Salaries in Portugal
€1,637a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- €19,650
- Equals
- $1,828
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO€61,420
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€60,190
- Senior government officials€59,670
- IT project manager€59,170
- Finance manager€57,950
- Insurance agent€57,470
- Operations manager€57,260
- Social media manager€57,040
- Head of marketing€56,670
- Product manager€56,310
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker€8,046
- Subsistence crop farmers€9,377
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€9,389
- Subsistence livestock farmers€9,483
- Tailor€9,920
- Tree doctor€9,917
- Poultry sexer€10,060
- Horticulturist€10,230
- Shelf stacker€10,370
- Kitchen assistant€10,380
By major occupation group
| Managers | €4,292 a month |
| Professionals | €2,555 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | €1,957 a month |
| Armed forces | €1,670 a month |
| Clerical support workers | €1,293 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | €1,227 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | €1,154 a month |
| Service and sales workers | €1,118 a month |
| Elementary occupations | €992 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | €870 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant€29,170
- Accounts assistant€15,820
- Accounts clerk€20,920
- Actor€20,420
- Actuary€31,720
- Agricultural technician€21,300
- Aid worker€16,240
- Air traffic controller€35,030
- Air traffic safety technician€24,950
- Aircraft technician€16,730
- Airline pilot€35,770
- Animal carer€12,260
- Announcer€26,830
- Anthropologist€26,660
- Apiarists and sericulturists€11,430
- Aquaculture support worker€11,430
- Architect€28,320
- Art director€28,830
- Artist€26,790
- Astrologer€13,630
- Astrophysicist€34,990
- Athlete€23,020
- Audio-visual technician€21,760
- Audiology technician€19,840
- Audit clerk€17,030
- Auto mechanic€13,130
- Avionics mechanic€15,660
- Ballet dancer€23,930
- Bartender€11,710
- Basketmaker€11,230
- Beautician€11,550
- Benefits officer€22,860
- Bicycle mechanic€12,720
- Bike assembler€12,730
- Bindery worker€11,030
- Blacksmith€13,300
- Blaster€15,790
- Boiler operator€19,070
- Bricklayer€14,190
- Broadcast engineer€33,810
- Builder€14,350
- Bus driver€14,900
- Butcher€11,490
- Buyer€22,630
- Cabinetmaker€12,410
- Call centre agent€13,770
- Candle factory worker€12,590
- Car assembler€14,540
- Car cleaner€11,160
- Car electrician€15,840
- Car painter€13,150
- Career coach€27,310
- Caretaker€13,890
- Carpenter€13,630
- Carpet worker€11,420
- Cashier€10,970
- CEO€61,420
- Cheese maker€14,670
- Chef€19,270
- Chemical engineer€32,590
- Chemical engineering technician€26,010
- Chemical operator€26,620
- Chemical products plant and machine operators€16,480
- Chemist€29,430
- Chief engineer€27,970
- Childcare centre manager€37,550
- Civil engineer€31,650
- Civils worker€15,060
- Cleaner€10,400
- Cleaners€12,140
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified€14,890
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified€14,320
- Clinical research assistant€18,590
- Cnc operator€14,050
- Coffee taster€12,530
- Commodity trader€26,330
- Community health worker€22,240
- Companion€13,020
- Concrete finisher€14,500
- Construction foreman€27,390
- Construction manager€45,250
- Construction worker€13,110
- Cook€12,330
- Corporate trainer€27,610
- Correctional officer€17,200
- Corrugator operator€14,500
- Courier€11,810
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified€11,140
- Crane operators€17,390
- Crop producer€10,490
- Crop team leader€10,520
- Croupier€13,480
- Cure operator€14,000
- Customer service clerk€14,390
- Customs agent€21,120
- Customs officer€23,500
- Dance teacher€15,240
- Data administrator€31,210
- Data centre operator€26,600
- Data entry clerk€14,050
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified€32,390
- Day care worker€12,570
- Debt collector€16,650
- Deep-sea fisherman€10,840
- Dental hygienist€19,720
- Dentist€34,500
- Dietitian€25,550
- Doctor€41,260
- Door to door seller€13,480
- Draughtsperson€23,600
- Driving instructor€15,850
- Earthmoving and related plant operators€16,250
- Economist€33,080
- Education officer€27,410
- Electric powerline worker€17,550
- Electrical assembler€12,890
- Electrical engineer€34,560
- Electrical technician€25,650
- Electrician€14,900
- Electronic engineer€33,500
- Electronics engineering technician€23,920
- Elementary school teacher€27,530
- Embalmer€14,410
- Embroiderer€11,460
- Employment agent€22,990
- Energy manager€53,040
- Environment engineer€30,250
- Environmental protection professionals€27,670
- Esol teacher€23,570
- Event coordinator€21,090
- Executive assistant€22,310
- Fabric cutter€10,730
- Fabric dyer€13,010
- Façade cleaner€10,660
- Facility manager€52,970
- Factory labourer€12,440
- Farm equipment operator€14,300
- Farm hand€12,000
- Farm hands€11,340
- Fast food worker€8,046
- Fiacre driver€10,850
- File clerk€15,740
- Fill operator€11,860
- Finance adviser€28,820
- Finance manager€57,950
- Financial analyst€31,960
- Financier€32,020
- Fire alarm technician€15,200
- Firefighter€19,010
- Fisheries boatman€10,840
- Fishery production manager€39,180
- Fitness club manager€39,660
- Flight attendant€14,790
- Food and related products machine operators€13,200
- Food service worker€10,840
- Food stall holder€12,100
- Forest ranger€10,950
- Forest worker€12,850
- Forester€42,610
- Forestry advisor€29,170
- Forestry technician€21,760
- Forklift operator€13,660
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers€11,940
- Fur animal rearer€11,620
- Garage manager€45,550
- Gardener€11,980
- Garment presser€10,750
- Gas station salesperson€10,930
- General manager€49,810
- Geologist€32,630
- Glassblower€11,900
- Glassmaker€14,480
- Glazier€13,220
- Gluing operator€12,040
- Grader€12,940
- Grinder€12,930
- Guide€13,020
- Gym worker€11,450
- Hairdresser€11,530
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers€11,650
- Head of marketing€56,670
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified€25,370
- Health records clerk€21,730
- Health screener€20,360
- Heat treat operator€14,730
- Hide machine operator€13,100
- High school teacher€29,240
- Historian€27,890
- Horticulturist€10,230
- Hotel manager€39,340
- Hotel receptionist€12,910
- House manager€13,750
- Household manager€13,340
- Housekeeper€10,540
- HR manager€52,850
- Hunter€10,940
- Hvac mechanic€14,980
- Industrial engineer€32,640
- Industrial painter€12,610
- Information clerk€14,880
- Insulator€13,780
- Insurance agent€57,470
- Insurance seller€24,180
- IT presales technician€31,990
- IT project manager€59,170
- IT technician€23,170
- IT trainer€26,800
- Jeweller€11,930
- Journalist€27,130
- Judge€38,630
- Kitchen assistant€10,380
- Laboratory technologist€21,750
- Landscape architect€28,520
- Laser technician€25,910
- Laundry worker€11,270
- Lawyer€36,130
- Legal aide€22,530
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified€31,120
- Legal secretary€19,620
- Legislators€24,240
- Librarian€26,980
- Library assistant€14,530
- Livestock and dairy producers€10,920
- Livestock farm labourers€11,590
- Loan officer€23,870
- Logistics manager€47,950
- Loss adjuster€24,870
- Machine oiler€15,690
- Mail carrier€15,550
- Management consultant€32,120
- Manufacturing director€51,200
- Market trader€13,530
- Marketing specialist€28,900
- Mechanical engineer€33,220
- Mechanical engineering technician€26,420
- Medical assistant€17,960
- Medical herbalist€20,750
- Medical laboratory technician€21,670
- Medical transcriber€19,720
- Medical writer€25,950
- Metal caster€15,700
- Metal filer€14,400
- Metal furnace operator€24,530
- Metal molder€13,070
- Metal worker€13,550
- Metallurgist€24,810
- Metalworker€14,180
- Meteorologist€32,240
- Meter reader€12,170
- Midwife€29,750
- Midwife assistant€23,000
- Military officer€21,660
- Mine engineer€35,050
- Mine supervisor€27,780
- Miners€17,830
- Mining assistant€15,190
- Mixed farmer€10,730
- Motorcyle courier€13,040
- Museum curator€26,130
- Museum technician€19,950
- Music teacher€24,350
- Musician€24,210
- Network engineer€24,480
- Networks engineer€32,300
- Nursing assistant€13,570
- Nursing associate professionals€21,550
- Nursing home manager€47,190
- Odd job persons€12,620
- Office clerk€15,510
- Office manager€23,760
- Operations manager€57,260
- Optician€19,070
- Optometrist€28,380
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals€22,300
- Paper maker€14,970
- Paramedic€25,080
- Paramedical practitioners€32,310
- Passport officer€23,250
- Pastry cook€10,980
- Patent agent€26,740
- Pawnbroker€12,670
- Payroll clerk€17,160
- Performer€19,160
- Personal care attendant€13,230
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified€13,550
- Personnel clerks€16,440
- Pest control technician€12,300
- Petty officer€17,930
- Pharmacist€31,430
- Photo retoucher€12,500
- Photographer€19,710
- Physical therapist€25,830
- Piano tuner€13,830
- Picker and packer€10,940
- Plasterer€13,060
- Plumber€14,620
- Police detective€30,900
- Police officer€19,310
- Policy analyst€28,780
- Potter€12,200
- Poultry sexer€10,060
- Power plant operator€27,400
- Prepress technician€12,600
- Preschool teacher€23,210
- Preschool teaching assistant€12,630
- Primary school manager€51,800
- Print operator€12,260
- Prison teacher€24,940
- Process operator€30,170
- Product designer€26,730
- Product manager€56,310
- Production line coordinator€17,490
- Production supervisor€25,990
- Professor€29,870
- Project manager€51,620
- Promotions demonstrator€11,600
- Proofreader€16,470
- Psychologist€29,650
- Public health inspector€29,250
- Public relations professionals€27,050
- Pulp control worker€21,110
- Quality inspector€24,540
- Radiologic technologist€25,480
- Rail conductor€13,890
- Real estate agent€23,460
- Receptionist€12,920
- Registered nurse€30,030
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified€22,100
- Religious professionals€23,540
- Religious worker€19,800
- Rental sales worker€13,350
- Restaurant manager€34,420
- Retail sales associate€13,130
- Retail store supervisor€14,910
- Riding instructor€17,120
- Rig driller€17,880
- Rigger€15,550
- Roofer€11,000
- Runway model€11,840
- Sales engineer€31,120
- Sales representative€24,640
- Sawmill operator€13,990
- Scribes and related workers€15,880
- Secretary€15,940
- Security guard€14,370
- Senior government officials€59,670
- Set designer€20,060
- Sewing machine operator€11,330
- Sex worker€11,870
- Shelf stacker€10,370
- Ship pilot€26,240
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers€15,390
- Shoemaker€11,200
- Shop keeper€17,890
- Sign installer€12,490
- Signalman€17,980
- Slitter operator€13,890
- Social care worker€20,810
- Social media manager€57,040
- Social services manager€45,800
- Social worker€26,400
- Software developer€33,350
- Software programmer€30,790
- Software tester€31,830
- Soldier€19,240
- Sorter€12,820
- Special needs teacher€27,820
- Specialist doctor€49,710
- Speech therapist€26,640
- Sport coach€16,670
- Statistician€25,670
- Steel erector€14,700
- Stock coordinator€15,100
- Stone fabricator€14,780
- Stone planer€14,890
- Stonemason€13,880
- Store manager€43,170
- Street and related service workers€12,140
- Street sweeper€12,570
- Street vendor€12,110
- Subsistence crop farmers€9,377
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers€10,410
- Subsistence livestock farmers€9,483
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€9,389
- Survey enumerator€14,770
- Surveyor€29,440
- Switchboard operator€15,950
- Systems administrator€31,110
- Systems analyst€33,810
- Tailor€9,920
- Tanner€12,030
- Tax officer€24,560
- Taxi driver€12,450
- Technical aide€24,480
- Telecom administrator€25,700
- Teller€16,420
- Tent builder€13,930
- Test engineer€32,710
- Textile braider€12,580
- Textile machine operator€12,230
- Therapy assistant€17,050
- Tile installer€13,060
- Tobacco dryer€12,360
- Trades union official€53,900
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€60,190
- Traditional therapist€22,680
- Train driver€20,600
- Translator€25,000
- Transport clerks€17,320
- Travel agent€14,660
- Tree doctor€9,917
- Truck driver€15,160
- Typist€14,800
- Underwater welder€15,140
- Upholsterer€11,550
- Urban planner€30,010
- UX designer€24,950
- Vet technician€17,690
- Veterinarian€30,650
- Vocational teacher€27,070
- Waiter€11,180
- Warehouse worker€12,830
- Waste collector€12,790
- Watch maker€13,570
- Water and firewood collectors€11,970
- Water plant operator€23,540
- Water-based fisheries worker€11,490
- Web developer€30,820
- Web technician€26,620
- Welder€13,810
- Wind technician€21,430
- Winder operator€12,350
- Window washer€11,970
- Wood treater€12,730
- Woodworker€11,980
- Zoologist€30,130
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate