Portugal
PPP-adjusted average annual wage
$44,937 2025
Portugal recorded a 2025 average annual wage of 44937.011 USD PPP in constant prices. Available 2024 consumer price indices place all categories below the United States benchmark. Wage and price statistics are maintained as distinct datasets without composite scoring or international ranking.
1-Year Change
+1.8%
vs 2024
5-Year Change
+13.9%
vs 2020
Overall Price Level
55.7
2024 · United States = 100
Wage data: 2025 · Price data: 2024
Wage History
Track PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices over time.
PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)
USD PPP, constant 2025 prices
Wage Key Facts
Latest Wage
$44,937
Latest Year
2025
1-Year Change
+1.8%
5-Year Change
+13.9%
10-Year Change
+23.1%
Historical Peak
$44,937
Peak Year
2025
Change From Peak
0.0%
What the Wage Trend Shows
Portugal's average annual wage reached 44937.011 USD PPP in 2025 under constant pricing. This observation serves as the latest available data point in the series.
Real wage growth measured 1.8 percent over the single year ending in 2025. The five-year period from 2020 shows a cumulative increase of 13.88 percent.
Consumer Price Levels
Compare eight consumer price categories with the United States benchmark of 100.
United States = 100
What Prices Look Like
Highest: Transport
Transport has the highest relative price level among the available categories, at 92 (United States = 100).
Lowest: Health
Health is the lowest at 39.5, −60.5 index points against the United States benchmark.
Overall vs United States
The overall price level is 55.7, below the United States benchmark (−44.3 index points).
Wage and Price Snapshot
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Overall consumption in 2024 registered an index of 55.7 against the United States benchmark. This represents a gap of -44.3 index points below the reference value.
Transport prices approached parity with an index of 92.0 in 2024, showing only an -8.0 point gap from the United States. Food costs followed at 87.6 with a -12.4 point difference.
Health services showed significant divergence at an index of 39.5 in 2024. Housing costs also remained well below benchmark with a -55.3 point gap at index level 44.7.
- Latest wage recordWage year 2025
- $44,937
- Price category coveragePrice year 2024
- 8 of 8
- Relative to United States8 below, 0 at 100
- 0 above
Compare Portugal
See how Portugal's wages and price levels compare with other OECD economies.
Latvia$44,7092025−0.5%lower
Costa Rica$44,4312024−1.1%lower
Czechia$43,6072025−3.0%lower
Estonia$41,0192025−8.7%lower
Poland$49,0742025+9.2%higher
Chile$40,6262023−9.6%lower
Japan$50,1832025+11.7%higher
Hungary$39,1452025−12.9%lower
Slovakia$37,8322025−15.8%lower
Italy$53,8642025+19.9%higher
Türkiye$57,2752024+27.5%higher
Israel$57,4262025+27.8%higherSimilar Economies
How to Read This Country Page
Three boundaries keep wage and price comparisons from being misread.
- Wage basis
- The annual wage is expressed in USD PPP at constant 2025 prices. It is an average, not a median wage, local-currency amount, or take-home figure.
- Years stay separate
- The latest wage year and the price year do not have to match. Price controls read only 2022, 2023, or 2024 and never substitute another year.
- Price benchmark
- 100 represents the United States price level. A value of 120 is reported here as 20 index points above that benchmark.
Data Coverage and Limits
See which years are actually present before comparing wage and price records.
Portuguese wage data covers thirty consecutive years from 1995 to 2025. Thirty-one individual observations comprise this continuous historical record.
The earliest reported wage value dates to 1995 at 34209.207 USD PPP. Coverage extends uninterrupted through the latest 2025 measurement period.
Price level reporting shows complete category availability only for 2024. Prior years 2022 and 2023 contain no valid consumer price index observations.
- Wage observations
- 31
- Wage coverage
- 1995-2025
- Price categories · 2024
- 8 of 8
- Price categories · 2023
- 0 of 8
- Price categories · 2022
- 0 of 8
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average annual wage in Portugal?
Portugal's average annual wage stood at 44937.011 USD PPP in 2025 using constant prices. This figure incorporates purchasing power parity adjustments for cross-national comparability.
How has the average wage changed in Portugal?
Annual wage growth reached 1.8 percent between 2024 and 2025 in real terms. Over ten years from 2015, cumulative wage expansion totaled 23.05 percent.
What are consumer price levels like in Portugal?
All 2024 consumer price categories in Portugal fell below the United States benchmark. Transport showed the smallest gap at -8.0 points while health had the largest at -60.5 points.
Is the average wage in Portugal close to its historical peak?
The 2025 wage of 44937.011 USD PPP equals Portugal's historical peak value. Current earnings show zero percent deviation from this maximum recorded level.
Wage data
OECD Average Annual Wages
Price data
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Reported coverage
Wages through 2025 · Prices through 2024