 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Robotics, Autonomous Systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€29,300 EUR

Embedded

Posted 14 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Embedded software engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Braga	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€25,800 EUR

Chemical Engineer

Posted 22 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chemical engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Coimbra	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€9,500 EUR

Software Engineer

Posted 14 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Coimbra	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€20,800 EUR

Embedded Sw Developer

Posted 18 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and implementation of Automotive embedded software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€22,200 EUR

Senior Machine Learning

Posted 29 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"With over 5 years of experience developing research projects in Data Science and Computer Vision, my career goal is to master best practices, trends, and new technologies, bringing creative ideas to life. This background offers an enormous versatility, demonstrated by an easy adaptation to any innovation project in the Industry 4. 0. In 2018, I served as a retail expert in solutions for automatic control of warehouses and stock, using drones and a variety of camera-based applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Braga	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€19,400 EUR

Control Engineer Trainee

Posted 31 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop and tunning of controllers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Porto	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€15,600 EUR

RESEARCH ENGINEER / SALARY PORTUGAL

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€20,498 EUR

€19,919 EUR