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The average annual salary in Portugal was 24,800 euros in 2024

by AI | 12.Nov 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The EU average was 39,800 euros per year

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The average annual salary of a full-time worker in Portugal was 24,818 euros in 2024, below the median of 39,800 euros in the European Union (EU), making it the tenth country with the lowest value, it was announced today.
Data published today by the EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, indicates that last year, the average annual full-time adjusted salary of workers in the EU was 39,800 euros, representing an increase of 5.2% compared to the 37,800 euros recorded in 2023.
In Portugal, this figure was 24,818 euros in 2024, compared to 23,184 in 2023 and 21,131 euros in 2022.
Portugal is thus the 10th country with the lowest average annual salary, surpassed by countries such as Bulgaria (15,387), Greece (17,954), Hungary (18,461), Slovakia (20,287), Romania (21,108), Poland (21,246), Latvia (22,262), Croatia (23,446), and the Czech Republic (23,998).
Among the EU countries, the highest average annual full-time adjusted salary was recorded in Luxembourg (83,000 euros), followed by Denmark (71,600 euros) and Ireland (61,100 euros).