RMMG
Published 8 November 2026, 20:40
RMMG — retribuição mínima mensal garantida (guaranteed minimum monthly pay)
The legal name for the minimum wage: the amount below which you may not be paid for full-time work. The government sets it each year. For 2026 it is €920 a month before deductions on the mainland (in 2025 it was €870), €980 in Madeira and €966 in the Azores. It is paid 14 times a year: twelve monthly payments plus holiday and Christmas pay. Meal vouchers, bonuses and overtime pay are not part of this minimum and come on top of it.
Where you come across it. Employment contracts and payslips, income thresholds for D7 and D8 visas, housing and social benefits expressed "in minimum wages".
The amount changes automatically every year, and contracts do not need to be re-signed: from January the employer must pay the new rate, whatever the contract says. By the same token, figures in last year's posts are already wrong.