Salary & Work Calculators
Simple, free tools to understand what you earn from your work in Portugal, starting with your net salary.
Net Salary Calculator: Portugal
How much do you actually take home? This calculator starts from your gross salary and removes the two mandatory charges every Portuguese employee pays (Social Security (11%) and IRS income tax) to estimate your net salary, monthly and yearly. Choose 12 or 14 payments (with the subsídios) and see, step by step, how the figure that reaches your account is reached.
Open calculator →Gross Salary Calculator
What does the gross salary need to be to take home a given net each month? This calculator works backwards from the net-salary tool: it starts from the net pay you want and finds the gross salary that, after the 11% Social Security and IRS on the 2026 brackets, leaves that amount in hand. Useful for negotiating a salary or comparing a job offer quoted as a net figure.
Open calculator →Social Security Contributions Calculator (TSU)
The Taxa Social Única (TSU) is the mandatory Social Security contribution on a salary in Portugal. In the general regime it splits into two parts: 11% deducted from the employee and 23.75% paid by the employer, for a combined 34.75% of the gross salary. Enter the gross salary to see each part, the total handed to Social Security and the real cost of the worker to the employer.
Open calculator →IRS Withholding Tax Calculator
Withholding at source (retenção na fonte) is the IRS your employer deducts from your salary every month, as an advance on the tax settled in the annual return. The amount depends on the gross salary, your tax situation and the number of dependants. Enter these details to see how much is withheld each month, using the official 2026 tables for mainland Portugal.
Open calculator →IRS Refund Calculator
Your IRS refund is the difference between the IRS withheld from your salary over the year and the IRS you actually owe. Withhold too much and the State pays the difference back; too little and you top it up. Enter your annual gross income, the IRS withheld, your filing situation and your deductions to see whether you get a refund or owe tax, using the 2026 tables for mainland Portugal.
Open calculator →IRS Jovem Calculator: Portugal’s Young-Worker Tax Relief
IRS Jovem exempts part of the income of young people starting their careers from income tax. The percentage depends on the year of the benefit, and there is an annual cap. Enter your annual work income and the year you are in to see how much is exempt from IRS and how much is still taxed.
Open calculator →Recibos Verdes Calculator: Portugal Self-Employed Tax
If you work on recibos verdes (self-employed invoices) in Portugal, two charges apply to what you bill: Social Security and IRS. Enter your annual income from services and see an estimate of your Social Security contribution, your IRS under the simplified regime, and the income you actually keep.
Open calculator →Self-Employed Social Security Calculator (Portugal)
As a self-employed worker in Portugal, you pay Social Security based on what you report in the quarterly declaration. Enter what you invoiced over the quarter and see an estimate of the contribution base and the monthly and quarterly contribution.
Open calculator →Domestic Worker Social Security Calculator
Anyone who employs a domestic worker in Portugal must register the worker with Social Security and pay contributions every month. Domestic service does not follow the normal payroll rules: by default, contributions are charged on conventional values indexed to the IAS (€3.10 per hour in 2026) at a 28.3% rate, and only by agreement do they switch to the real salary, at 33.3% with unemployment-benefit cover. This calculator shows the base for your case, the employer share, the worker share and the total to pay.
Open calculator →Ato Isolado Calculator (One-Off Invoice)
Issuing a one-off invoice (ato isolado) without opening activity? You always charge VAT, and the value feeds your IRS under the simplified regime. Enter the value of the service or goods, choose the income type and the VAT rate, and this calculator estimates the VAT to remit to the State, the IRS taxable income, the withholding (when it applies) and what you keep.
Open calculator →Abono de Família Calculator 2026: Portugal Child Benefit
The abono de família is a monthly benefit paid by Social Security for each child or young person in the household. How much you get depends on the family’s income bracket (escalão) and the child’s age. Enter your household annual income, how many children are entitled, and the child’s age to estimate the bracket and the 2026 monthly amount.
Open calculator →Overtime Pay Calculator 2026: Portugal (Horas Extra)
Overtime (trabalho suplementar) is paid above your normal hourly rate: +25% for the first hour and +37.5% for the following hours on a working day; +50% on a weekly rest day or public holiday. Enter your gross monthly salary, how many hours you work per week and how many overtime hours you did to see your hourly rate and the 2026 total.
Open calculator →Night Work Pay Calculator
How much is an hour of night work worth in Portugal? By law, work performed in the night period is paid with a 25% uplift over equivalent day work. This calculator starts from your monthly salary, computes the official hourly value and shows what a night hour pays, how much extra you earn in the month and what that adds up to over a year.
Open calculator →Public Holiday Pay Calculator
Did you work on a public holiday in Portugal? Anyone who performs normal work on a holiday in a company not obliged to close that day is entitled, at the employer’s choice, to a 50% uplift on those hours or to compensatory rest of half the hours worked. This calculator starts from your monthly salary, computes the official hourly value and shows both scenarios: what the uplift is worth and how many hours of rest would be the alternative.
Open calculator →Working Time Exemption Calculator
Do you have, or are you about to agree to, a working-time exemption (isenção de horário) in Portugal? The law guarantees a special retribution that, absent a collective agreement, cannot be lower than one overtime hour per day, or two overtime hours per week when the normal schedule is kept. This calculator starts from your monthly salary, computes the official hourly value and shows the minimum supplement per day, per month and per year, and its weight in the salary.
Open calculator →Hourly Rate Calculator
How much is an hour of your work worth? This calculator converts a monthly gross salary into the value of an hour using the statutory formula in the Portuguese Labour Code (article 271), and also works the other way round: from an hourly value it shows the matching monthly salary. It also gives the value per day, per week and the annual salary, based on the hours you work each week.
Open calculator →Worked Hours Calculator
How many hours did you work? Enter your clock-in time, clock-out time and lunch break and this calculator counts the hours worked per day, week, month and year. If you enter an hourly value, it also shows what those hours are worth, gross. Shifts that end the next day are counted automatically.
Open calculator →Holiday Entitlement Calculator
How many days of holiday are you entitled to? This calculator gives the number of working days of holiday under the Portuguese Labour Code: 22 days in a full calendar year, proportional days in the year you start work (2 per month of contract, up to 20) and proportional days in the year you leave. Pick your situation and enter the complete months of work in the year.
Open calculator →Notice Period Calculator
Resigning, or being dismissed, in Portugal? The Labour Code sets a notice period for almost every way an employment contract ends: 30 or 60 days when the worker resigns from a permanent contract, 30 or 15 on a fixed term, and 15 to 75 days when the employer dismisses on objective grounds. This calculator tells you how many days apply to your case and what any notice left unserved is worth in euros.
Open calculator →Severance Pay Calculator 2026: Portugal (Indemnização)
When you are dismissed through no fault of your own on an open-ended contract, collective dismissal, abolition of your post or unsuitability, you are entitled to compensation. The amount depends on your pay and seniority, but the rate per year of service has changed over time, so each period counts at the rate then in force. Enter your monthly base salary, any seniority allowances and the contract dates to estimate the 2026 compensation.
Open calculator →Unemployment Benefit Calculator 2026: Portugal
If you lose your job through no fault of your own, you may be entitled to the unemployment benefit (subsídio de desemprego) from Social Security. The amount is 65% of your reference remuneration (your average pay over the last year, with the bonuses), within a minimum and a maximum tied to the IAS, and it lasts longer or shorter depending on your age and years of contributions. Enter your gross monthly salary, your age and the months of contributions to estimate how much and for how long you can receive in 2026.
Open calculator →Lay-off Pay Calculator
Has your employer entered lay-off? While your hours are reduced or your contract is suspended you are entitled to a guaranteed monthly amount: two thirds of your gross salary, with a minimum of €920 and a maximum of €2,760 in 2026. This calculator shows what you receive per month, how much you lose against your salary and which part is paid by the employer and by Social Security.
Open calculator →Wage Guarantee Fund (FGS) Calculator
Has your employer become insolvent owing you salaries, allowances or severance? The Wage Guarantee Fund (Fundo de Garantia Salarial, FGS) pays those credits with two limits: at most six months of your retribution, and the retribution counted per month never above €2,760 in 2026 (three times the minimum wage), so at most €16,560. This calculator shows what the Fund guarantees in your case and what remains to claim in the insolvency process.
Open calculator →Sick Leave Allowance Calculator 2026: Portugal
When you are on sick leave (baixa médica), Social Security pays the sick-leave benefit (subsídio de doença) to replace part of your salary. The amount is a percentage of your reference remuneration (your daily pay) that rises with the length of the leave: 55% up to 30 days, 60% from 31 to 90, 70% from 91 to 365 and 75% beyond that. The first 3 days are unpaid, except for hospitalisation or surgery. Enter your monthly salary and the days of leave to estimate what you receive in 2026.
Open calculator →Parental Leave Allowance Calculator 2026: Portugal
When a child is born, Social Security pays the initial parental-leave benefit (subsídio parental) to replace your salary during the parental leave (licença parental). The amount is a percentage of your reference remuneration (your daily pay) and depends on the modality you choose: 120 days at 100% or 150 days at 80% (not shared), or 150 days at 100% and 180 days at 83% if the leave is shared between both parents. Enter your monthly salary to estimate and compare what you receive in each option in 2026.
Open calculator →Meal Allowance Calculator 2026: Portugal
The meal allowance (subsídio de refeição or subsídio de alimentação) is an amount paid for each working day to help with meals. Up to a daily limit it is exempt from IRS and Social Security; anything above that is taxed like salary. The limit depends on how it is paid: €6.15 per day in cash and €10.46 per day (70% more) by meal card or voucher, in 2026. Enter the daily amount, the payment method and your working days to see how much you receive per month and how much of it is tax-free.
Open calculator →Travel Allowance Calculator
How much of your travel allowance is tax-free? This calculator splits what your employer pays in ajudas de custo (and as compensation for using your own car) into the part that is exempt from income tax (IRS) and Social Security and the part that exceeds the legal limit and is therefore taxed. Enter the daily amount, the type of trip and the days; add the kilometres in your own car if relevant.
Open calculator →Cash-Handling Allowance Calculator
How much of your cash-handling allowance is tax-free? This calculator splits the abono para falhas your employer pays into the part that is exempt from income tax (IRS) and Social Security (up to 5% of your fixed monthly remuneration) and the part that exceeds that limit and is therefore taxed. Enter your monthly base salary and the allowance.
Open calculator →Holiday & Christmas Pay Calculator 2026: Portugal
In Portugal you receive two extra payments a year, the holiday subsidy (subsídio de férias) and the Christmas subsidy (subsídio de Natal), each equal to one month of salary when you work the full year. If you joined or left mid-year, each subsídio is proportional to your time of service. Enter your gross monthly salary and how many months you worked in the year to see each subsídio for 2026.
Open calculator →Duodécimos Calculator
Receiving the holiday (férias) and Christmas (Natal) bonuses "em duodécimos" means getting them split across the 12 months of the year, added to each salary, instead of as two lump sums. Enter your monthly base salary and the duodécimos percentage (0%, 50% or 100%) to see your monthly pay in each option. The key point: the annual total is exactly the same, and duodécimos change when you receive the money, not how much.
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About salary & work calculators
What you take home depends on clear rules: Social Security takes a fixed rate of the gross salary and IRS is charged on income after deductions. These calculators help you estimate your net salary and other everyday work figures from the official rates and tables. They are educational estimates. They do not replace your payslip or professional advice. Each calculator shows the formula it uses, cites its sources and links to the article that goes deeper.
Learn
- How is net salary calculated? →
- How to calculate gross salary from net →
- What is the Taxa Social Única (TSU)? →
- What is IRS withholding at source? →
- What is the IRS refund and when do you get it? →
- What is IRS Jovem and how does it work? →
- Recibos verdes: IRS and Social Security →
- Self-employed Social Security →
- Domestic worker Social Security: how it works →
- What an ato isolado is and its taxes →
- Child benefit: brackets and amounts →
- How overtime is paid in Portugal →
- Night work in Portugal: hours, pay and rights →
- Working on a public holiday: rights and pay →
- Working time exemption in Portugal: how it works and what it pays →
- How to calculate the value of an hour of work →
- How to calculate the hours you worked →
- Your right to holiday: how many days? →
- Notice periods in Portugal: how many days →
- How severance pay is calculated →
- Unemployment benefit: amount and duration →
- Lay-off in Portugal: what you receive and how long →
- The Wage Guarantee Fund: who pays your unpaid wages →
- Sick leave: how the benefit is calculated →
- Parental leave: the benefit modalities →
- Meal allowance: what is tax-free →
- Travel allowances: what they are and how they are taxed →
- Cash-handling allowance: what it is and how it is taxed →
- Holiday and Christmas pay: how it works →
- What are duodécimos and how do they work? →
The calculators provide educational estimates and do not constitute tax or financial advice.