Working as a physician in Portugal
What official sources say about working as a physician 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 physicians, earns ≈ 1,848 EUR/month (gross, 2022). To work as a physician in Portugal on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 29,782 € a year (current). Physician is a regulated profession in Portugal. Foreign qualifications go through: Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. In Portugal, physicians 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
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V
- 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 physicians 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 physicians earn.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in Portugal.
- Recognition route
- Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic (listed) and Specialised Medicine in field not listed in Annex V. Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice. Doctor in Basic Medicine. Foreign medical qualifications follow the applicable recognition procedure and professional registration route; automatic EU recognition and non-EU routes are not interchangeable.
- Recognition authority
- The Ordem dos Médicos is the professional body for the named physician route; non-EU qualification recognition may involve distinct academic/health-authority steps.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for physician in Portugal: 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). Physician in Portugal: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e60ae2416fcae6682a70b4bed542ce09]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/portugal/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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