Companies in Portugal are maintaining salary increases around 3%, but are becoming more selective in how they distribute these increases among employees, favoring those they consider to have greater value for the organizations.
This conclusion is from the latest Salary Budget Planning Report by WTW, a human resources consultancy that analyzes salary trends globally and nationally.
According to the report, average budgets for salary increases in Portugal should rise from 3% in 2026 to 3.2% in 2027, indicating a slight recovery in the values allocated for compensation.
The strategy of greater selectivity suggests that companies are favoring more differentiated compensation policies, directing increases toward employees considered more valuable or with higher performance, rather than applying generalized and uniform increases.
