AHRESP – SITESE collective agreement for restaurants, cafés and bars (food & beverage)
Contrato coletivo AHRESP – SITESE (restauração e bebidas)
Valid from 1 January 2026 · Data as of 11 November 2026
Key facts
| Table valid | 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 |
|---|---|
| Sector | Hotels and restaurantsRestaurants, cafés, bars (incl. in gaming venues), campsites and golf courses not attached to hotels |
| Weekly hours | 40 h |
| Salary payments per year | 14 |
| Generally binding | partly |
| Employees (approx.) | 50,000 |
| Official source | Boletim do Trabalho e Emprego n.º 6/2026 — Contrato coletivo entre a AHRESP e o SITESE (restauração e bebidas) - Revisão global (Anexo I, Tabela salarial restauração), pp. 115-145source dated 15 February 2026 |
Pay table
1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026| Group | per month | Net per month (estimate) |
|---|---|---|
| Nível XI: Diretor de restauração e bebidas | €1,431 | ≈ €1,123 |
| Nível X: Assistente de direção; Chefe de cozinha; Chefe de mestre pasteleiro; Diretor comercial; Diretor de serviços; etc. | €1,364 | ≈ €1,079 |
| Nível IX: Chefe de pessoal; Chefe de serviços; Subchefe de cozinha; Supervisor de operações; Contabilista certificado; etc. | €1,136 | ≈ €928 |
| Nível VIII: Chefe de balcão; Chefe de bar; Chefe de sala; Gerente; Cozinheiro de 1.ª; Encarregado de restauração e bebidas; Pasteleiro decorador; etc. | €1,028 | ≈ €867 |
| Nível VII: Assistente de sala de 1.ª; Barman/barmaid de 1.ª; Caixa; Chefe de self-service; etc. (see Anexo II) | €974 | ≈ €843 |
| Nível VI: see Anexo II of the CCT | €952 | ≈ €833 |
| Nível V: see Anexo II of the CCT | €936 | ≈ €826 |
| Nível IV: see Anexo II of the CCT | €931 | ≈ €825 |
| Nível III: see Anexo II of the CCT | €926 | ≈ €822 |
| Nível II: see Anexo II of the CCT | €923 | ≈ €820 |
| Nível I: see Anexo II of the CCT | €920 | ≈ €819 |
Minimum monthly base pay. Table valid 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2026 (cl. 2.ª; CCT renews automatically for 2-year periods until revised). Level I equals the 2026 RMMG (920 €). Weekly hours 40 (cl. on working time: 40 h over 5, 5.5 or 6 days). Subsídio de Natal = one month base pay (cl. 36.ª) plus subsídio de férias → 14 payments. Meal: food in kind or, if paid in cash, subsídio de alimentação 150,00 €/month; abono para falhas 47,00 €/month — not in the table. Apprenticeship/stage periods are regulated but have no separate pay rates in Anexo I. Employee figure: CCT states 50 000 workers / 24 678 firms; extension study: 51 768 full-time employees. Extension: Portaria de extensão in BTE n.º 24, 29 Jun 2026 (signed 2026-06-02) extends it in mainland Portugal to non-affiliated employers and non-union workers, except employers in APHORT and AIHSA and workers in FESAHT unions; pay effects for extended relations from 2026-03-01. Parallel agreements exist (AHRESP–FESAHT, APHORT, AIHSA CCTs) with their own tables — not collected. A separate AHRESP–SITESE CCT for alojamento (accommodation) was published in the same BTE 6/2026 and extended in BTE 27/2026 — not collected.
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Notes
Minimum monthly base pay. Table valid 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2026 (cl. 2.ª; CCT renews automatically for 2-year periods until revised). Level I equals the 2026 RMMG (920 €). Weekly hours 40 (cl. on working time: 40 h over 5, 5.5 or 6 days). Subsídio de Natal = one month base pay (cl. 36.ª) plus subsídio de férias → 14 payments. Meal: food in kind or, if paid in cash, subsídio de alimentação 150,00 €/month; abono para falhas 47,00 €/month — not in the table. Apprenticeship/stage periods are regulated but have no separate pay rates in Anexo I. Employee figure: CCT states 50 000 workers / 24 678 firms; extension study: 51 768 full-time employees. Extension: Portaria de extensão in BTE n.º 24, 29 Jun 2026 (signed 2026-06-02) extends it in mainland Portugal to non-affiliated employers and non-union workers, except employers in APHORT and AIHSA and workers in FESAHT unions; pay effects for extended relations from 2026-03-01. Parallel agreements exist (AHRESP–FESAHT, APHORT, AIHSA CCTs) with their own tables — not collected. A separate AHRESP–SITESE CCT for alojamento (accommodation) was published in the same BTE 6/2026 and extended in BTE 27/2026 — not collected.