Working as an engineer in Portugal
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Portugal: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
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)
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 29,782 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Portugal: ≈ 1,848 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of engineers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Portugal publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 29,782 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what engineers earn.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Portugal.
- 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
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Portugal: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Engineer in Portugal: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4b4844cefc7bcac295bb52cd946bece6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/portugal/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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