--- page_version: 4b4844cefc7bcac295bb52cd946bece6 content_date: 2026-10-25 entity_id: profession:engineer:pt entity_type: profession_country name: "Engineer in Portugal: salary, recognition and shortage status" canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/portugal/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/engineer/portugal.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/engineer/portugal.md snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8 generated_at: 2026-10-25 last_verified: 2026-10-25 citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/portugal/ citation_title: "Engineer in Portugal: salary, recognition and shortage status" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8 citation_version: "4b4844cefc7bcac295bb52cd946bece6" citation_retrieval_date: "2026-10-25" citation_build_date: "2026-10-25" citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Working as an engineer in Portugal In Portugal, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 1,848 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as an engineer in Portugal on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 29,782 € a year (current). Engineer is a regulated profession in Portugal. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Law 123/2015, 2 of Septemper Law 9/2009, 4 of March with the changes by Law 26/2017, 30 of May (https://dre.pt/application/file/70170264). In Portugal, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission. - Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 1,848 EUR/month (gross, 2022) - Regulation: Regulated - Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Law 123/2015, 2 of Septemper Law 9/2009, 4 of March with the changes by Law 26/2017, 30 of May (https://dre.pt/application/file/70170264); General system of recognition - primary application; For civil engineers, the cited EU/EEA/Swiss permanent-establishment route uses OE recognition/registration; third-country applicants contact OE. Do not extend this procedure to every frozen engineering branch.; General system of recognition - primary application; DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC; National legislation: Law 123/2015, 2 of September Law 9/2009, 4 of March with changes by Law 26/2017 30 of May (https://dre.pt/application/file/70170264) - Recognition authority: OE is the authority for the cited civil-engineer route; technical-engineering and other frozen branches may involve different professional bodies. - Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission - EU Blue Card threshold: 29,782 €/year (current) ## Sources /regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6160; record id=656785; /regprof/general generic.title=Civil engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=656785&lang=EN 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 Professional body relevant to civil-engineer registration; engineering family includes multiple specialisms and routes. — https://www.ordemengenheiros.pt/pt/ /regprofs exact taxonomy id_profession=6460; record id=656122; /regprof/general generic.title=Mechanical engineer; /regprof/ca; /regprof/si — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprof/general?id=656122&lang=EN NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en 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 ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. 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