However, according to a report by ECO, there are small variations if we analyse the gross primary gain and remunerations with social transfers and those already deducted from taxes. This last indicator has an effect on reducing asymmetries via income redistribution, explains INE.

Gross Primary Income (RPB) per capita, which corresponds to the direct returns of families generated by their participation in the production process and property gains, reached 15,649 euros per family in 2022, an increase of 9 % compared to the previous year. If we apply the redistributive action through taxes and add other transfers from the State, we obtain the annual Gross Available Income (RDB) per family, which was a little lower: 15,539 euros. And it corresponds to a positive evolution of 8.1%.

Taking into account gross primary income per capita, it appears that earnings grew above the national average in the Algarve (16.4%), in the autonomous region of Madeira (13.6%), and in Greater Lisbon (10.3%), according to INE. In the Algarve region, annual gross earnings per family totaled, in 2022, 18,115 euros, in Madeira, they were 15,247 euros, and, in the capital area, they reached 19,694 euros.

Disposable income

Taking into account the fiscal impact and social benefits, these three regions are also those that record the greatest growth in family income, but with some nuances. The Algarve continues to lead the ranking but with a smaller variation of 12%, and disposable income rises slightly to 19,086 euros in relation to the total gross income per capita of 18,115 euros.

Secondly, Madeira records an increase in disposable income above the national average, but to a lesser extent, of 10.9%. However, the available gain per household is 15,408 euros.

In Greater Lisbon, the indicator of disposable income per household also continues to be the third fastest growing: 8.1%, with the average annual gain standing at 18,638, below the gross primary salary (19,694 euros).

Below the national average and among the regions that recorded the lowest annual earnings per family, INE highlights the evolution of gross and disposable income per capita in the West zone and Vale do Tejo, in which remunerations rose 6.3% to 14,682 euros and 6.1% to 14,731 euros, respectively. In the Azores, gross income per household registered the second smallest change (6.6%), standing at 15,190 euros and disposable income, which counts on the redistributive effect and social transfers, rose a little more (7.4%) to 15,409 euros. Next comes the Central region, whose gross income per household increased by 7.4% to 14,067 euros and available earnings rose slightly more (7.5%) to 14,760 euros.