Pordata data also reveals that the average earnings of Portuguese workers was €1,294 in 2021, the year in which they are evaluating wages.

“In Portugal, it is in the accommodation and catering sector that the average monthly earnings (salary + overtime + bonuses + subsidies) of workers is lowest,” while the highest wages are found in the electricity, gas and water sector.

Average earnings by industry in 2021:

Electricity, gas and water - €2,965.8

Financial and insurance activities - €2,374.4

International organisations - €1,997.5

Extractive industries - €1,596.00

Transport and storage - €1,463.7

Education - €1,415.1

Public administration, defense and mandatory social security - €1,269.2

Manufacturing industries - €1,224.8

Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - €1,224.2

Health and social care - €1,148.8

Construction - €1,103.2

Agriculture, animal production, hunting, forestry and fishing - €1,011.4

Accommodation, catering and similar - €913.7