The latest data from INE (1st quarter of 2023) indicates an increase in wages in the private sector and a loss of purchasing power in the public sector. Frederico Cantante, a researcher at CoLABOR, commented on the latest available data on the RTP3 program 360 and addressed some of the explanatory factors behind the evolution of remuneration in Portugal, namely the country's economic specialization profile, wage inequalities and internal disproportion, collective bargaining, and the scope of unionization.