Average salary in Portugal is 26,202 euros per year. More than half of Portuguese people do not reach it

Eurostat data shows the average annual full-time adjusted salary in Portugal was 26,202 euros in 2025, an increase of 4.8% from the 24,984 euros recorded in 2024. Despite this growth, Portugal ranks 18th in the European Union, where the overall average is 41,464 euros, and more than half of the Portuguese workforce earns less than this average monthly equivalent of over 1,800 euros.

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