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PSI-Listed Executive Compensation Stretches to 53× the Worker Average in 2025 — Pedro Soares dos Santos Pulls €5 Million at Jerónimo Martins as 15 Top Managers Pool More Than €23 Million

PSI-Listed Executive Compensation Stretches to 53× the Worker Average in 2025 — Pedro Soares dos Santos Pulls €5 Million at Jerónimo Martins as 15 Top Managers Pool More Than €23 Million

Saturday's PSI remuneration-report analysis puts CEO pay at the 15 largest Lisbon-listed companies at 53× the average worker salary. Pedro Soares dos Santos tops the table at €5M gross — equivalent to 223 annual median wages — as the combined executive pool clears €23 million.
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INE Registers Q1 2026 Average Gross Monthly Earnings at €1,611 — Real Wages Outpace Inflation by 2.7%, Agriculture Tops the Sector Table at 10.0% and High-Technology Manufacturing Lands the Second Print at 7.2%

INE Registers Q1 2026 Average Gross Monthly Earnings at €1,611 — Real Wages Outpace Inflation by 2.7%, Agriculture Tops the Sector Table at 10.0% and High-Technology Manufacturing Lands the Second Print at 7.2%

INE's Q1 2026 earnings destaque puts gross monthly average at €1,611, a 5.0% nominal lift and a 2.7% real-terms gain after the CPI deflator. Agriculture leads the sector table at 10.0%, high-tech manufacturing at 7.2%, and firms with 10–19 employees post the steepest 6.0%.
The Portugal Brief