Portugal
How much home does a salary buy in Lisbon?
In Lisbon, the average net yearly salary buys 4.9 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 12.2 full years of salary, rank 44 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€4,340INE Portugal, Estatísticas de preços da habitação ao nível local (Metodologia 2022), indicator 0012254 "Valor mediano das vendas de alojamentos familiares (€/m²) por Localização geográfica (NUTS-2024) e Tipologia do fogo; Anual" · median, transaction prices, 2024 (calendar year)
Average net wage€1,773INE Portugal / MTSSS-GEP (now DGCP), Quadros de Pessoal, indicator 0012656 "Ganho médio mensal (€) por Localização geográfica (NUTS - 2024); Anual" · mean, city, October 2024 (annualised x14/12)
Years of pay for 60 m²12.2
m² per year of pay4.9 m²
B Data quality: Official, one limitation · Price and wage: 2024 This is the latest year for which an official price and wage from the same year both exist. · Rank in Europe: 44 of 53
Prices and wages in Lisbon, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €3,531 | €1,432 | 12.3 |
| 2022. | €3,872 | €1,508 | 12.8 |
| 2023. | €4,167 | €1,609 | 12.9 |
| 2024. | €4,340 | €1,773 | 12.2 |
| 2025. | €4,875 | – | – |
| 2026. | €5,192 (part of the year) | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Lisbon, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €1,773 | 12.2 salaries |
| Nurse | €1,546 | 14.0 salaries |
| Teacher | €2,913 | 7.4 salaries |
| IT specialist | €2,970 | 7.3 salaries |
| Shop worker | €1,314 | 16.5 salaries |
| Builder | €1,255 | 17.3 salaries |
Other cities
| Luxembourg Luxembourg | 41 of 53 | 11.3 salaries |
| Stockholm Sweden | 42 of 53 | 11.6 salaries |
| Belgrade Serbia | 43 of 53 | 11.8 salaries |
| Bratislava Slovakia | 45 of 53 | 12.3 salaries |
| Barcelona Spain | 46 of 53 | 12.3 salaries |
| Paris France | 47 of 53 | 12.5 salaries |