[raverbashing]

That's the average

But you can actually get paid more than that in IT positions, no problem (after-tax salary)

[pjmlp]

I left Portugal during the start of the crisis in 2003, was earning 2000 after taxes, which was a dream job back then.

Nowadays the only people I am aware are still getting as much, are senior of my age and older, friends that are self employed, or those that only get half of the salary in official ways (yes undeclared payments are still daily business).

So yeah, while being away for 18 years might not make me have a daily picture, it is not as I don't come regularly back home.

[raverbashing]

Ah interesting, I had never suspected you were more directly connected to the country.

But I'm not disagreeing with you, the salary ceiling is low, I was just noting that it wasn't as low as 1k/1.5k (yeah, 2k/2.5k is more like it, the taxes don't help neither)