Lisbon
MEDIUM · sourced, not yet live-verified
Pending live-verification. The source URLs have not yet been fetched and archived in this round; the city will return to a HIGH classification once that is done. Original rationale: Multi-source Portugal triangulation. Glassdoor Lisbon Glovo n=360 Bike Delivery Boy reports total pay range €14,000-16,000/yr including bonuses (≈€6.67/hr at 2,250 hrs/yr full-time, = $7.13 USD at $1.07 EUR FX). ERI SalaryExpert Portugal food delivery driver: €8/hr employee average ($8.56 USD, includes restaurant-employed drivers). AbrilAbril Portuguese press observed 8-12 hours work for €30-40/day weekday (€3-4/hr ≈ $3.21-4.28 in low-density conditions). Range €3-8/hr; $7.13 USD reflects the Glassdoor gig-specific midpoint, the most representative for app-based riders in Lisbon. No Fairwork Portugal report exists; no statutory min wage applies to gig contractors. TIER 3 industry_survey + cross-source.
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Earnings (USD per hour)
Source: SalaryExpert Lisbon delivery driver wages
What would you take home in Lisbon?
Take-home, weekly
$137
Take-home, monthly
$594
Gross, weekly
$214
Gross, monthly
$927
With a 1BR apartment outside the city centre at $1151/mo, rent costs more than your monthly take-home (194% of monthly net).
Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.
Cost of living vs. earnings
That works out to roughly 58 hours per week. Rent at $1,151 per month is 93 percent of gross monthly earnings, which puts a Lisbon delivery driver in HUD's “severely cost-burdened” band by the federal definition (over 30 percent of gross income on housing). Measured against net take-home pay, which is what a worker actually has available to spend, the same rent is 146 percent. Affordable rent at this earnings rate, defined by HUD as no more than 30 percent of gross income, would be around $370 per month. Across the 46 cities in the dataset, Lisbon ranks 38th for hours needed to cover rent, where lower is better.
Pay vs. local labour market
Gross hourly is 81% of local minimum wage, 55% of local median.
Notes
Portugal minimum wage EUR 870/month (2026). Lisbon has experienced massive housing inflation; rent now eats most of full-time delivery earnings.
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Primary earnings source: www.salaryexpert.com/salary/job/food-delivery-driver/portugal