EU Blue Card Salary Requirements Per Country 2022

Looking for the latest salary requirements to apply for the EU Blue Card in 2022? While many countries have reduced their Blue Card minimums from 1.5X the minimum salary to 1.2X the average national wage for in-demand roles and industries, much of the information on this published online is presently outdated (even on official EU sites). While the below numbers are broadly accurate as of 2021, a number of them may have changed in the time since.

Discover the minimum Blue Card salary requirements for each of the participating countries in the EU, per month and per year, below…

DATA SOURCE: www.ec.europa.eu

The Blue Card Salary Requirements Per Country For 2022 are as follows:

COUNTRY Minimum Blue Card Salary Requirement Per Year Minimum Blue Card Salary Requirement Per Month
Austria €66,593 €5,549
Belgium €57,019 (Brussels, 2022); €54,115 (Flanders 2022); €57,019 (Wallonia 2022) €4,752; €4,510; €4,752
Bulgaria €10,326 €861
Czechia €27,120 € 2,260
Denmark N/A N/A
Germany €56,400, or €43,992 for employees in the fields of mathematics, IT, natural sciences, engineering and medicine (2022). €4,700; €3,666
Estonia €26,064 (non-shortage occupations); €21,720 (shortage occupations) € 2,172; 1,810
Ireland N/A N/A
Greece €30,675 €2,556
Spain €33,908 €2,826
France €53,836 €4,486
Croatia €19,338 €1,612
Italy €26,000 € 2,167
Cyprus N/A N/A
Latvia €20,580 €1,715
Lithuania €23,160 € 1,930
Luxembourg €83,628 € 6,969
Hungary €20,091 €1,674
Malta €16,036 € 1,336
Netherlands €68,040 € 5,760
Poland €20,240 € 1,687
Portugal €24,535 € 2,045
Romania €27,000 €2,250
Slovenia €28,006 €2,334
Slovakia €11,628 € 969
Finland €59,148 € 4,929
Sweden €53,200 € 4,433
Iceland N/A N/A
Liechtenstein N/A N/A
Norway N/A N/A
Switzerland N/A N/A