Portugal’s minimum wage, adjusted for 12 months to 1,015 euros, is classified among the European Union countries with minimum wages between 1,000 and 1,500 euros. This calculation is based on a 14-month payment of 870 euros.
The six EU member states with the highest minimum wages include Luxembourg with 2,638 euros, Ireland at 2,282 euros, the Netherlands with 2,193 euros, Germany at 2,161 euros, Belgium’s 2,070 euros, and France with a minimum wage of 1,802 euros.
Alongside Portugal in the same wage bracket are Spain with 1,381 euros, Slovenia at 1,278 euros, Poland with 1,091 euros, Lithuania at 1,038 euros, and Cyprus with a minimum wage of 1,000 euros.
The countries with the lowest minimum wages are Croatia at 970 euros, Greece with 968 euros, Malta at 961 euros, Estonia with 886 euros, the Czech Republic at 826 euros, Slovakia with 816 euros, Romania at 814 euros, Latvia with 740 euros, Hungary at 707 euros, and Bulgaria with 551 euros.
Five EU member states—Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland, and Sweden—do not mandate a statutory minimum wage.
