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Title: BD Manager hourly rate in Portugal | Deftridge
Summary: Business Development Manager pay in Portugal: median wage €18 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €25. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Portugal · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Business Development Manager hourly rate in Portugal

The market median wage for a Business Development Manager in Portugal is **€17.72 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€25 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€25/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€17.72/hr** median wage

**€14-27** middle half of wages

**€540** a month at 5 hours a week

## Business Development Manager wage percentiles in Portugal

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €12.61 | €270 | €26,200 |
| 25th | €14.36 | €310 | €29,900 |
| Median | €17.72 | €380 | €36,900 |
| 75th | €26.51 | €570 | €55,100 |
| 90th | €35.88 | €780 | €74,600 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Portugal in numbers

What sets Portugal apart for a Business Development Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€13** country floor: no Portugal rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Business Development Manager in Portugal by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | €25 | €540 |
| Manager | €30 | €650 |
| Director | €35 | €760 |

- Regular role **€25**

- One-off task **€30**

- Task bundle **€25**

- Expert hour **€35**

## Business Development Manager pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Business Development Manager, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €43.05 | €60 |
| Denmark | €40.75 | €60 |
| Belgium | €38.09 | €55 |
| Germany | €35.96 | €50 |
| Ireland | €34.17 | €50 |
| Finland | €33.67 | €50 |
| Austria | €32.78 | €50 |
| Italy | €32.69 | €45 |
| Netherlands | €30.17 | €45 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Business Development Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/) · [Business Development Manager jobs in Portugal](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-development-manager/portugal/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)