Country
Portugal
Full labour cost: €19.40 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €14.18 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €10.17 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €7.06 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €5.86 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€19.40 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Portugal
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €0.94 | €0.14 | 6.6× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.49 | €0.08 | 6.5× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.59 | €0.08 | 7.8× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.47 | €0.08 | 6× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €3.53 | €0.54 | 6.5× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €1.18 | €0.16 | 7.2× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €2.94 | €0.52 | 5.7× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €3.53 | €0.62 | 5.7× |
| Research one B2B lead | €3.39 | €0.68 | 5× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €1.69 | €0.20 | 8.5× |
| Screen one CV | €1.02 | €0.18 | 5.6× |
| Draft a social media post | €2.54 | €0.35 | 7.2× |
| Write a help-centre article | €6.78 | €1.06 | 6.4× |
| Write a product description | €4.73 | €0.73 | 6.5× |
| Translate one page | €11.82 | €2.39 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €7.09 | €1.21 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €14.18 | €2.42 | 5.9× |
| Triage a bug report | €3.54 | €0.77 | 4.6× |
| Review a small pull request | €7.09 | €1.26 | 5.6× |
| Write a SQL report query | €7.09 | €1.23 | 5.7× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method