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# Take-home pay in Portugal

The national median gross salary in Portugal is €1,099 a month (2022). Over twelve months, €13,188 a year, a single person without children pays €704 in income tax and €1,451 in employee social contributions and keeps €11,034 a year: €919 a month, 83.7% of gross.

## Take-home pay by household

OECD Taxing Wages 2025; the average wage is €24,254 a year. For the households with children, net pay includes the cash benefits the model adds.

### Single, no children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €12,127 | €1,011 | €879 | 87.0% |
| 67% | €16,250 | €1,354 | €1,072 | 79.1% |
| 100% | €24,254 | €2,021 | €1,517 | 75.1% |
| 133% | €32,258 | €2,688 | €1,916 | 71.3% |
| 167% | €40,504 | €3,375 | €2,290 | 67.8% |
| 200% | €48,508 | €4,042 | €2,665 | 65.9% |
| 250% | €60,635 | €5,053 | €3,166 | 62.7% |

### Single parent, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €12,127 | €1,011 | €1,120 | 110.8% |
| 67% | €16,250 | €1,354 | €1,417 | 104.6% |
| 100% | €24,254 | €2,021 | €1,802 | 89.1% |
| 133% | €32,258 | €2,688 | €2,201 | 81.9% |
| 167% | €40,504 | €3,375 | €2,415 | 71.5% |
| 200% | €48,508 | €4,042 | €2,790 | 69.0% |
| 250% | €60,635 | €5,053 | €3,291 | 65.1% |

### Couple, one earner, two children

| Share of the average wage | Gross a year | Gross a month | Net a month | Kept |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 50% | €12,127 | €1,011 | €1,046 | 103.5% |
| 67% | €16,250 | €1,354 | €1,352 | 99.9% |
| 100% | €24,254 | €2,021 | €1,813 | 89.7% |
| 133% | €32,258 | €2,688 | €2,284 | 85.0% |
| 167% | €40,504 | €3,375 | €2,638 | 78.2% |
| 200% | €48,508 | €4,042 | €3,087 | 76.4% |
| 250% | €60,635 | €5,053 | €3,712 | 73.5% |

## Income tax schedule (2026)

The national schedule, as published by European Commission Taxation and Customs Union TEDB.

| Taxable income | Rate | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| up to €8,342 | 12.5% | — |
| €8,342 – €12,587 | 15.7% | — |
| €12,587 – €17,838 | 21.2% | — |
| €17,838 – €23,089 | 24.1% | — |
| €23,089 – €29,397 | 31.1% | — |
| €29,397 – €43,090 | 37% | — |
| €43,090 – €46,566 | 43.5% | — |
| €46,566 – €86,634 | 45% | — |
| above €86,634 | 48% | — |

- Employee social contributions: 11% of pay
- Standard VAT rate: 23%; reduced 22%, 16%, 13%, 6%

## Minimum wage

€920.00 an hour (2026-01-01); €1,913,600 a year at 40 hours a week for 52 weeks. That is below the range the OECD model covers in Portugal (€12,127 to €60,635 a year), so its take-home pay is not estimated here.

## Sources

1. OECD, Taxing Wages — decomposition of taxes and benefits (dataflow OECD.CTP.TPS,DSD_TAX_WAGES_DECOMP@DF_TW_DECOMP,2.1). https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/taxing-wages-2025_b3a95829-en.html
2. European Commission Taxation and Customs Union TEDB, Income tax schedule 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tedb/rest-api/tax/rate?taxId=469&versionDate=1767222000&isEuro=false
3. Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly), Eurostat (Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses_monthly?format=JSON&lang=EN&freq=A&indic_se=MED_E_EUR&worktime=FT&age=TOTAL&sex=T&isco08=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&time=2022&geo=PT

## Data

- HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/calculators/take-home-pay/portugal/
- JSON (the model for Portugal): https://immigrationdb.com/data/calculators/pt.json