“In 2023, a rookie PSP officer earned a total of 1,192 euros, combining base salary and service and risk supplements. In 2026, the same officer will earn 1,704 euros”, stated Maria Lúcia Amaral during the parliamentary debate on the Government’s proposal for the State Budget for 2026 (OE2026), noting that the same applies to a GNR guard.
The minister indicated this represents an increase of 43%, attributable to the agreement reached with PSP unions and GNR associations in July 2024.
According to the official, nearly the entirety of the Ministry of Internal Administration’s (MAI) budget is allocated to “personnel expenses.”
“The Government’s commitment to improving living conditions and dignifying personal status is not only reflected in these increases. It is also reflected in the way investments in infrastructure and equipment are planned,” she stated, highlighting an allocation of 134.9 million euros in 2026 for improving conditions in equipment and facilities.
Maria Lúcia Amaral noted that MAI plans to rehabilitate or build 58 police infrastructures from scratch and deliver nearly 1,300 new vehicles to GNR and PSP between 2025 and 2026.
Chega deputy Pedro Pinto criticized the base salary for police officers, lamenting the profession’s lack of attractiveness, and decried that the on-call and shift supplements for security forces “have not been updated since 2009.”
In response, the minister mentioned that she has already initiated “social dialogue” with PSP unions and GNR associations, and “one of the priority issues to be revisited is the supplements.”
