Average salary
in Portugal.

There are two options for you to hire employees in Portugal if your budget is lower than the average salary or your candidates’ expectations.

Option 1: Increase the budget.
This may not always be possible; however, if there is room to increase the budget or if it is necessary for your employees to be based in Portugal, you will often find suitable candidates by increasing the budget to the minimum amount requested by the suitable candidates in your pipeline.

Option 2: Expand your search to include less expensive labor markets
If the role you are searching for is not required to be based in Portugal, you may be able to find skilled candidates for less in other markets.

For example, if the responsibilities for the role you are searching for in Portugal can be completed remotely, you might choose to search in a variety of other markets, especially if time zone is not a consideration.

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While this region has the highest minimum wage, it also has the lowest average salary in Portugal: Azores.

It is the most affordable region of Portugal, but also may have fewer skilled employees; since there is generally more opportunity in Lisbon, or in other parts of the EU, most skilled labor will go to where the salaires are highest.