In 2025, the national minimum wage in Portugal remained fixed at €1,015 per month, that is 12,180 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.
Accordingly the national minimum wage has been raised 58.3 Euros per month from the previous year, 6.09%. This increase is greater than the CPI of 2024 which was 3%, so workers have gained buying power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Portugal is in 31 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 124 of the list.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.
In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage Portugal. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2025 and see all the information about this country in Portugal economy.