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Title: Fractional Controller hourly rate in Portugal | Deftridge
Summary: Fractional Controller pay in Portugal: median wage €21 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €45. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Portugal · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Fractional Controller hourly rate in Portugal

The market median wage for a Fractional Controller in Portugal is **€21.28 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€45 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€45/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€21.28/hr** median wage

**€15-36** middle half of wages

**€980** a month at 5 hours a week

## Fractional Controller 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 | €10.68 | €230 | €22,200 |
| 25th | €14.79 | €320 | €30,800 |
| Median | €21.28 | €460 | €44,300 |
| 75th | €36.50 | €790 | €75,900 |
| 90th | €59.59 | €1,290 | €123,900 |

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 Fractional Controller, 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 Fractional Controller 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | €35 | €760 |
| Director | €45 | €980 |

- Regular role **€45**

- One-off task **€50**

- Task bundle **€45**

## Fractional Controller pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Fractional Controller, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €51.69 | €110 |
| Denmark | €48.94 | €105 |
| Belgium | €46.88 | €100 |
| Ireland | €41.03 | €85 |
| Finland | €40.91 | €85 |
| Austria | €39.37 | €85 |
| Italy | €39.26 | €85 |
| Netherlands | €36.23 | €75 |
| Germany | €35.38 | €75 |

## 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.

[Fractional Controller rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/fractional-controller/) · [Fractional Controller jobs in Portugal](https://deftridge.com/jobs/fractional-controller/portugal/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
