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# Working as a childcare worker in Portugal

In Portugal, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 984 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a childcare worker in Portugal on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 37,227 € a year (current). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Portugal. Foreign qualifications go through: The named ama activity requires authorization from Social Security and evidence of an eligible training, qualification or experience route; nursery teachers and other care roles differ.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers": ≈ 984 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: The named ama activity requires authorization from Social Security and evidence of an eligible training, qualification or experience route; nursery teachers and other care roles differ.
- Recognition authority: Instituto da Segurança Social authorizes the named ama activity; other childcare and school-teaching roles use other authorities.
- EU Blue Card threshold: 37,227 €/year (current)

## Sources

Current consolidated Decree-Law 115/2015: the ama activity requires prior authorization from the competent Social Security service (ISS); route applies only to named home-childminder work. — https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/2015-107986077
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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Childcare worker in Portugal: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e9851d191a0c80dc58c28864231b1dab]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/portugal/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_childcare-worker-in-portugal-salary-and-recognition_51ed763ec6bf,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Childcare worker in Portugal: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {e9851d191a0c80dc58c28864231b1dab},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/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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