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# Working as an architect in Portugal

In Portugal, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 1,848 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an architect in Portugal on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 37,227 € a year (current). Architect is a regulated profession in Portugal. Foreign qualifications go through: An EU/EEA/Swiss architect providing temporary or occasional services files a prior declaration with OA. This is not the permanent-establishment process or a third-country route.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,848 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: An EU/EEA/Swiss architect providing temporary or occasional services files a prior declaration with OA. This is not the permanent-establishment process or a third-country route.; Architect (acquired rights) listed in Annex VI; Architect listed in Annex V
- Recognition authority: Ordem dos Arquitectos (OA) handles the cited architect temporary-services route; other establishment routes differ.
- EU Blue Card threshold: 37,227 €/year (current)

## Sources

Current national directory of generic regulated-profession titles and sectoral competent authorities; directory checked 2026-10-12. — https://www.dgert.gov.pt/lista-das-profissoes-regulamentadas-e-autoridades-competentes
JSON list[].id=659557; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=12&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Country work-route threshold — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_fte?geo=PT&unit=EUR&lang=en
Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_25) — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_25?lang=en&format=JSON&freq=A&sex=T&indic_se=ERN&sizeclas=10-49&unit=EUR&geo=PT

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Architect in Portugal: salary and recognition},
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  version = {f2e956a67eb8d96bfdb9d8d9a2197f91},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/portugal/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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