The Government today signs a new multi-year agreement with civil service unions that establishes salary increases and benefit reviews until 2029, in a ceremony at the Prime Minister’s official residence, in Lisbon. The signing involves the Federation of Public Administration Unions (Fesap) and the State Technical Staff Union (STE), according to the Lusa news agency.
Salaries and allowances under review
The 2026-2029 Multiannual Agreement for the Valorization of Public Administration Workers extends the current model in force and establishes a 2.3% update in salaries, with a minimum of 60.52 euros per month.
In practice, this increases the Public Administration’s remuneration base from 878.41 euros to 934.99 euros in 2026. For the years 2027 and 2028, the percentage increase of 2.3% and the same minimum increase value remain.
In the subsidy chapter, the Government proposes a gradual increase of 10% in the value of the meal subsidy until 2029, with an increase of 15 cents per day each year.
The president of the STE, Rosa Sousa, added that there is still a promise to review this subsidy if inflation rises significantly.
In addition to salaries and allowances, the agreement covers other professional development measures, including the review of the remuneration status of directors, the updating of careers, the review of the SIADAP and the revisiting of general careers, as well as changes to the cost and transport allowance regime, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance on December 17th.
The negotiations involved three Public Administration union federations, each with different positions. Fesap, linked to UGT, defended that the base salary would increase to 973.41 euros in 2026, with a minimum update of 95 euros and a meal allowance set at 10 euros per day, tax-free.
In turn, the Sindical Front, led by the STE, demanded a 6.4% increase for all public employees in 2026, along with the update of the meal allowance to the same value.
Despite the differences in the proposals, the president of the STE considered that there were conditions to reach an agreement, awaiting only the final version from the Government.
The implementation of the new Multi-Year Agreement aims to provide stability and predictability to civil service salaries during the current legislature, covering the period until 2029.
According to , this new agreement represents a moderate increase compared to the unions’ initial proposals, maintaining the trajectory of annual increases and adjustments to subsidies that have characterized recent years in Portuguese public administration.
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